Water managed and ‘allocated’ to the environment is commonly known as ‘environmental flows’. The critical step in determining appropriate environmental flows is predicting how particular changes in river flows might affect natural ecological assets. This project investigated the relationship between flow and several specific assets of tropical rivers.
Impact Storie
October 2018
Wiltma Nargun Lahan – Walking on Wagiman Land (impact story)
Presentation
November 2016
Daly River fish and flows project (key findings presentation)
Other
October 2016
Ngan’gi seasons calendar
Other
October 2016
MalakMalak and Matngala plant knowledge calendar
Scientific Paper
April 2016
Species distributions represent intraspecific genetic diversity of freshwater fish in conservation assessments (scientific paper)
Hermoso, V., Kennard, M.J., Schmidt, D.J., Bond, N., Huey, J.A., Mondol, R.K., Jamandre, B.W. & Hughes, J.M. (2016). Species distributions represent intraspecific genetic diversity of freshwater fish in conservation assessments. Freshwater Biology. 61: 1707–1719
Scientific Paper
April 2016
Fish assemblage dynamics in an intermittent river of the northern Australian wet–dry tropics (scientific paper)
Pusey BJ, Kennard MJ, Douglas M, Allsop Q. (2016). Fish assemblage dynamics in an intermittent river of the northern Australian wet–dry tropics. Ecol Freshw Fish. 2018;27:78–88. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12325
Scientific Paper
November 2015
Fish response to the temporal hierarchy of the natural flow regime in the Daly River, northern Australia (scientific paper)
Stewart-Koster, B., Olden, J. D., Kennard, M. J., Pusey, B. J., Boone, E. L., Douglas, M. and Jackson, S. (2011), Fish response to the temporal hierarchy of the natural flow regime in the Daly River, northern Australia. Journal of Fish Biology, 79: 1525–1544. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03072.x
Scientific Paper
November 2015
Dynamics of in-stream wood and its importance as fish habitat in a large tropical floodplain river (journal article)
Pettit, N., Warfe, D., Kennard, M., Pusey, B., Davies, P., & Douglas, M. (2013). DYNAMICS OF IN‐STREAM WOOD AND ITS IMPORTANCE AS FISH HABITAT IN A LARGE TROPICAL FLOODPLAIN RIVER. River Research and Applications, 29(7), 864-875. doi: 10.1002/rra.2580
Scientific Paper
November 2015
Dynamics of in-stream wood and its importance as fish habitat in a large tropical floodplain river (journal article)
Scientific Paper
November 2015
An integrated assessment of financial, hydrological, ecological and social impacts of ‘development’ on Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in northern Australia
Hermoso V, Kennard MJ, Linke S (2013) Data Acquisition for Conservation Assessments: Is the Effort Worth It? PLoS ONE 8(3): e59662. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059662
Scientific Paper
October 2015
Productivity, disturbance and ecosystem size have no influence on food chain length in seasonally connected rivers
Warfe, D., Jardine, T., Pettit, N., Hamilton, S., Pusey, B., Bunn, S., Davies, P. and Douglas, M. 2013. Productivity, Disturbance and Ecosystem Size Have No Influence on Food Chain Length in Seasonally Connected Rivers. PLoS One,8(6):1-11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066240
Scientific Paper
April 2015
Does flood rhythm drive ecosystem responses in tropical riverscapes? (scientific paper)
Jardine, T. D., Bond, N. A., Burford, M. A., Ward, D. P., Bayliss, P., Davies, P.M., Douglas, M.M., Hamilton, S. K., Kennard, M. J., Melack, J. M., Naiman, R. J., Olley, J., Pettit, N. E., Pusey, B. J., Warfe, D. M. and Bunn, S. E. (2015). Does flood rhythm drive ecosystem responses in tropical riverscapes? Ecology 96: 684-692
Scientific Paper
September 2014
“We like to listen to stories about fish”: integrating Indigenous ecological and scientific knowledge to inform environmental flow assessments (journal article)
Jackson SE, Douglas MM, Kennard MJ, Pusey BJ, Huddleston J, Harney B, Liddy L, Liddy M, Liddy R, Sullivan L, Huddleston B, Banderson M, McMah A & Allsop Q. 2014. “We like to listen to stories about fish”: integrating indigenous ecological and scientific knowledge to inform environmental flow assessments. Ecology and Society 19(1): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-05874-190143
Scientific Paper
July 2013
Hydrological connectivity structures concordant plant and animal assemblages according to niche rather than dispersal processes (journal article)
Warfe, D., Pettit, N., Magierowski, R., Pusey, B., Davies, P., Douglas, M., & Bunn, S. (2013). Hydrological connectivity structures concordant plant and animal assemblages according to niche rather than dispersal processes. Freshwater Biology, 58(2), 292-305. doi: 10.1111/fwb.12058
Scientific Paper
April 2013
Broadscale phylogeographic structure of five freshwater fishes across the Australian Monsoonal Tropics (scientific paper)
Huey, J., Cook, B., Unmack, P., & Hughes, J. (2013). Broadscale phylogeographic structure of five freshwater fishes across the Australian Monsoonal Tropics. Freshwater Science, 33(1), 273–287. https://doi.org/10.1086/674984
Scientific Paper
April 2013
Flow–ecology relationships: closing the loop on effective environmental flows (scientific paper)
Davies P.M., Naiman R.J., Warfe D.M., Pettit N.E., Arthington A.H., Bunn S.E. (2013). Flow–ecology relationships: closing the loop on effective environmental flows. Marine and Freshwater Research 65, 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF13110
Scientific Paper
July 2012
Bayesian network models for environmental flow decision making in the Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia (journal article)
Chan, T., Hart, B., Kennard, M., Pusey, B., Shenton, W., Douglas, M., . . . Patel, S. (2012). Bayesian network models for environmental flow decision making in the Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia. River Research and Applications, 28(3), 283-301. doi: 10.1002/rra.1456
Scientific Paper
July 2012
Leaf litter chemistry, decomposition and assimilation by macroinvertebrates in two tropical streams (journal article)
Pettit, N., Davies, T., Fellman, J., Grierson, P., Warfe, D., & Davies, P. 2012. Leaf litter chemistry, decomposition and assimilation by macroinvertebrates in two tropical streams. Hydrobiologia, 680(1), 63-77. doi: 10.1007/s10750-011-0903-1
Scientific Paper
July 2012
Fish mediate high food web connectivity in the lower reaches of a tropical floodplain river (scientific paper)
Jardine, T., Pusey, D., Hamilton, B., Pettit, J., Davies, S., Douglas, K., . . . Bunn, P. (2012). Fish mediate high food web connectivity in the lower reaches of a tropical floodplain river. Oecologia, 168(3), 829-838. doi: 10.1007/s00442-011-2148-0
Scientific Paper
July 2012
Consumer–resource coupling in wet–dry tropical rivers (scientific paper)
Jardine, T., Pettit, N., Warfe, D., Pusey, B., Ward, D., Douglas, M., . . . Bunn, S. (2012). Consumer–resource coupling in wet–dry tropical rivers. Journal of Animal Ecology, 81(2), 310-322. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01925.x
Scientific Paper
April 2012
Catchment zoning for freshwater conservation: refining plans to enhance action on the ground (scientific paper)
Hermoso V, Cattarino L, Kennard, MJ, Watts, M & Linke S. (2015). Catchment zoning for freshwater conservation: refining plans to enhance action on the ground. Journal of Applied Ecology. 52: 940–949
Scientific Paper
October 2011
Merging connectivity rules and large-scale condition assessment improves conservation adequacy in river systems (scientific paper)
Linke, S., Kennard, M.J., Hermoso, V., Olden, J.D., Stein, J. & Pusey, B.J. (2012). Merging connectivity rules and large-scale condition assessment improves conservation adequacy in river systems. Journal of Applied Ecology 49: 1036–1045.
Scientific Paper
July 2011
Landscape genetic analysis of the tropical freshwater fish Mogurnda mogurnda (Eleotridae) in a monsoonal river basin: importance of hydrographic factors and population history (scientific paper)
Cook, B., Kennard, M., Real, K., Pusey, B., & Hughes, J. (2011). Landscape genetic analysis of the tropical freshwater fish Mogurnda mogurnda (Eleotridae) in a monsoonal river basin: Importance of hydrographic factors and population history. Freshwater Biology, 56(5), 812-827. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02527.x
Scientific Paper
July 2011
The ‘wet–dry’ in the wet–dry tropics drives river ecosystem structure and processes in northern Australia (journal article)
Warfe, D., Pettit, N., Davies, P., Pusey, B., Hamilton, S., Kennard, M., . . . Halliday, I. (2011). The ‘wet–dry’ in the wet–dry tropics drives river ecosystem structure and processes in northern Australia. Freshwater Biology, 56(11), 2169-2195. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02660.x
Info Sheet
February 2008
Environmental flows and ecological assets
Other
July 2007
Daly River fish and flows project: an environmental flows study, May 2007 newsletter
Other
July 2007
Daly River fish and flows project: an environmental flows study, September 2007 newsletter
The project was led by Professor Peter Davis from the University of Western Australia. He was supported by a range of researchers with different technical expertise from Charles Darwin University, NT Fisheries Research Branch, Griffith University, Monash University and the Australian National University.
