NESP Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub

Recognizing First Nations’ values in natural capital accounting benefits all

Normyle, A., Jarvis, D., Woodward, E. et al. Recognizing First Nations' values in natural capital accounting benefits all. Commun Earth Environ 7, 2 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02693-4

Defining depth requirements to conserve fish assemblages from water take in an intermittent river

Gwinn, D.C., Beesley, L.S., Pusey, B.J. et al. Defining depth requirements to conserve fish assemblages from water take in an intermittent river. Sci Rep 14, 29863 (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81339-5

Monsoonal wet season influences the migration tendency of a catadromous fish (barramundi Lates calcarifer)

Roberts BH, Morrongiello JR, Morgan DL, King AJ, Saunders TM, Banks SC and Crook DA (2023) 'Monsoonal wet season influences the migration tendency of a catadromous fish (barramundi Lates calcarifer)', Journal of Animal Ecology, 00:1–12, doi:10.1111/1365-2656.14019.

Identifying intermittent river sections with similar hydrology using remotely sensed metrics

Tayer TC, Beesley LS, Douglas MM, Bourke SA, Meredith K and McFarlane D (2023) 'Identifying intermittent river sections with similar hydrology using remotely sensed metrics', Journal of Hydrology, 626(A):130266, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130266.

Brief floodplain inundation provides growth and survival benefits to a young-of-year fish in an intermittent river threatened by water development (scientific paper)

Pratt OP, Beesley LS, Pusey BJ, Gwinn DC, Keogh CS and Douglas MM (2023) 'Brief floodplain inundation provides growth and survival benefits to a young-of-year fish in an intermittent river threatened by water development' Scientific Reports 13:17725, doi:10.1038/s41598-023-45000-x.

Accounting for Indigenous cultural connections to land: insights from two Indigenous groups of Australia (scientific paper)

Finau G, Jarvis D, Stoeckl N, Larson S, Grainger D, Douglas M, Ewamian Aboriginal Corporation, Barrowei R, Coleman B, Groves D, Hunter J, Lee M and Markham M (2023) 'Accounting for Indigenous cultural connections to land: insights from two Indigenous groups of Australia', Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 36(9):370–389, doi:10.1108/AAAJ-08-2022-5971.

Future climate change will increase risk to mangrove health in northern Australia (scientific paper)

Chung CTY, Hope P, Hutley LB, Brown J and Duke NC (2023) 'Future climate change will increase risk to mangrove health in northern Australia', Communications Earth and Environment 4:192 https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00852-z.

The cost of not acting: Delaying invasive grass management increases costs and threatens assets in a national park, northern Australia

Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor, Vanessa M. Adams, Caroline A. Canham, Dan J. Dixon, Thorsteinn N. Cameron, Samantha A. Setterfield. The cost of not acting: Delaying invasive grass management increases costs and threatens assets in a national park, northern Australia. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 333, 2023, 116785, ISSN 0301-4797.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116785.

Invasive terrestrial invertebrate detection in water and soil using a targeted eDNA approach (scientific paper)

Villacorta-Rath C, Lach L, Andrade-Rodriguez N, Burrows D, Gleeson D and Trujillo-González A (2023) 'Invasive terrestrial invertebrate detection in water and soil using a targeted eDNA approach', NeoBiota 83: 71-89, https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.98898.

Ecohydrological metrics derived from multispectral images to characterize surface water in an intermittent river

Tayer TC, Beesley LS, Douglas MM, Bourke SA, Callow JN, Meredith K, McFarlane D (2023) 'Ecohydrological metrics derived from multispectral images to characterize surface water in an intermittent river', Journal of Hydrology 617:C, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129087.

Applying a versatile, comprehensive, attribute-based waterhole classification scheme to ecosystem-based management challenges (scientific paper)

Glanville K, Perry J, Ryan T, Ronan M and Zivec P (2023) 'Applying a versatile, comprehensive, attribute-based waterhole classification scheme to ecosystem-based management challenges', Wildlife Research, doi:10.1071/WR22027.

Improving the accuracy of the Water Detect algorithm using Sentinel-2, Planetscope and sharpened imagery: a case study in an intermittent river (scientific paper)

Tayer TC, Douglas MM, Cordeiro MCR, Tayer AND, Callow JN, Beesley L and McFarlane D (2023) ‘Improving the accuracy of the Water Detect algorithm using Sentinel-2, Planetscope and sharpened imagery: a case study in an intermittent river’, GIScience & Remote Sensing 60:1, https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2023.2168676

Evaluation and refinement of a fish movement model for a tropical Australian stream subject to mine contaminant egress (scientific paper)

Crook DA, Wedd D, Adair BJ, Mooney TJ, Harford AJ, Humphrey CL, Morrongielo JR and King AJ (2023) ‘Evaluation and refinement of a fish movement model for a tropical Australian stream subject to mine contaminant egress’, Environmental Biology of Fishes, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01381-y

Ecosystem services in connected catchment to coast ecosystems: monitoring to detect emerging trends (scientific paper)

Brown CJ, Saint Ange C, Connolly RM, Hasan S, Jackson S, McMahon JM and Smart JCR (2023) ‘Ecosystem services in connected catchment to coast ecosystems: monitoring to detect emerging trends’, Science of the Total Environment 161670, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161670.