As the wet season flows over top river banks, fish and other animals make the most of expanded feeding grounds, moving out onto the floodplains. As the floodwaters recede, these animals take the nutrients and energy obtained from the floodplain, back to the river channel. This project has described floodplain food webs, quantified the contribution of subsidies to, and from the floodplain, and determined how some current land management practices are affecting the floodplain food webs of northern rivers.
Scientific Paper
June 2020 | Open Access
Carbon sources supporting Australia’s most widely distributed freshwater fish, Nematalosa erebi (Günther) (Clupeidae: Dorosomatinae) (scientific paper)
Pusey B.J., Jardine T.D., Beesley L.S., Kennard M.J., Ho T.W., Bunn S.E., & Douglas M.M. (2020). Carbon sources supporting Australia’s most widely distributed freshwater fish, Nematalosa erebi (Günther) (Clupeidae: Dorosomatinae). Marine and Freshwater Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/MF20014
Scientific Paper
June 2020 | Open Access
Sea catfishes (Ariidae) feeding on freshwater floodplains of northern Australia (scientific paper)
Pusey B.J., Jardine T.D., Bunn S.E., and Douglas M.M. (2020). Sea catfishes (Ariidae) feeding on freshwater floodplains of northern Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/MF20012
Scientific Paper
October 2015
Carbon from periphyton supports fish biomass in waterholes of a wet-dry tropical river
Jardine, T., Hunt, R., Faggotter, S., Valdez, D., Burford, M., & Bunn, S. (2013). Carbon from periphyton supports fish biomass in waterholes of a wet–dry tropical river. River Research and Applications, 29(5), 560-573. doi: 10.1002/rra.2554
Scientific Paper
October 2015
Carbon from periphyton supports fish biomass in waterholes of a wet-dry tropical river
Scientific Paper
October 2015
Assessing the seasonal dynamics of inundation, turbidity and aquatic vegetation in the Australian wet-dry tropics using optical remote sensing
Ward, D., Hamilton, S., Jardine, T., Pettit, N., Tews, E., Olley, J., & Bunn, S. (2013). Assessing the seasonal dynamics of inundation, turbidity, and aquatic vegetation in the Australian wet–dry tropics using optical remote sensing. Ecohydrology, 6(2), 312-323. doi: 10.1002/eco.1270
Scientific Paper
October 2015
Assessing the seasonal dynamics of inundation, turbidity and aquatic vegetation in the Australian wet-dry tropics using optical remote sensing
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
Other
November 2012
Kakadu Research News: November 2012
Scientific Paper
July 2012
Temporal and spatial variation in ecosystem metabolism and food web carbon transfer in a wet–dry tropical river (journal article)
Hunt, R., Jardine, T., Hamilton, S., & Bunn, S. (2012). Temporal and spatial variation in ecosystem metabolism and food web carbon transfer in a wet‐dry tropical river. Freshwater Biology, 57(3), 435-450. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02708.x
Scientific Paper
July 2012
Large scale surveys suggest limited mercury availability in tropical north Queensland (Australia) (journal article)
Jardine, T. D., Bunn, S. E., Halliday, I. A., Howley, C., & Sinnamon, V. (2012). Large scale surveys suggest limited mercury availability in tropical north Queensland (Australia). Science of the Total Environment, 416(C), 385-393. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.022
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 2011
Terrestrial invertebrates of dry river beds are not simply subsets of riparian assemblages (journal article)
Steward, A., Marshall, L., Sheldon, J., Harch, C., Choy, F., Bunn, B., & Tockner, S. (2011). Terrestrial invertebrates of dry river beds are not simply subsets of riparian assemblages. Aquatic Sciences, 73(4), 551-566. doi: 10.1007/s00027-011-0217-4
Scientific Paper
July 2011
Seasonal contrasts in carbon resources and ecological processes on a tropical floodplain (journal article)
Pettit, N.E., Bayliss, P., Davies, P.M., Hamilton, S.K., Warfe, D.M., Bunn, S.E., & Douglas, M.M. (2011). Seasonal contrasts in carbon resources and ecological processes on a tropical floodplain.(Report). Freshwater Biology, 56(6), 1047-1064. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02544.x
Scientific Paper
July 2010
Biogeochemical implications of climate change for tropical rivers and floodplains (journal article)
Hamilton, S. (2010). Biogeochemical implications of climate change for tropical rivers and floodplains. Hydrobiologia, 657(1), 19-35. doi: 10.1007/s10750-009-0086-1
Info Sheet
February 2008
Floodplain foodwebs
