River classifications identify the key features that make rivers different or similar and so provide a tool by which the insights and knowledge gained in one river or region may be meaningfully applied or transferred to another. This project has endeavoured to develop a regional classification of Australia’s rivers based on ecologically relevant aspects of their hydrology (i.e. an ecohydrological classification).
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
Phylogenetic effects on functional traits and life history strategies of Australian freshwater fish (journal article)
Sternberg, D., & Kennard, M. (2014). Phylogenetic effects on functional traits and life history strategies of Australian freshwater fish. Ecography, 37(1), 54-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00362.x
Scientific Paper
October 2015
Environmental, spatial and phylogenetic determinants of fish life-history traits and functional composition of Australian rivers
Sternberg, D., & Kennard, M. (2013). Environmental, spatial and phylogenetic determinants of fish life‐history traits and functional composition of Australian rivers. Freshwater Biology, 58(9), 1767-1778. doi:10.1111/fwb.12166
Other
July 2015
Australian Riverine Landscape Classifier (AURICL)
Scientific Paper
July 2012
A framework for hydrologic classification with a review of methodologies and applications in ecohydrology (journal article)
Olden, J., Kennard, M., & Pusey, B. (2012). A framework for hydrologic classification with a review of methodologies and applications in ecohydrology. Ecohydrology, 5(4), 503-518. doi: 10.1002/eco.251
Scientific Paper
July 2010
Classification of natural flow regimes in Australia to support environmental flow management (journal article)
Kennard, M., Pusey, B., Olden, J., Mackay, S., Stein, J., & Marsh, N. (2010). Classification of natural flow regimes in Australia to support environmental flow management. Freshwater Biology, 55(1), 171-193. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02307.x
Scientific Paper
July 2010
Quantifying uncertainty in estimation of hydrologic metrics for ecohydrological studies (journal article)
Kennard, M., Mackay, S., Pusey, B., Olden, J., & Marsh, N. (2010). Quantifying uncertainty in estimation of hydrologic metrics for ecohydrological studies. River Research and Applications, 26(2), 137-156. doi: 10.1002/rra.1249
Info Sheet
July 2009
Classifying tropical rivers: A new tool for management
Report
July 2009
Ecohydrological regionalisation of Australia: A tool for management and science (Technical report)
Pusey, B., Kennard, M., Stein, J., Olden, J., Mackay, S., Hutchinson, M., and Sheldon, F. 2009. Ecohydrological regionalisation of Australia: A tool for management and science.
Info Sheet
February 2008
Sorting Australian Rivers by ecology and flow
The project was led by Professor Brad Pusey from Griffith University. Dr Pusey was supported by Mark Kennard (Griffith University), Michael Hutchinson and Janet Stein (Australian National University), in collaboration with researchers from a variety of other institutions.
