Monitoring

Stoeckl, N. (2024) What does success look like? Factors resulting in positive outcomes for Landcare and threatened-species recovery-team projects Fact Sheet for the Resilient Landscapes Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. University of Tasmania.

Wildlife in mining landscapes: a case study of the endangered northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)

Cowan, M. (2024). Wildlife in mining landscapes: a case study of the endangered northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus). [Doctoral Thesis, Charles Sturt University]. Charles Sturt University.

Resilient Landscapes Hub 2023 Annual Progress Report

Active eDNA Is More Cost-Effective Than Fyke Nets or Passive eDNA Collection When Monitoring the Invasion of an Alien Freshwater Fish

Restoring landscape resilience: Safeguarding mallee birds and their habitats from compounding threats (Fact sheet)

Morris, L., Beesley, L., Stevens, E., Gwinn, D., Hyde, J., Thompson, S., Gleeson, D. and Douglas, M. (2024), Active eDNA Is More Cost-Effective Than Fyke Nets or Passive eDNA Collection When Monitoring the Invasion of an Alien Freshwater Fish. Environmental DNA, 6: e70010. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70010

October 2024

Radford, J., Reid, N., Richards, A., Stubbs, W., Boulton, R., Hansen, N., Maisey, A., (2024) Restoring landscape resilience: Safeguarding mallee birds and their habitats from compounding threats Fact Sheet for the Resilient Landscapes Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. La Trobe University.

Potential threats and habitat of the night parrot on the Ngururrpa Indigenous Protected Area (scientific paper)

September 2024

Ngururrpa Rangers et al. (2024). Potential threats and habitat of the night parrot on the Ngururrpa Indigenous Protected Area. Wildlife Research 51, WR24083. doi:10.1071/WR24083

Developing an Indigenous wetland monitoring toolkit (Fact sheet)

Dobbs R, Pyke M (2024) Developing an Indigenous wetland monitoring and management toolkit Project Information Fact Sheet for the Resilient Landscapes Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. University of Western Australia.

Indigenous Environmental Monitoring Platform (poster)

Management of Priority Desert Threatened Species (poster)

Assessing fish species composition in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, and links with cultural knowledge Project Information (Fact Sheet)

Burford M, Faggotter S (2024) Assessing fish species composition in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, and links with cultural knowledge Project Information Fact Sheet for the Resilient Landscapes Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. Griffith University.

Developing a National Indigenous Environmental Research Network (NIERN) fact sheet

Shields T (2024) Developing a National Indigenous Environmental Research Network (NIERN) Project Information, fact sheet for the Resilient Landscapes Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. Curtin University.

Supporting Indigenous fire management through collaborative socio-ecological partnerships Project Information (Fact Sheet)

Firn J, Dean A, Smith A (2024) Supporting Indigenous fire management through collaborative socio-ecological partnerships Project Information Fact Sheet for the Resilient Landscapes Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. QUT.

Enhancing climate-adaptation responses in regional NRM planning by incorporating resilience investment Project Information (Fact Sheet)

Wise R (2024) Enhancing climate-adaptation responses in regional natural resource management planning by incorporating resilience investment Project Information, fact sheet for the Resilient Landscapes Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. CSIRO.

Developing an Indigenous Environmental Monitoring Platform Project Information (Fact Sheet)

Cowan M, van Leeuwen S (2024) Developing an Indigenous Environmental Monitoring Platform Project Information Fact Sheet for the Resilient Landscapes Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. Curtin University.

Expanding the known range and practical conservation issues of the Endangered Australian brook lamprey Mordacia praecox (scientific paper)

Recognising culturally significant entities project (Info sheet)

Carpenter-Bundhoo L, Moffatt DB (2024) Expanding the known range and practical conservation issues of the Endangered Australian brook lamprey Mordacia praecox. Endang Species Res 53:547-553. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01319

April 2024

Shields T (2024) Recognising culturally significant entities Project Information, fact sheet for the Resilient Landscapes Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. Curtin University.

Digital Woman Ranger Program (impact report)

April 2024

(2024) Digital Women Ranger Program: Learning digital skills to care for country together. Report.

A power analysis to inform design of a monitoring program to detect trends in Tjakuṟa (report)

Southwell D, Moore D, Merson S and Paltridge R (2023) A power analysis to inform design of a monitoring program to detect trends in Tjakuṟa, report to the Resilient Landscapes Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. University of Newcastle.

Ecology and conservation of the Christmas Island goshawk and hawk-owl (info sheet)

Ecology and conservation of the Christmas Island giant gecko (info sheet)

Planning for catchment resilience and threatened species recovery from extreme events in Queensland’s Moonaboola (Mary River) (info sheet)

Improving environmental outcomes on conserved and managed lands (info sheet)

Place-based data justice practices for collaborative conservation research: a critical review

November 2023

Robinson CJ, Urzedo D, Macdonald JM, Ligtermoet E, Penton CE, Lourie H and Hoskins A (2023) 'Place-based data justice practices for collaborative conservation research: a critical review', Biological Conservation, 288:110346, doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110346.

Supporting knowledge sharing, natural resource management and regional planning: identifying similar regions through integrated data analysis (final report)

October 2023

Stoeckl N, Adams VM, Larson S, Allen S, Jia J, Boothroyd A and Steel R (2023) Supporting knowledge sharing, natural resource management and regional planning: identifying similar regions through integrated data analysis, report to the Resilient Landscapes Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. University of Tasmania, Hobart.

Best-practice management of feral cats and red foxes: workshop 2 outcomes (report)

September 2023

Dorph A and Ballard G (2023) Best-practice management of feral cats and red foxes: workshop 2 report, report to the Resilient Landscapes Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. University of New England, Armidale.

Resilient Landscapes Hub 2022 Annual Progress Report

June 2023

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

June 2023

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.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) survey of largetooth sawfish in south-central Arnhem Land (report)

May 2023

Villacorta-Rath C, Cooper M and Burrows D (2020) Environmental DNA (eDNA) survey of largetooth sawfish in south-central Arnhem Land, James Cook University, Townsville.

Tilapia eDNA survey along the Walsh, Mitchell and Wild river catchments (report)

May 2023

Villacorta-Rath C and Burrows D (2020) Tilapia eDNA survey along the Walsh, Mitchell and Wild river catchments, James Cook University, Townsville.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) survey of sawfish in Groote Eylandt (report)

May 2023

Villacorta-Rath C, Cooper M and Burrows D (2020) Environmental DNA (eDNA) survey of sawfish in Groote Eylandt, James Cook University, Townsville.

Revealing and mapping the secrets of Queensland’s Mary River (ABC 7.30 segment)

April 2023

Unveiling the Mary River’s secrets (ABC article)

April 2023

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

April 2023

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.

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

February 2023

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.

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

January 2023

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)

January 2023

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.

Developing a Yawuru bilarra (wetland) monitoring program (report)

January 2023

Co-production mechanisms to weave Indigenous knowledge, artificial intelligence and technical data to enable Indigenous-led adaptive decision-making: lessons from Australia’s joint-managed Kakadu National Park (scientific paper)

December 2022

Robinson CJ, Macdonald J, Perry J, Bangalang N, Nayinggul A, Nadji J, Nayinggul A, Dempsey S, Nadji S, McCartney S, Taylor A, Hunter F, May K, Cooper D, Moyle F, Drummond A, Borovac C, van Bodegraven S, Gilfedder M, Setterfield S and Douglas MM (2022) ‘Coproduction mechanisms to weave Indigenous knowledge, artificial intelligence, and technical data to enable Indigenous-led adaptive decision making: lessons from Australia’s joint managed Kakadu National Park’, Ecology & Society 27(4):36, https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13747-270436.

Monitoring, mapping and safeguarding Kimberley bilbies (final report)

December 2022

Monitoring, mapping and safeguarding Kimberley bilbies (wrap-up factsheet)

December 2022

Current and emerging feral cat management practices in Australia (report)

November 2022

Dorph A and Ballard G (2022) Current and emerging feral cat management practices in Australia, report to the Resilient Landscapes Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program. University of New England, Armidale.

Climate change killed 40 million Australian mangroves in 2015. Here’s why they’ll probably never grow back (Conversation article)

Resilient Landscapes Hub 2021 Annual Progress Report

Duke N (28 July 2022) ‘Climate change killed 40 million Australian mangroves in 2015. Here’s why they’ll probably never grow back’, The Conversation.

Flow regimes among rivers influences benthic biota biodiversity, but not abundance or biomass, in intertidal mudflats and sandflats in wet-dry tropical estuaries (scientific paper)

Faunal standards for the restoration of terrestrial ecosystems: a framework and its application to a high-profile case study (scientific paper)

Venarsky MP, Lowe V, Frid CLJ and Burford MA (2022) ‘Flow regimes among rivers influences benthic biota biodiversity, but not abundance or biomass, in intertidal mudflats and sandflats in wet-dry tropical estuaries’, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 271, 107858, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107858.

Environmental DNA analysis confirms extant populations of the cryptic Irwin’s turtle within its historical range (scientific paper)

Andersen AN, Einoder LD, Fisher A, Hill B and Oberprieler SK (2022) ‘Faunal standards for the restoration of terrestrial ecosystems: a framework and its application to a high-profile case study’, Restoration Ecology, 31: e13735, https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13735.

Challenges in modelling the sediment retention ecosystem service to inform an ecosystem account – examples from the Mitchell catchment in northern Australia (scientific paper)

Villacorta-Rath C, Espinoza T, Cockayne B, Schaffer J and Burrows D (2022) ‘Environmental DNA analysis confirms extant populations of the cryptic Irwin’s turtle within its historical range’, BMC Ecology and Evolution, 22:57, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02009-6.

Northern Hub Final Report 2021

McMahon JM, Hasan S, Brooks A, Curwen G, Dyke J, Ange CS, Smart JCR. (2022) ‘Challenges in modelling the sediment retention ecosystem service to inform an ecosystem account – examples from the Mitchell catchment in northern Australia’, Journal of Environmental Management 314:115102, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115102.

Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub. 2021. Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub Final Report. Charles Darwin University, Darwin.

Martuwarra (Fitzroy River) catchment 3-dimensional map manual (manual)

Hill, R. Jamieson, C., Harkness, P., Raisbeck-Brown, N., Alvarez-Romero, J. and Buissereth, R. 2022. Martuwarra (Fitzroy River) catchment 3-dimensional map manual. CSIRO, Cairns.

When to use transdisciplinary approaches for environmental research (scientific paper)

May 2022

Kiatkoski Kim M, Douglas MM, Pannell D, Setterfield SA, Hill R, Laborde S, Perrott L, Álvarez-Romero JG, Beesley L, Canham C and Brecknell A (2022) ‘When to use transdisciplinary approaches for environmental research’, Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10:840569, https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.840569.

Assessment of tools for monitoring savanna riparian vegetation cover image

Assessment of tools for monitoring savanna riparian vegetation (report)

April 2022

Canham CA, Freestone FL, Levick, SR, Callow N, Dixon D, Douglas MM, & Setterfield SA. 2021. Assessment of tools for monitoring savanna riparian vegetation: Fitzroy River case study. The University of Western Australia, Perth.

Practical eDNA sampling methods inferred from particle size distribution and comparison of capture techniques for a critically endangered elasmobranch (scientific paper)

April 2022

Cooper, MK, Villacorta-Rath C, Burrows D, Jerry DR, Carr L, Barnett A, Huveneers C and Simpfendorfer CA (2022) 'Practical eDNA sampling methods inferred from particle size distribution and comparison of capture techniques for a critically endangered elasmobranch', Environmental DNA, 00, 1–13, https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.279.

Trophic transfer of lipids and fatty acids across habitats in tropical river food webs (scientific paper)

March 2022

O’Mara K, Venarsky M, Stewart-Koster B, McGregor G, Schulz C, Marshall J, Bunn SE and Kainz MJ (2022) ‘Trophic transfer of lipids and fatty acids across habitats in tropical river food webs’, Freshwater Biology, 00:1–19, https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13889.

Photo of the front cover of the Indigenous NRM thematic impact story pdf

Supporting Indigenous natural resource management and alternative economies (thematic impact story)

March 2022

Understanding Indigenous values and priorities for wetlands to guide weed management actions: Lessons from the Nardab floodplain in northern Australia’s Kakadu National Park (scientific paper)

January 2022

Bangalang N-g, Nadji J, Nayinggul A, Nadji S, Nayinggul A, Dempsey S, Mangiru K, Dempsey J, McCartney S, Mairi Macdonald J. and Robinson CJ (2022) ‘Understanding Indigenous values and priorities for wetlands to guide weed management actions: lessons from the Nardab floodplain in northern Australia’s Kakadu National Park’, Ecological Management and Restoration, 23:105-116. https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.12542.

Deuterium depletion in xylem water and soil isotopic effects complicate the assessment of riparian tree water sources in the seasonal tropics (scientific paper)

Terrestrial fauna monitoring in Kakadu National Park (final report)

Duvert, C, Canham, CA, Barbeta, A, et al. Deuterium depletion in xylem water and soil isotopic effects complicate the assessment of riparian tree water sources in the seasonal tropics. Ecohydrology. 2021;. Accepted Author Manuscript. e2383 https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2383

Kakadu monitoring final report front cover

Einoder LD, Gillespie GR and Buckley KA (2020) Terrestrial fauna monitoring in Kakadu National Park. Northern Territory Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security, Darwin.

Fish migration in Magela Creek and potential impacts of mining-related solutes (final report)

Crook D, Wedd D, Adair B, King A, Mooney T, Harford A and Humphrey C (2021) Fish migration in Magela Creek and potential impacts of mining-related solutes. Charles Darwin University, Darwin.

Front cover of the eDNA survey in the Kimberley report

Environmental DNA survey in areas of the Kimberley region at risk of invasion by cane toads (report)

Villacorta-Rath, C., & Burrows, D. 2021. Environmental DNA survey in areas of the Kimberley region at risk of invasion by cane toads. Report 21/50, Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University, Townsville.

SOP for eDNA field collection front cover image

Standard operating procedure for environmental DNA field sample collection (report)

Villacorta-Rath, C., & Burrows, D. 2021. Standard operating procedure for environmental DNA field sample collection. Report 21/49, Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University, Townsville.

Ecohydrology and sensitivity of riparian flora, Magela Creek, Ranger uranium mine (final report)

Hutley LB, Duvert C, Setterfield SA, Bourke A, Canham CA, Freestone FL, Cavalieri OO, Alvarez-Cortez D and Brand M (2021) Ecohydrology and sensitivity of riparian flora, Magela Creek, Ranger uranium mine. Charles Darwin University, Darwin.

Influence of the 2015–2016 El Niño on the record-breaking mangrove dieback along northern Australia coast (scientific paper)

Strengthening investment to help manage Country (factsheet for Indigenous ranger programs)

Abhik, S., Hope, P., Hendon, H.H. et al. Influence of the 2015–2016 El Niño on the record-breaking mangrove dieback along northern Australia coast. Sci Rep 11, 20411 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99313-w

Strengthening investment to help manage country front cover

Long distance (>20 km) downstream detection of endangered stream frogs suggests an important role for eDNA in surveying for remnant amphibian populations (scientific paper)

Fauna monitoring in Kakadu National Park (wrap-up factsheet)

Villacorta-Rath C, Hoskin CJ, Strugnell JM, Burrows D. 2021. Long distance (>20 km) downstream detection of endangered stream frogs suggests an important role for eDNA in surveying for remnant amphibian populations. PeerJ 9:e12013 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12013

September 2021

Abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear ‘ghost nets’ are increasing through time in Northern Australia (scientific paper)

September 2021

Hardesty, B.D, Roman, L., Duke, N.C., Mackenzie, J.R., & Wilcox, C. 2021. Abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear ‘ghost nets’ are increasing through time in Northern Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin. Volume 173, 2021,ISSN 0025-326X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112959.

Using Bininj/Mungguy indicators to monitor the health of Country in Kakadu National Park (final report)

September 2021

eDNA detection of snakehead in the Barron River (report)

Our Knowledge Our Way in caring for Country (practice brief for scientists)

Hydrology drives variation in spawning phenologies and diversity of larval assemblages of Australian wet–dry tropical fish (scientific paper)

Facilitating natural regeneration processes: Planting seedlings is not the best response to mass mangrove dieback in the Gulf of Carpentaria (case study synthesis)

Tyler, K. J., Wedd, D., Crook, D. A., Kennard, M. J., & King, A. J. (2021). Hydrology drives variation in spawning phenologies and diversity of larval assemblages of Australian wet–dry tropical fish. Freshwater Biology, 00, 1– 19. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13802

Compiled by the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre (2021). Facilitating natural regeneration processes: Planting seedlings is not the best response to mass mangrove dieback in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (4pp.).

Using knowledge to care for country: Indigenous-led evaluations of research to adaptively co-manage Kakadu National Park, Australia (scientific paper)

Considerations for future environmental DNA accreditation and proficiency testing schemes (scientific paper)

Robinson, C.J., Macdonald, J.M., Douglas, M., Perry, J., Setterfield, S., Cooper, D., Lee, M., Nadji, J., Nadji, S., Nayinggul, A., Nayinggul, A., Mangiru, K., Hunter, F., Coleman, B., Barrowei, R., Markham, J. Alderson, J., Moyle, F., May, K., and Bangalang, N. 2021. Using knowledge to care for country: Indigenous-led evaluations of research to adaptively co-manage Kakadu National Park, Australia. Sustain Sci (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-01015-9

July 2021

Trujillo-González, A., Villacorta-Rath, C., White, N. E., Furlan, E. M., Sykes, M., Grossel, G., Divi, U., & Gleeson, D. (2021). Considerations for future environmental DNA accreditation and proficiency testing schemes. Environmental DNA. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.243

Processes and factors driving change in mangrove forests – an evaluation based on the mass dieback event in Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria (book chapter)

Assessing the Gulf of Carpentaria mangrove dieback 2017–2019 (summary report)

Duke, N.C., Hutley, L.B., Mackenzie, J.R., and Burrows, D. 2021. Processes and Factors Driving Change in Mangrove Forests: An Evaluation Based on the Mass Dieback Event in Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria. In Canadell, J.G. & Jackson, R.B. (Eds) Ecosystem Collapse and Climate Change 241, 221-264. ISBN: 9783030713294, 3030713296

Assessing the Gulf of Carpentaria mangrove dieback 2017-2019. Volume 1: Aerial surveys (final report)

Assessing the Gulf of Carpentaria mangrove dieback 2017-2019. Volume 2: Field studies (final report)

Assessing mangrove dieback in the Gulf of Carpentaria (wrap-up factsheet)

Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic (scientific paper)

Quantifying shedding and degradation rates of environmental DNA (eDNA) from Pacific crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris) (scientific paper)

Bergstrom, D.M., Wienecke, B.C., van den Hoff, J., Hughes, L., Lindenmayer, D.B., Ainsworth, T.D., Baker, C.M., Bland, L., Bowman, D.M.J.S., Brooks, S.T., Canadell, J.G., Constable, A.J., Dafforn, K.A., Depledge, M.H., Dickson, C.R., Duke, N.C., Helmstedt, K.J., Holz, A., Johnson, C.R., McGeoch, M.A., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Morgain, R., Nicholson, E., Prober, S.M., Raymond, B., Ritchie, E.G., Robinson, S.A., Ruthrof, K.X., Setterfield, S.A., Sgrò, C.M., Stark, J.S., Travers, T., Trebilco, R., Ward, D.F.L., Wardle, G.M., Williams, K.J., Zylstra, P.J. and Shaw, J.D. (2021), Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic. Glob. Change Biol., 27: 1692-1703. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15539

Connectivity of fish communities in a tropical floodplain river system and predicted impacts of potential new dams (scientific paper)

Kwong, S.L.T., Villacorta-Rath, C., Doyle, J. et al. Quantifying shedding and degradation rates of environmental DNA (eDNA) from Pacific crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris). Mar Biol 168, 85 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03896-x

Engagement is a two-way street: Creating symbols for science communication (impact story 2020)

O'Mara, K., Venarsky, M., Stewart-Koster, B., McGregor, G.B., Schulz, C., Kainz, M., Marshall, J., & Bunn, S.E. Connectivity of fish communities in a tropical floodplain river system and predicted impacts of potential new dams. Science of The Total Environment. Volume 788, 147785, ISSN 0048-9697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147785.

A giant leap forward in detecting unwanted visitors (impact story 2020)

Using AI to protect baby turtles from feral pigs (impact story 2020)

Improved detection sensitivity using an optimal eDNA preservation and extraction workflow and its application to threatened sawfishes (scientific paper)

How important are freshwater flows for Gulf estuaries? A study of the effect on food supply for migratory shorebirds (presentation)

Cooper, M.K., Huerlimann, R, Edmunds, RC, Budd, A.M., Le Port A., Kyne, P.M., Jerry, D.R., Simpfendorfer, C.A. 2021. Improved detection sensitivity using an optimal eDNA preservation and extraction workflow and its application to threatened sawfishes. Aquatic Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst. 2021; 1– 18. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3591

April 2021

eDNA game website

April 2021

This website describes the eDNA approach and features a game for kids to test their knowledge of Gouldian Finch eDNA. Developed in partnership with Inspired NT.

Relationships between algal primary productivity and environmental variables in tropical floodplain wetlands (scientific paper)

March 2021

Molinari B, Stewart-Koster, B, Adame MF, Campbell MD, McGregor G, Schulz C, Malthus TJ and Bunn S (2021) 'Relationships between algal primary productivity and environmental variables in tropical floodplain wetlands', Inland Waters 11:2, 180-190, doi:10.1080/20442041.2020.1843932.

Use of radiotelemetry to quantify diel habitat preferences and minimum environmental flow requirements of a tropical riverine fish (Sooty grunter Hephaestus fuliginosus) (scientific paper)

March 2021

Crook, D.A., Keller, K., Adair, B.J., Luiz, O.J., Waugh, P.S., Schult, J., Dostine, P.L., Townsend, S.A., & King, A.J. 2021. Use of radiotelemetry to quantify diel habitat preferences and minimum environmental flow requirements of a tropical riverine fish (Sooty grunter Hephaestus fuliginosus). Ecohydrology. 2021;e2290. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2290

More Than Words (CSIRO Double Helix article Jan 2021)

March 2021

Unravelling the taxonomy and identification of a problematic group of benthic fishes from tropical rivers (Gobiidae: Glossogobius) (scientific paper)

February 2021

Hammer, M.P., Taillebois, L., King, A.J., Crook, D.A., Wedd, D., Adams, M., Unmack, P.J., Hoese, D.F. and Bertozzi, T. (2021), Unravelling the taxonomy and identification of a problematic group of benthic fishes from tropical rivers (Gobiidae: Glossogobius). J Fish Biol. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14701

Kakadu floodplain research synthesis (start-up factsheet)

January 2021

Got glycogen?: Development and multispecies validation of the novel preserve, precipitate, lyse, precipitate, purify (PPLPP) workflow for environmental DNA extraction from Longmire’s preserved water samples (scientific paper)

December 2020

Edmunds R.C., Burrows D. 2020. Got Glycogen?: Development and Multispecies Validation of the Novel Preserve, Precipitate, Lyse, Precipitate, Purify (PPLPP) Workflow for Environmental DNA Extraction from Longmire's Preserved Water Samples. J Biomol Tech. 2020 Dec;31(4):125-150. doi: 10.7171/jbt.20-3104-003. PMID: 33100918; PMCID: PMC7566611.

NESP State & Territory showcase (2020)

November 2020

Filling knowledge gaps front page for link to pdf

Filling knowledge gaps for the rehabilitation of Ranger uranium mine (impact story 2019)

October 2020

Managing feral pigs on Cape York (impact story 2019)

August 2020

The mystery of the Top End’s vanishing wildlife, and the unexpected culprits (article)

August 2020

Finding finches with eDNA cover page. Link through to document

Finding finches – using eDNA to track endangered birds (impact story)

July 2020

Can environmental DNA be used to detect first arrivals of the cane toad, Rhinella marina, into novel locations? (scientific paper)

July 2020

Villacorta‐Rath, C, Adekunle, AI, Edmunds, RC, Strugnell, JM, Schwarzkopf, L, & Burrows, D. (2020). Can environmental DNA be used to detect first arrivals of the cane toad, Rhinella marina, into novel locations?. Environmental DNA. 2020; 00: 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.114

Mangrove harbingers of coastal degradation seen in their responses to global climate change coupled with ever-increasing human pressures (scientific paper)

June 2020

Duke, N. (2020). Mangrove harbingers of coastal degradation seen in their responses to global climate change coupled with ever-increasing human pressures. Human Ecology. Journal of the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council. Spring 2020 Issue 30.

Waste and marine debris in remote northern Australian communities (impact story)

June 2020

Bottom-up and top-down processes influence contemporary patterns of mammal species richness in Australia’s monsoonal tropics (scientific paper)

June 2020

Stobo-Wilson, A.M., Stokeld, D., Einoder, L.D., Davies, H.F., Fisher, A., Hill, B.M., Mahney, T., Murphy, B.P., Scroggie, M.P., Stevens, A., Woinarski, J.C.Z., Bawinanga Rangers, Warddeken Rangers & Gillespie, G.R. (2020).
Bottom-up and top-down processes influence contemporary patterns of mammal species richness in Australia's monsoonal tropics. Biological Conservation, Volume 247, 2020, 108638, ISSN 0006-3207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108638.

Indigenous Ranger field guide to the Shoreline Video Assessment Method

May 2020

Rapid response of habitat structure and above-ground carbon storage to altered fire regimes in tropical savanna (scientific paper)

April 2020

Levick, S., Richards, A., Cook, G., Schatz, J., & Williams, D. (2019). Rapid response of habitat structure and above-ground carbon storage to altered fire regimes in tropical savanna. Biogeosciences. 2019; 16(7 0):1493–1503. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1493-2019

Habitat structural complexity explains patterns of feral cat and dingo occurrence in monsoonal Australia (scientific paper)

April 2020

Stobo‐Wilson AM, Stokeld D, Einoder LD, Davies HF, Fisher A, Hill BM, Mahney T, Murphy BP, Stevens A, Woinarski JCZ, Djelk Rangers, Warddeken Rangers, & Gillespie GR. Habitat structural complexity explains patterns of feral cat and dingo occurrence in monsoonal Australia. Divers Distrib. 2020; 00: 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13065

The importance of sampling intensity when assessing ecosystem restoration: ants as bioindicators in northern Australia (scientific paper)

April 2020

Oberprieler, S.K. and Andersen, A.N. (2020). The importance of sampling intensity when assessing ecosystem restoration: ants as bioindicators in northern Australia. Restoration Ecology. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1111/rec.13172

Enhancing tropical conservation and ecology research with aquatic environmental DNA methods: an introduction for non‐environmental DNA specialists (scientific paper)

March 2020

Huerlimann, R., Cooper, M.K., Edmunds, R.C., Villacorta‐Rath, C., Le Port, A., Robson, H.L.A., Strugnell, J.M., Burrows, D. and Jerry, D.R. (2020), Enhancing tropical conservation and ecology research with aquatic environmental DNA methods: an introduction for non‐environmental DNA specialists. Anim Conserv. doi:10.1111/acv.12583

The ecological importance of crocodylians: towards evidence-based justification for their conservation (scientific paper)

March 2020

Somaweera, R., Nifong, J., Rosenblatt, A., Brien, M.L., Combrink, X., Elsey, R.M., Grigg, G., Magnusson, W.E., Mazzotti, F.J., Pearcy, A., Platt, S.G., Shirley, M.H., Tellez, M., van der Ploeg, J., Webb, G., Whitaker, R. and Webber, B.L. (2020), The ecological importance of crocodylians: towards evidence‐based justification for their conservation. Biol Rev. doi:10.1111/brv.12594

eDNA survey of Eureka Creek, Upper Mitchell and Walsh River for two invasive tilapia species (report)

Monitoring for invasive Cabomba caroliniana in two Darwin River billabongs (report)

Effect of elevated magnesium sulfate on two riparian tree species potentially impacted by mine site contamination (scientific paper)

Long-term Kakadu animal monitoring continues in 2019 (booklet)

Canham, C.A., Cavalieri, O.Y., Setterfield, S.A. et al. Effect of elevated magnesium sulfate on two riparian tree species potentially impacted by mine site contamination. Sci Rep 10, 2880 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59390-9

Effect of elevated magnesium sulfate on two riparian tree species potentially impacted by mine site contamination (scientific paper dataset)

eDNA for aquatic monitoring and field surveys in tropical waters (project update February 2020)

Canham, C. (Creator), Cavalieri, O. Y. (Creator), Setterfield, S. (Creator), Freestone, F. (Creator) & Hutley, L. B. (Creator). (19 Feb 2020). Effect of elevated magnesium sulfate on two riparian tree species potentially impacted by mine site contamination. The University of Western Australia. https://doi.org/10.26182/5e61d3ad6a460

Standard operating procedures for collecting and extracting Gouldian Finch eDNA (report)

Development of an eDNA assay for fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana) (report)

Development of an eDNA assay for cane toad (report)

Development of a revised eDNA assay for tilapia (report)

Tracking the resource pulse: Movement responses of fish to dynamic floodplain habitat in a tropical river (scientific paper)

November 2019

Crook, D.A., Buckle, D.J., Morrongiello, J.R., Allsop, Q.A., Baldwin, W., Saunders, T.M. & Douglas, M.M. (2019), Tracking the resource pulse: Movement responses of fish to dynamic floodplain habitat in a tropical river. J Anim Ecol. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13146

Developing eDNA methods to detect Top End animals (project update October 2019)

November 2019

Development and validation of an environmental DNA test for the endangered Gouldian finch (scientific paper)

November 2019

Day K, Campbell H, Fisher A, Gibb K, Hill B, Rose A & Jarman SN. (2019). Development and validation of an environmental DNA test for the endangered Gouldian finch. Endangered Species Research 40:171-182. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00987

No baby barra in Daly River after poor wet season (radio interview 2019)

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence: Knowledge shortfalls threaten the effective conservation of freshwater crocodiles (scientific paper)

Fish movement and sensitivity to contaminated mine water (project update August 2019)

Somaweera, R., Brien, M.L., Sonneman, T., Didham, R.K. & Webber, B.L. (2019). Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence: Knowledge shortfalls threaten the effective conservation of freshwater crocodiles, Global Ecology and Conservation, Volume 20, e00773, ISSN 2351-9894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00773.

An evaluation of nest predator impacts and the efficacy of plastic meshing on marine turtle nests on the western Cape York Peninsula, Australia (scientific paper)

Nordberg, E.J., Macdonald, S., Zimny, G., Hoskins, A., Zimny, A., Somaweera, R., Ferguson, J. & Perry, J. (2019). An evaluation of nest predator impacts and the efficacy of plastic meshing on marine turtle nests on the western Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Biological Conservation, Volume 238, 2019, 108201, ISSN 0006-3207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108201.

Invertebrate assemblages at Ranger uranium mine’s trial revegetation sites compared with natural reference sites (report)

Rehabilitation of vertebrate assemblages at Ranger uranium mine: Assessment standards and monitoring methodology (report)

Migration to freshwater increases growth rates in a facultatively catadromous tropical fish (scientific paper)

Roberts, B.H., Morrongiello, J.R., King, A.J., Morgan, D.L., Saunders, T.M., Woodhead, J. & Crook, D.A. (2019). Migration to freshwater increases growth rates in a facultatively catadromous tropical fish. Oecologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04460-7

Assessing mangrove dieback in the Gulf of Carpentaria (project update June 2019)

Development of eDNA assays for monitoring three endangered frog species (report)

Monitoring terrestrial animals in Kakadu (start-up factsheet)

Telling our stories face to face (impact story)

June 2019

Reconnecting with Country through collaborative research (impact story)

June 2019

No sitting on the fence: protecting wetlands from feral pig damage by exclusion fences requires effective fence maintenance (scientific paper)

June 2019

Negus, P.M., Marshall, J.C., Clifford, S.E., Blessing, J.J. & Steward, A.L. (2019). No sitting on the fence: protecting wetlands from feral pig damage by exclusion fences requires effective fence management. Wetlands Ecology & Management https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-019-09670-7

A holistic view to monitoring Indigenous land and sea management programs (policy note Feb 2019)

February 2019

Assessing mangrove dieback in the Gulf (presentation Feb 2019)

February 2019

Prioritising threatened species in northern Australia (presentation Feb 2019)

February 2019

Use of otolith chemistry to trace life history variability in barramundi (presentation Dec 2018)

Environmental assessments: Support development and evaluation of Queensland Water Plans (presentation Dec 2018)

Palaeo-tracers: A brief overview of some chemical tracers used to reconstruct past aquatic environments (presentation Dec 2018)

Stable Isotopes, Fatty Acids and Compound Specific Stable Isotopes of Fatty Acids as biomarkers (presentation Dec 2018)

Prioritising threatened species in northern Australia (project update Oct 2018)

NESP Indigenous collaboration (brochure)

Indigenous science partnerships (brochure)

Working with government staff (impact story)

Valuing Indigenous Protected Areas (impact story)

Remote environmental monitoring in northern Australia (impact story)

Identifying lessons for fire management (impact story)

Monitoring, mapping & safeguarding Kimberley bilbies (start-up factsheet)