Publications in Refereed Journals

Belinda Robson

Johnston K., Robson B.J. & Fairweather P.G. (2011) Trophic positions of omnivores are not always flexible: evidence from four species of freshwater crayfish. Austral Ecology, 36, 269-279.

Robson B.J., Mitchell B.D., Chester E.T. (2011) An outcome-based model for predicting recovery pathways after flow restoration in rivers: the Recovery Cascade Model. Ecological Engineering, 37, 1379-1386.

Robson B.J., Chester E.T. & Austin C. M. (2011) Why life history information matters: predicting the role of drought refuges for sustaining macroinvertebrate biodiversity in non-perennial streams subject to increased periods of drying. Marine & Freshwater Research, 62, 801-810.

Howson T.J., Robson B.J. & Mitchell B.D. (2010) Patch-specific spawning is linked to restoration of a sediment-disturbed lowland river, south-eastern Australia. Ecological Engineering, 36, 920-929.

Chester E.T. and Robson B.J. (2011) Drought refuges, spatial scale and the recolonization of invertebrates in non-perennial streams. Freshwater Biology, in press.

Robson B.J. & Mitchell B.D. (2010) Metastability in a river subject to multiple disturbances may constrain restoration options. Peter Cullen’s Legacy: Integrating science, policy and management of rivers. Marine & Freshwater Research, 61, 778-785.

Giri M.L., Chester E.T. & Robson B.J. (2010) Does sampling method or microhabitat type control patterns of macroinvertebrate assemblage structure across spatial scales in rivers? Marine & Freshwater Research, 61, 1313-1317.

Johnston, K., Robson, B.J. and Austin, C.M. (2010) Population structure and life history characteristics of Gramastacus insolitus and Geocharax falcata (Parastacidae) in the Grampians National Park, Australia. Freshwater Crayfish 17, 245-253.

Robson B.J., Mitchell B.D., Chester E.T (2009) Recovery pathways after flow restoration in rivers. Waterlines Report Series No. 15, National Water Commission, Canberra.

Lind, P.R., Robson B.J., Mitchell, B.D. & Matthews T.G. (2009) Can sand slugs in rivers deliver conservation benefits? The biodiversity value of tributary junction plug wetlands in the Glenelg River, Australia. Marine & Freshwater Research, 60: 426-434.

Johnston K. & Robson B.J. (2009) Habitat use by five sympatric Australian freshwater crayfish species (Parastacidae). Freshwater Biology, 54, 1629-1641.

Johnston K. & Robson B.J. (2009) Commensalism used by freshwater crayfish species to survive drying in seasonal habitats. Invertebrate Biology, 128, 269-275.

Howson T.J., Robson B.J. & Mitchell B.D. (2009) Fish assemblage response to experimental rehabilitation of a sand-slugged lowland river. River Research & Applications, 25, 1251-1267.

Becker A. & Robson B.J. (2009) Riverine macroinvertebrate assemblages up to eight years after riparian restoration in a semi-rural catchment in Victoria, Australia. Marine & Freshwater Research, 60, 1309-1316.

Robson B.J., Chester E.T., Mitchell B.D. & Matthews T.G. (2008). Identification and management of refuges for aquatic organisms. Waterlines Report Series No. 11, National Water Commission, Canberra.

Mirella Tulbure

Tulbure, M.G., M.C. Wimberly, D.P. Roy, and G.M. Henebry (2011). Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of agricultural fires in the central United States in relation to land cover and land use. Landscape Ecology. 26(2): 211-224.

Johnston, C. A., J.B. Zedler, M.G.Tulbure (2010). Latitudinal Gradient of Floristic Condition among Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 36(4):772-779.

Tulbure, M.G. and C.A. Johnston. (2010). Environmental conditions promoting non-native
Phragmites australis expansion in Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Wetlands. 30(3): 577-587.

Johnson, W.C., B. Werner, G. Guntenspergen, R.Voldseth, B. Millett, D.Naugle, M.G.Tulbure, R. Carroll, J. Tracy, and C. Olawsky. (2010). Prairie Wetland Complexes as Functional Units in a Changing Climate. BioScience. 60(2):128-140.

Johnston, C. A., J.B. Zedler, M.G.Tulbure, C. B. Frieswyk, B. L. Bedford, and L. Vaccaro.
(2009). A Unifying Approach for Evaluating the Condition of Wetland Plant Communities
and Identifying Related Stressors.  Ecological Applications 19(7): 1739-1757.

Tulbure, M.G., C.A. Johnston, and D.L Auger. (2008). Rapid Invasion of a Great Lakes Coastal Wetland by non-native Phragmites australis and Typha. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 33(3): 269-279.

Ghioca, D., C. A. Johnston, and M.G.Tulbure. (2008). Assessing the Use of Multiseason
QuickBird Imagery for Mapping a Lake Erie Coastal Marsh. Wetlands. 28(4): 1028-1039.

Johnston, C. A., B. Bedford, M. Bourdaghs, T. Brown, C. B. Frieswyk, M.G. Tulbure, L. Vaccaro, and J. B. Zedler. (2008). Plant species indicators of physical environment in Great Lakes coastal marshes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33(3): 106-124.

Johnston, C.A., Ghioca D, M.G. Tulbure, B. Bedford, M. Bourdaghs, C. B. Frieswyk, L. Vaccaro, and J. B. Zedler. (2008). Partitioning vegetation response to anthropogenic stress to develop multi taxa indicators of wetland condition. Ecological Applications 18(4): 983-1001.

Jenny Davis

Qiu, S., McComb, A.J., Bell, R.W. and Davis, J.A. (2004) Partitioning processes controlling water column phosphorus concentrations in a shallow wetland. Freshwater Biology 49, 563-575.

Qiu, S., McComb, A.J., Bell, R.W. and Davis, J.A. (2004) Phosphorus dynamics from vegetated catchment to lakebed during seasonal refilling. Wetlands 24(4), 828-836.

Qiu, S., McComb, A.J., Bell, R.W. and Davis, J.A. (2003) Nutrient response to soil and litter metabolic activity in a transect across a seasonal wetland. Marine and Freshwater Research 54, 243-252.

Davis, J.A. (2003) What happens when you add salt? RipRap 25, 6-7.

Davis, J.A., McGuire, M., Halse, S.A., Hamilton, D., Horwitz, P., McComb, A.J., Froend, R., Lyons, M. and Sim, L. (2003) What happens when you add salt: Predicting impacts of secondary salinisation on shallow aquatic ecosystems using an alternative states model. Australian Journal of Botany 51, 715-724.

Qui,S., McComb, A.J. Bell, R.W. & Davis, J.A. (2003) Nutrient response to soil and litter metabolic activity in a transect across a seasonal wetland (2003) Marine and Freshwater Research 54:243-252.

Davis, J.A., McGuire, M.I., Robson, B. and Lund, M. (2002) Predicting wetland response to nutrient enrichment: Modelling temperature, algal booms and nuisance midge swarms, in (ed.) Sladeckova, A., International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology Proceedings, International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, Melbourne, 2001, pp.635-640.

Humphrey, C.L., Barmuta, L.A., Davies, P.E., Davis, J.A., Mapstone, B.D., Trayler, K.M., Ward, T.J. and Biggs, B.J. (2002) Incorporating biological assessment into new generation water quality guidelines in Australia and New Zealand. Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology 7, pp.65-80.

Strehlow, K., Bradley, J.S., Davis, J.A. and Friend, G.R. (2002) Short term impacts of logging on invertebrate communities in jarrah forests in south-west Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 162, pp.165‑184.

Chessman, B.C., Traylor, K.M. and Davis, J.A. (2002) Family- and species-level biotic indices for macroinvertebrates of wetlands on the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 53, pp.919‑930.

Davis, JA, McGuire, M., Robson, B & M. Lund (2002) Predicting wetland response to nutrient enrichment:modelling temperature. Algal blooms and nuisance midge swarms Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 28: 635-640.

Sutcliffe, K.E., Taplin, R.H., Davis, J.A. & S.A. Halse. (2002) Factors affecting the distribution of stoneflies (Plecoptera) in southwestern Australia Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 28: 1-4.

Horwitz, P., Davis, J. A., Gale, E. and McComb, A.J. (2002).The development and application of conceptual models for predicting wetland response Verh. Internat. Ver. Limnol., 28: 14055-1408.

Pennifold, M.G. and Davis, J.A. (2001) Macrofauna and nutrient cycling in the Swan River Estuary, Western Australia: Experimental results, Journal of Hydrological Processes 15, pp.2537-2553.

Davis, J. A., Horwitz, P., Norris, R., Chessman, B., McGuire, M. and Sommer, B. (2000) Are river bioassessment methods applicable to wetlands ? Submitted to Freshwater Biology

Lund M. A. and Davis, J.A. (2000) Seasonal dynamics of plankton communities and water chemistryin a eutrophic wetland (Lake Monger, Western Australia): Implications for biomanipulation submitted to Marine and Freshwater Research

Boulton, A. J., Marmonier, P. and Davis, J. A. (1999) Hydrological exchange and subsurface water chemistry in streams of varying salinity in south-western Australia Submitted to International Journal of Salt Lake Research

Smith, M.J., Kay, W.R., Edward, D.H.E., Papas, P.J., Richardson, K. St.J., Simpson, J.C., Pinder,A.M., Cale,D.J., Horwitz, P.H.J., Davis, J.A., Yung, F.H., Norris,R.H., & Halse, S.A. (1999) AUSRIVAS: Using macroinvertebrates to assess ecological condition of rivers in Western Australia. Freshwater Biology 41: 269-282.

Kay, W.R., Smith, M.J., Pinder, A.M. McRae, J.M., Davis, J.A. and Halse, S.A. (1999) Patterns of distribution of macroinvertebrate families in rivers of north-western Australia. Freshwater Biology 41: 299-316

Davis, J.A. and Froend, R. (1999) Loss and degradation of wetlands in southwestern Australia: underlying causes, consequences and solutions Wetlands Ecology and Management 7: 13-23

Davis, J. A., Robson, B. J., and Chester, E.T. (1999) The role of turbulence in stream ecology Rivers for the Future 10: 34-37.

Robson, B. J., Chester, E.T. and Davis, J. A. (1999) Manipulating the intensity of near-bed turbulence in rivers: effects of benthic invertebrates Freshwater Biology 42: 645-654.

Davis, J.A. (1997) Conservation of aquatic invertebrate communities in central Australia Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 56: 491-503.

Trayler, K. M. and Davis, J. A. (1996) Sensitivity of Daphnia carinata sensu lato to the insect growth regulator, pyriproxyfen. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 33: 154-156.

Trayler, K. M. , Davis, J. A., Horwitz, P, and Morgan, D. (1996) Aquatic fauna of the Warren Bioregion, south-west western Australia: Does reservation guarantee preservation? Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 79:281-292.

Balla, S. A. and Davis, J. A. (1995) Seasonal variation in the macroinvertebrate fauna of wetlands of differing water regime and nutrient status on the Swan Coastal Plain, WA. Hydrobiologia 299: 147 - 161.

McComb, A.J. and Davis, J.A. (1994) Eutrophic waters of southwestern Australia. Journal of Fertiliser Research. 36: 105-114.

Trayler, K. M., Pinder, A. M. and J. A. Davis (1994) Evaluation of the juvenile hormone mimic pyriproxyfen (S-31183) against nuisance chironomids (Diptera:Chironomidae), with particular emphasis on Polypedilum nubifer (Skuse). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society . 33: 127-130.

Growns I.O. and Davis, J.A. (1994) The effects of forestry activities (clearfelling) on stream macroinvertebrate fauna in south-west Australia. Australian Journal ofMarine and Freshwater Research. 45: 963-975

Growns, I. O. and Davis, J.A. (1994) Longitudinal changes in near-bed flows and macroinvertebrate communities in a Western Australian stream.Journal of the North American Benthological Society 13: 417-438

Pinder, A.M., Harrington, S.A. and Davis, J.A. (1993) The use of enclosures to investigate the effects of temephos on larval chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) in a Perth wetland. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society . 32(1): 69 - 72.

Cheal, F., Davis, J.A., Growns, J.E., Whittles, F.H. and Bradley, J.S. (1993) The influence of sampling method on the classification of wetland macroinvertebrate communities. Hydrobiologia.257: 47-56.

Pinder, A.M., Trayler, K.M., Mercer, J.W., Arena, J., and Davis, J.A. (1993) Diel eclosion periodicities of some aquatic insects at a Western Australian wetland Journal of the Australian Entomological Society . 32: 129-136.

Davis, J.A., Harrington S.A. and Friend, J.A. (1993) Invertebrate communities of relict streams in the arid zone: the George Gill Range, central Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.44: 483-505.

Horne, P.A., Bennison, G. and Davis J.A. (1992) The water velocity preferences of Austrosimulium furiosum and Simulium ornatipes (Diptera : Simuliidae) larvae, and the implications for micro-habitat partitioning. Hydrobiologia 230 : 31-36.

Growns, J.E., Davis, J.A, Cheal, F, Schmidt, L., Rosich, R. and Bradley, J.S. (1992) Multivariate pattern analysis of wetland invertebrate communities and environmental variables in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology. 17: 275-288.

Latchford,J.A., McComb, A.J. and Davis, J.A. (1992) Preliminary results of the effectiveness and environmental impacts of runnelling, a mosquito control technique. Bulletin of the Mosquito Control Association of Australia 4 (3): 25 - 32.

Lund, M., Davis, J.A. and Murray, F. (1991) The fate of lead from duckshooting and road runoff in three Western Australian wetlands. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 42 (2): 139-149.