Dr Daryl Nielsen- Macroinvertebrate Ecologist

Position

Microinvertebrate Ecologist

Email

info@mdfrc.org.au

Research Themes

Ecology of aquatic invertebrates and plants in rivers and wetlands and the effects of flow on community ecology. Interested in the role of eggs and seeds within sediments in sustaining healthy plant and animal communities.

Reports and Publications

Wallace, T., McGuffie, P., Scholz, O., Nielsen, D.L., Bowen, T., Sharpe, C., Baldwin, D., Reid, J., and McCarthy, B. (2007). The Darling Anabranch Adaptive Management Monitoring Plan: Condition and Intervention Monitoring Program. Report prepared for the Lower Murray Darling Catchment Management Authority, November, 111pp.

Durant, R. and Nielsen, D. (2007). Water saving through wetland drying - seven part test and ecological assessment – Euston Lakes. Report prepared for the Department of Environment & Climate Change, October 70pp.

Durant, R., Vogel, M. and Nielsen, D. (2007). Coobool Creek Water Savings – Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecological Assessment. Report prepared for the Department of Environment & Climate Change, November, 174pp.

Nielsen, D. L., Brock, M.A. Petrie, R. & Crossle, K. (2007) The impact of salinity pulses on the emergence of plant and zooplankton from wetland seed and egg banks. Freshwater Biology 52: 784-795