Education

Ecological responses to leaf litter in billabongs Susanne Watkins Ecological responses to seasonally inundated leaf litter in billabongs along the Murray River Monash University

Ecology and systematics of Eustheniidae Full Title The ecology and systematics of the Australian Eustheniidae and the implications of climate change on their conservation status Student  Cassandra Bryce Supervisors Phil Suter (La Trobe University, Wodonga campus) and John Hawking (MDFRC, Associate

Ecology of golden perch Full Title Spawning and recruitment ecology of golden perch Student  Clayton Sharpe Supervisors Details Funding Body Details Duration Details Outcomes  PhD Summary Details

Effects of landuse and disturbance on floodplains Jessica MacGregor

Identification of fungal communities in activated sludge Full Title Identification of fungal communities in activated sludge using culture independent methods Student  Tegan Evans Supervisors Robert Seviour and Ian Swift (La Trobe University, Bendigo campus) and Dr Gavin Rees (MDFRC, Associate Supervisor)

Impact of drought on aquatic communities Broken, Ovens and Murray Rivers Full Title Impact of drought on aquatic communities Broken, Ovens and Murray Rivers - Water quality, zooplankton and fish sampling Supervisor  Ben Gawne, Rochelle Petrie Student Louise Trickett Funding Body MDFRC summer scholarship Duration 10 weeks,

Impact of drought on aquatic communities in the Lower Darling River Full Title Impact of drought on aquatic communities in the Lower Darling River - Water quality, zooplankton and fish sampling Supervisor  Todd Wallace Student Simon Maffei Funding Body MDFRC summer scholarship Duration 10 weeks, summer 2006/2007 Outcomes

Investigating the effects of fire on wetland dormant eggs and seedbanks Full Title Details Supervisor  Details Student Danielle Smith Funding Body Details Duration Details Outcomes  Honours Summary Details

Microbial community composition along a wetting/drying gradient Full Title Microbial community composition along a wetting/drying gradient within sediment of a reservoir that undergoes frequent draining and re-filling cycles Student  Amy Boulding Supervisors Phil Suter (LTU) and Darren Baldwin and Gavin Rees (MDFRC)

Microinvertebrate dynamics within slackwater patches Full Title Microinvertebrate dynamics within slackwater patches of a temperate floodplain river: the influence of planktivorous fish and macroinvertebrates Student  Nathan Ning Supervisors Daryl Nielsen (MDFRC), Terry Hillman and Phil Suter (La Trobe

Modelling microbial utilisation of macrophyte organic matter Trish Bowen

Mortality in juvenile freshwater fish Sources and severity of mortality in freshwater fish during their early life stages

Movement patterns of larval fish
Murray Cod Bioenergetics Model
Nitrogen cycling and bacterial bio-diversity
Nitrogen transformation in the Beechworth wastewater treatment ponds
Response of weed species in ephemeral floodplain systems
The movement of dormant propagules into wetlands