Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre



Education

Aquatic fungi

Stephanie Suter La Trobe University
Aquatic fungi in alpine streams
Contribution of aquatic hyphomycete communities to decomposition and food webs in alpine streams

Stephanie Suter La Trobe University Contribution of aquatic hyphomycete communities to decomposition and food webs in alpine streams
Ecological response to water regime of the aquatic vegetation in Lake Brewster, NSW

Ecological response to water regime of the aquatic vegetation in Lake Brewster, NSW
Ecology of golden perch

Clayton Sharpe Griffith University Spawning and recruitment ecology of golden perch
Fish behaviour in turbidity

Simon Maffei La Trobe University
Effect of turbidity on fish foraging behaviour.
Fish-habitat associations

Fish-habitat associations of the Lower Darling River, New South Wales
Floodplain soils

Stephie Zahra La Trobe University
Response of floodplain forest soils and microbial communities to watering events
Fungi in sludge

Tegan Evans La Trobe University
Identification of fungal communities in activated sludge using culture independent methods
Fungi in wetlands

Janice Williams La Trobe University
The role of fungi in the carbon cycle of floodplain wetlands
Iron biogeochemistry in aquatic ecosystems

Iron biogeochemistry in aquatic ecosystems
Iron biogeochemistry in aquatic ecosystems

Annaleise Klein La Trobe University Iron biogeochemistry in aquatic ecosystems
Mortality in juvenile fish

Nicole McGasker Charles Sturt University
Sources and severity of mortality in freshwater fish during their early life stages
Murray Cod Bioenergetics

Nick Whiterod Charles Sturt University Construction of a bioenergetics model for Murray cod
Organic Carbon Speciation, Decomposition Markers and Processes in Wetland Soils

This project will examine the soil-flood plain interaction, soil carbon speciation on flooding regimes, soil micro aggregates and the historical record of a floodplain sediment profile to determine the past frequency of flooding events, and the characteristics of the deposited carbon, with the ultimate aim of determining the catchment origins of the organic carbon.
Peatland Vegetation Diversity, Status and Impacts by Introduced Ungulates

This information about the status of vegetation diversity in montane peatlands, anthropogenic impacts by introduced ungulates, and the likely responses by peatlands to climate change, will inform the management and conservation of these Endangered Ecological Communities
Slackwater microinvertebrates

Nathan Ning La Trobe University
Microinvertebrate dynamics within slackwater patches of a temperate floodplain river: the influence of planktivorous fish and macroinvertebrates
Systematics & ecology of Nymphulinae

John Hawking La Trobe University Systematics and Ecology of Australian Nymphulinae Moths
The effects of willows and willow removal on river function.

The effects of willows and willow removal on river function and the rehabilitation process required to return willow removal sites to an ecologically and socially acceptable state need to be investigated if future willow removal works are to be conducted to their highest potential.
Wetland microinvertebrates & plants

Kiya Podnar Charles Sturt University
Does time since flooding affect emergence of microinvertebrates and plants from wetland sediments?