Education

Aquatic fungi Stephanie Suter La Trobe University Aquatic fungi in alpine streams

Ecology of Eustheniidae Cassandra Bryce La Trobe University The ecology and systematics of the Australian Eustheniidae and the implications of climate change on their conservation status

Ecology of golden perch Clayton Sharpe Griffith University Spawning and recruitment ecology of golden perch

Experimental dietary manipulations Ashleigh Montieth MDFRC/Latrobe Summer Scholarship: The importance of different food sources to shrimp consumers

Fish behaviour in turbidity Simon Maffei La Trobe University Effect of turbidity on fish foraging behaviour.

Fishery Management Sylvia Zulowski Charles Sturt University Effectiveness and social acceptability of fishery management strategies for sustaining target species with different reproductive strategies

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

Impacts of landuse on aquatic macroinvertebrates Janine Box and Ashleigh Smith MDFRC/Latrobe Summer Scholarship: Impacts of landuse on aquatic invertebrates

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

Nitrogen cycling & bacteria Shane Perryman Monash University Nitrogen cycling and bacterial bio-diversity in Australian streams

Nitrogen in treatment ponds Glenn Jeffrey La Trobe University Nitrogen transformation in the Beechworth wastewater treatment ponds

Red gum genetics Rachel McEvoy La Trobe University Genetic variation of Eucalyptus camaldulensis in a floodplain forest

Shrimp diet & riverine-floodplain habitats Patricia Halpin La Trobe University Resource use by Paratya australiensis (Decapoda: Atyidae) in lowland riverine- floodplain habitats in North-Eastern Victoria, Australia

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

Trout impact on native small fish abundance Slade Allan-Ankins MDFRC/Latrobe Summer Scholarship: Effect of introduced trout on the abundance of small native fish.

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

Zooplankton and blackwater Stephanie Suter MDFRC vacation scholarship Assessing zooplankton and the effects of blackwater