MDFRC supports a team of biogeochemistry ecologists who work in conjunction with scientists and technicians from multiple freshwater disciplines, to deliver high quality scientific research and synthesis.
These include:
- Carbon and nutrient dynamics
- Drought effects on sediments
- Microbial community analysis
- Experiments and/or manipulative field trials
- Mentoring and supervising university students
- Scientifically analyse data and deliver comprehensive reviews and reports, including reviews and recommendations for management actions
The team also has an interest in:
- Bacteria and fungi in rivers and streams
- DNA based technologies
- Soil and water acidification recovery processes
- Eutrophication of surface waters
- Alpine stream ecology
- Floodplain soils and sediments
Key Contacts
Dr Darren Baldwin darren.baldwin@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Gavin Rees gavin.rees@latrobe.edu.au
Garth Watson g.watson@latrobe.edu.au
Publications and reports
Baldwin DS and Fraser M (2009) Rehabilitation options for inland waterways impacted by sulfidic sediments-A synthesis. Journal of Environmental Management 91(2): 311-319. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.09.006.coase
Boulding, A.N., Rees, G.N., Baldwin, D.S., Suter, P.J. and Watson, G.O. (2008). Changes in sediment microbial community structure within a large water storage reservoir during an extreme drawdown event. Marine and Freshwater Research 59(10): 890-896.
Hall, K.C., Baldwin, D.S., Rees, G.N. and Richardson, A.J. (2006) Distribution of inland wetlands with sulfidic sediments in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Science of the Total Environment 370(1): 235-244.
Hladyz, S., Gessner, M.O., Giller, P.S., Pozo, J. and Woodward, G. (2009). Resource quality and stoichiometric constraints on stream ecosystem functioning. Freshwater Biology 54(5): 957-970.
Perryman SE, Rees GN, Walsh CJ (2008) Analysis of denitrifying communities in streams from an urban and non-urban catchment. Aquatic Ecology 42:95-101
Rees, G.N., Watson, G.O., Baldwin, D.S. and Mitchell, A.M. (2006). Variability in sediment microbial communities in a semipermanent stream: impact of drought. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25(2): 370-378.
Scholz, O., Gawne, B., Ebner, B. and Ellis, I. (2002). The effects of drying and re-flooding on nutrient availability in ephemeral deflation basin lakes in western New South Wales, Australia. River Research and Applications 18(2): 185-196.
Wallace, T.A., Ganf, G.G. and Brookes, J.D. (2008). A comparison of phosphorus and DOC leachates from different types of leaf litter in an urban environment. Freshwater Biology 53(9): 1902-1913.
Wilson J, Baldwin DS, Rees GN, Wilson BP (2010) The effects of short-term inundation on carbon dynamics, microbial community structure and microbial activity in a floodplain soil. River Research and Application. In Press
- Impact of sulfidic sediments on the viability of dormant propagules (2010-2011).
- Determining watering regimes to protect floodplains under hyper-drought conditions (2008-2010).
- Minimising Environmental Damage from Water Recovery from Inland Wetlands: Determining water regimes to minimise the impact of sulfidic sediments (potential acid sulfate soils) (2007-2010).
- Acid Sulfate Soils Assessment at Kings Billabong (2010).
- Assessment of sulfidic sediments at Washpen Creek, NSW. Report prepared for the Murray-Darling Basin Commission, April, 10pp. (2008).
- Information Dissemination on Acid Sediments in Inland NSW Waterways (2006-2008).
An interim listing of MDFRC Publications List 1986 - August 2011 can be downloaded.
