MDFRC supports a team of vegetation ecologists who work with scientists and technicians from multiple freshwater disciplines, to deliver high quality scientific research and synthesis in aquatic and riparian vegetation.
These include:
- Vegetation community and structure assessments
- Assessment of weed species and their ecology
- Glasshouse experiments and/or manipulative field trials
- Scientifically analyse data and deliver comprehensive reviews and reports, including reviews and recommendations for management actions
- Aquatic and riparian vegetation surveys and monitoring
- Mentoring and supervising university students
The team also has an interest in:
- Supporting further research on the knowledge of plant species within the Murray Darling Basin and their environments
- The water requirements of plants and vegetation communities in wetland, riparian and floodplain communities
- The role of plants in the ecology of our freshwater systems (eg in the provision of habitat resources)
- The functional role of plants in influencing freshwater processes (eg primary production, nutrient cycling, water quality impacts)
Key Contacts
Dr Daryl Nielsen d.nielsen@latrobe.edu.au
Cherie Campbell c.campbell@latrobe.edu.au
Publications and reports
Durant, R., McCarthy, B., Reid, C.J. and Vogel, M. (2010). Drought Contingency Monitoring at Back Creek, NSW. Final Report prepared for the Murray-Darling Basin Authority by The Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, MDFRC Publication 26/2010, July, 48pp.
Bennetts, K., Cook, D., Jolly, K. and Sharpe, C. (2009). Flora and Fauna Investigation of the proposed Gunbower Forest Outlet. Report prepared for North Central Catchment Management Authority by Australian Ecosystems and The Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, July, 228pp.
Johns, C., Reid, C.J., Roberts, J., Sims, N., Overton, I., Doody, T., McGinness, H., Rogers, K., Campbell, C. and Gawne, B. (2009). Native trees of the River Murray floodplain: Literature review and experimental designs to examine effects of flow enhancement and floodwater retention. Final Report prepared for the Murray-Darling Basin Authority by The Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, June, 75pp.
Henderson, M., Wallace, T., Campbell, C., Johns, C. and Kattel, G. (2009). The Living Murray Condition Monitoring at Lindsay, Mulcra and Wallpolla Islands 2008/2009. Draft Final Report for the Department of Sustainability and Environment by The Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, July, 234pp.
Bowen, P.M., Reid, M., Vogel, M., Nairn, L., Casanova, M. and James, C. (2007). The Sustainable Rivers Audit Vegetation Theme Level 2 Assessment Pilot Study: field protocol. Final Report prepared for the Murray-Darling Basin Commission, December, 15pp.
Bowen, P.M. (2007). SRA Vegetation Pilot Project Level 2: Development of a protocol and pilot study of riverine vegetation in trial valleys. Report prepared for the Murray-Darling Basin Commission, December, 21pp ~ Appendix 1 (Field Protocol, 50pp) and Appendix (2 Fieldwork Outcomes, 2pp).
Gawne, B., Merrick, C., Williams, D.G., Rees, G., Oliver, R., Bowen, P.M., Treadwell, S., Beattie, G., Ellis, I., Frankenberg, J. and Lorenz, Z. (2007). Patterns of primary and heterotrophic productivity in an arid lowland river. River Research and Applications 23(10): 1070-1087.
Nielsen, D. L., Brock, M.A. Petrie, R. and Crossle, K. (2007). The impact of salinity pulses on the emergence of plant and zooplankton from wetland seed and egg banks. Freshwater Biology 52(5): 784-795.
Bowen, P.M., Williams, D.G. and Frankenberg, J. (2000). Magnitude and seasonality of carbon inputs to the Murray River from riparian vegetation. 39th Annual Congress of the Australian Society for Limnology, Darwin, NT, 10 July.
An interim listing of MDFRC Publications List 1986 - August 2011 can be downloaded.
Fulton, W., Tyler, P.A., Chilcott, S., Knott, B., Ponder, W. and Shiel, R.J. (1993). Fauna and flora of the lakes and tarns. In: Smith S J and Banks M R (Eds.) Tasmanian Wilderness-World Heritage Values. Royal Society of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 109-113.
Mitchell, D.S. and Bowmer, K.H. (1990). 'Aquatic weed problems and management in Australasia. Chapter 18', in Aquatic Weeds: The Ecology and Management of Nuisance Aquatic Vegetation, eds. A.H. Pieterse and K.J. Murphy, Oxford University Press, 355-370.
An interim listing of MDFRC Publications List 1986 - June 2010 can be downloaded.
