Position
Research Scientist
Email
info@mdfrc.org.au
Research Themes
Crayfish biology and ecology, riverine and wetland assessments, weir pool ecology.
Reports and Publications
Journal Papers
McCarthy, B., McGuffie, P. and Ho, S. (2007). Aquatic fauna survey of the terminal section of Wash pen Creek, Euston NSW. Report prepared for the NSW Murray Wetlands Working Group as part of the Lake Caringly Rehabilitation Project, July, 34pp.
Nicol, J., Muston, S., D’Santos, P., McCarthy, B. and Zukowski, S. (2007). The impact of sheep grazing on the soil seed bank of a managed ephemeral wetland: implications for management. Australian Journal of Botany.
McCarthy, B., Conallin, A., D’Santos, P. and Baldwin, D. (2006). Acidification, salinisation and fish kills at an inland wetland in south-eastern Australia following partial drying. Ecological Management and Restoration 7, 221-223.
McCarthy, B., Daws, A. and Macmillan, D.L. (2004). The activity of abdominal stretch receptors during non-giant swimming in the crayfish Cherax destructor and their role in hydrodynamic efficiency. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 190, 291-299.
McCarthy, B.J. and Macmillan, D.L. (1999). Control of abdominal extension in the freely moving intact crayfish Cherax destructor. I. Activity off the tonic stretch receptor. Journal of Experimental Biology 202, 171-181.
McCarthy, B.J. and Macmillan, D.L. (1999). Control of abdominal extension in the freely moving intact crayfish Cherax destructor. II. Activity of the superficial extensor motor neurons. Journal of Experimental Biology 202, 183-191.
Reports
Wallace, T., McGuffie, P., Scholz, O., Nielsen, D.L., Bowen, T., Sharpe, C., Baldwin, D., Reid, J., and McCarthy, B. (2007). The Darling Anabranch Adaptive Management Monitoring Plan: Condition and Intervention Monitoring Program. Report prepared for the Lower Murray Darling Catchment Management Authority, November, 111pp.
McCarthy, B., Gawne, B., King, A., Meredith, S. and Zampatti, B. (2006). Living Murray Intervention Monitoring Assessment Framework 2006-07. Report to the Murray-Darling Basin Commission. Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre and Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research.
McCarthy, B., Nielsen, D., Baldwin, D., Meredith, S., Roberts, J., King, A., Reid, J. and Ward, K. (2006). Barmah Wetland System Environmental Monitoring Program. Part B: Monitoring Program. Report to the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority. Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre.
McCarthy, B., Nielsen, D., Baldwin, D. and Meredith, S. (2005). Barmah Wetland System Environmental Monitoring Program, Part A: Background Information. Report to the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority. Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre.
McCarthy (2005). Distribution of the Murray Crayfish (Euastacus armatus) in the Mallee Region of the River Murray. Report to the Mallee Catchment Management Authority and the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre. Technical report 2/2005, Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Mildura.
McCarthy, B., Gawne, B., Meredith, S., Roberts, J. and Williams, D. (2004). Effects of weirs in the Mallee Tract of the River Murray. Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Mildura. Report to the Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Canberra. 247 pages.
McCarthy, B., Ellis, I. and Gawne, B. (2004). Drawdown of the Mildura weir pool 2001, 2002 & 2003: Water quality responses. Report to the Murray-Darling Basin Commission. Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Mildura. 49 pages.
McCarthy, B., Conallin, A. and Walsh, R. (2003). Aquatic survey of Bottle Bend Lagoon, near Buronga NSW: Salinisation and acidification impacts. Report to NSW Murray Wetlands Working Group Inc. Technical Report No. 2/2003, Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Mildura.
McCarthy, B., Wilson, G. and Gawne, B. (2001). Issues Paper: Development of Experimental Design and Monitoring for a Weir Drawdown Trial to Determine the Nature of Ecological Benefits. Report to the Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Strategic Investigation and Education Program, Canberra. Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Mildura.
