Position
Aquatic Technician
Email
info@mdfrc.org.au
Research Themes
Fish biology/ecology, threatened species management, macroinvertebrate biology, lowland river and wetland ecology, aquatic ecosystem monitoring.
Current projects
Threatened Aquatic Species Management - Monitoring of Murray Hardyhead population size and structure and identification of remnant populations within the Mallee
Living Murray – Monitoring at Hattah Lakes and Lindsay, Wallpolla and Mulcra Islands.
Native fish recruitment on Lindsay Island
Reports and Publications
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
Scholz, O., Fraser, P., Henderson, M. and Ellis, I. (2007). The Living Murray Initiative: Lindsay-Mulcra-Wallpolla Islands Icon Site 2006‐7 intervention monitoring program data. Report to the Mallee Catchment Management Authority, LBL report 3/2007, June, 42pp.
Scholz, O., Sharpe, C., Fraser, P., Henderson, M. and Ellis, I. (2007). The Living Murray Initiative: Lindsay-Mulcra-Wallpolla Islands and Hattah Lakes Icon Sites 2006‐7 condition monitoring program data. Report to the Mallee Catchment Management Authority, LBL report 2/2007, June, 80pp.
Ellis, I., 2005. Age structure and dietary analysis of the Murray hardyhead Craterocephalus fluviatilis (McCulloch), Family Atherinidae. A report prepared for the Mallee Catchment Management Authority.
Ellis, I., 2005. Ecology and breeding seasonality of the Murray hardyhead Craterocephalus fluviatilis (McCulloch), Family Atherinidae. A report prepared for the Mallee Catchment Management Authority.
Ellis, I. and Meredith S., 2005. Aquatic Fauna Survey of Wetlands 351 and 491 near Wentworth, South-West NSW, November 2004. A report prepared for the Murray Wetlands Working Group.
Ellis, I. and Meredith S., 2004. An independent review of the February 2004 Lower Darling River fish deaths: guidelines for future release effects on Lower Darling River fish populations.
Ellis, I. and Meredith S., 2004. Aquatic Fauna Survey of Thegoa Lagoon, October 2004. A report prepared for the Murray Wetlands Working Group.
Ellis, I., 1995. Early Development, Age Determination and Age structure of migrating Chequered Rainbowfish Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castetnau): Prospects for use in biological monitoring of the Magela Creek system, tropical northern Australia. B.Sc. Honours Thesis, University of New England.
Gawne, B., Merrick, C., Williams D., Rees, G., Oliver, R., Bowen, T., Beattie, G., Ellis, I., Frankenberg, J., Lorenz, Z. Patterns of Primary Productivity in an arid Lowland river (Draft manuscript).
Gawne, B., Ellis, I., Tippett, C., 2000. Blue-green algal dynamics in the weir pools of Sunraysia; 1999-2000. A report for the Mallee Catchment Management Authority.
Ho, S., Ellis, I., Suitor, L., McCarthy, B., Meredith, M., 2004. Distributions of aquatic vertebrates within the Mallee region. A report prepared for the Mallee Catchment Management Authority.
McCarthy, B., Ellis, I., Gawne, B. 2004. Drawdown of the Mildura Weir Pool 2001, 2002 & 2003: Water Quality Responses. A report prepared for the Murray Darling Basin Commission.
Plummer, N., McCarthy, B., Ellis, I., Gawne, B. 2000. Aquatic Fauna Survey of Thegoa Lagoon near Wentworth, NSW. A report prepared for the NSW Murray Wetlands Working Group.
Scholz, O., Meredith, S., Keating, K., Suitor, L., Ho, S., and Ellis, I.,2006. The Living Murray Initiative: Monitoring within the Mallee CMA region 2005-6. A report prepared for the Mallee Catchment Management Authority.
Scholz, O., Gawne, B., Ebner, B., 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 Volume: 18, Issue: 2, March/April 2002, pp. 185 - 196
Scholz, O., Gawne, B., Ebner, B., Ellis, I., Betts, F., Meredith, S., 1999. The impact of drying on the Ecology of the Menindee Lakes: A CRC for Freshwater Ecology Technical Report.
