Position
Aquatic Ecologist- Microinvertebrates
Email
info@mdfrc.org.au
Research Themes
Micro-invertebrate Ecology
Tertiary Education
Bachelor of Science: Environmental management and Ecology, La Trobe University 2001
Bachelor of Science: Honours in Environmental Management and Ecology, La Trobe University 2004
Doctor of Philosophy: Freshwater Ecology, La Trobe University 2009
Reports and Publications
Doctoral Thesis: The Ecology of the Microinvertebrate Fauna in a Temperate Australian Floodplain River.
Ning, N.S.P., Nielsen, D.L., Hillman, T.J., and Suter, P.J.. 2008. Evaluation of a new technique for characterising resting stage zooplanckton communities in reverine slackwater habitats and floodplain wetlands. Journal of Plankton Research 30: 415-422
Ning, N.S.P., Nielsen, D.L., Hillman, T.J., and Suter, P.J.. The influence of planktivorous fish on zooplankton dynamics in riverine slackwater regions. Submitted to Freshwater Biology.
Ning, N.S.P., Nielsen, D.L., Paul, W.P., Hillman, T.J., and Suter, P.J.. Microinvertebrate dynamics in riverine slackwater and mid-channel habitats in relation to physico-chemical parameters and food availability. Submitted to River Research and Applications.
Conference and Workshop Presentations
Ning, N.S.P., Nielsen, D.L., Hillman, T.J., and Suter, P.J.. 2008 Resting stage and active zooplankton dynamics in slackwater zones of an Australian floodplain river. American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, June 8-13.
Ning, N.S.P., Nielsen, D.L., Hillman, T.J., and Suter, P.J.. 2007. Microinvertebrate dynamics within slackwater and flowing habitats of a temperate Australian floodplain river. Australian Society for Limnology and New Zealand, Queenstown, Otago, NZ, December 3-7
Ning, N.S.P., Nielsen, D.L., Hillman, T.J., and Suter, P.J.. 2006. Evaluation of a new technique for characterising resting stage zooplankton assemblages. 45th Annual Congress of the Australian Society for Limnology, Albury, NSW, September 25-29
