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Principles for scientists working at the river science-policy interface
Thompson et al
December 7, 2022 - Adaptive Management, Environmental Flows
In the face of mounting environmental and political challenges in river management, accurate and timely scientific information is required to inform policy development and guide effective management of waterways.
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Framing two environmental flow trials in the Murray-Darling Basin, south-eastern Australia
Allan and Watts
September 4, 2022 - Adaptive Management, Environmental Flows
We make sense of the world around us through mental knowledge structures called ‘frames’. Frames, and the metaphors that help to form and maintain them, can be studied through examining discourse.
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Blue, green and in-between
Campbell et al
December 7, 2021 - Native vegetation
Objectives and approaches for evaluating wetland flow regimes based on vegetation outcomes
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The politicisation of science in the Murray-Darling Basin
Stewardson et al
June 12, 2021 - Adaptive Management, Environmental Flows
A paper in this issue, examining 'Science integrity, public policy and water governance in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia’, suggests that a large group of scientists, who work on water management in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB)
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Learning from concurrent adaptive management in multiple catchments within a large environmental flows program in Australia
Watts et al
November 3, 2020 - Adaptive Management, Environmental Flow Monitoring
Adaptive management is central to improving outcomes of environmental water delivery.
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Implementation of a harvest slot for Murray Cod
Forbes et al
August 8, 2020 - Fish
Freshwater reservoirs support valuable commercial and recreational fisheries resources worldwide. Recreational fisheries in reservoirs are commonly managed using length-based harvest regulations
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Hypoxic conditions interrupt flow-response movements of three lowland river fish species
Thiem et al
April 8, 2020 - Fish, Hypoxic Blackwater
Understanding movement responses to abiotic stimuli such as river flows is crucial to inform effective management, especially considering that river regulation is contributing to global population declines.
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Carbon and nutrient release from experimental inundation of agricultural and forested floodplain soil and vegetation
Liu et al
September 6, 2019 - Water Quality
Overbank floods in modified lowland rivers often inundate a mosaic of different land uses (e.g. forests, crops and pastures) on the floodplain.
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Temperature-dependent larval survival and growth differences among populations of Murray cod
Svozil et al
December 8, 2018 - Fish
Different populations of organisms can vary widely in their responses to environmental conditions and this variation is fundamental to the persistence of species.
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Macroecology of fish community biomass-size structure
Kopf et al
September 18, 2018 - Fish
The biomass of organisms of different sizes is increasingly being used to explore macroscale variation in food-web and community structure.
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Abiotic drivers of activity in a large, free-ranging, freshwater teleost, Murray cod
Thiem et al
July 12, 2018 - Fish
The allocation of time and energy to different behaviours can impact survival and fitness, and ultimately influence population dynamics.
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Flow alteration and thermal pollution depress modelled growth rates of an iconic riverine fish, the Murray cod
Whiterod et al
May 1, 2018 - Fish
The serial discontinuity concept (SDC) proposes that hypolimnetic-releasing impoundments cause major disruptions to the naturally occurring physical, chemical and biological gradients of rivers but that this impact diminishes with distance downstream.
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Adaptive management of environmental flows
Webb et al
March 7, 2018 - Adaptive Management, Environmental Flows
Adaptive management enables managers to work with complexity and uncertainty, and to respond to changing biophysical and social conditions. Amid considerable uncertainty over the benefits of environmental flows, governments are embracing adaptive management as a means to inform decision making.
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Adaptive management of environmental flows
Watts et al
September 7, 2017 - Adaptive Management, Environmental Flow Monitoring, Hypoxic Blackwater, Water Quality
Using irrigation infrastructure to deliver environmental benefits during a large hypoxic blackwater event in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
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Revealing adaptive management of environmental flows
Allan and Watts
September 5, 2017 - Adaptive Management, Environmental Flows
Managers of land, water, and biodiversity are working with increasingly complex social ecological systems with high uncertainty.
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Assessment of stocking effectiveness for Murray cod and golden perch
Forbes et al
November 22, 2015 - Fish
Stock enhancement is a management tool used for fishery recovery worldwide, yet the success of many stocking programs remains unquantified. Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) and golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) are important Australian recreational target species that have experienced widespread decline.
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System-specific variability in Murray cod and golden perch maturation and growth
Forbes et al
October 11, 2015 - Fish
The Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii and Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua are important recreational species in Australia's Murray–Darling Basin (MDB); both species have declined substantially, but recovery is evident in some areas.
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Hypoxia, blackwater and fish kills
Small et al
March 26, 2014 - Fish
Experimental lethal oxygen thresholds in juvenile predatory lowland river fishes
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Using fisher local ecological knowledge to improve management
October 4, 2012 - Murray Crayfish
The use of data provided by fishers is a contentious topic in fishery management. We compare fisher local ecological knowledge, fisher catch data and scientific data for Murray crayfish (Euastacus armatus) size and sex ratios in the River Murray
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Linking biology to fishing regulations: Australia’s Murray Crayfish
Zukowski et al
July 15, 2012 - Murray Crayfish
Murray Crayfish (Euastacus armatus) can be legally fished by recreational fishers in two states of Australia; however, there is limited published biological information on which recreational fishing regulations can be based.
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The effect of experimental inundation and sediment deposition on the survival and growth of two herbaceous riverbank plant species
Lowe et al
December 7, 2010 - Native vegetation
low and sediment regimes of floodplain rivers around the world have been changed by river regulation and land management, altering the ecological processes structuring riparian plant communities.
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Developing biological indicators for the assessment of environmental flows
Watts et al
December 7, 2001 - Adaptive Management, Environmental Flows
Recent reviews of the principles underlying the management of large rivers stress the need for a better understanding of the relationships between elements of the flow regime and ecological processes.
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