BSc.(Hons.) Ecology & Conservation Biology
Contact details for Mr David Sternberg d.sternberg@griffith.edu.au
Thesis
Ecological trait diversity of Australian freshwater fish
Description
This thesis will use ecological traits to understand the variation freshwater fish species traits; the distribution of traits throughout the landscape; and the environmental factors influencing this distribution.
Supervisors
- Professor Stuart Bunn
- Doctor Stephen Balcombe
- Doctor Mark Kennard
Research expertise
- Freshwater fish ecology
- Trophic dynamics
- Functional traits
Publications
Journal papers
- Sternberg, D., Balcombe, S. R., Marshall, J., Lobegieger, J. and Arthington, A. (In Press). Subtle 'boom and bust' response of Macquaria ambigua to flooding in an Australian dryland river. Environmental Biology of Fishes.
- Sternberg, D., Balcombe, S. R., Marshall, J. and Lobegieger, J. (2008). Food resource variability in an Australian dryland river: evidence from the diet of two generalist native fish species. Marine and Freshwater Research, 59, 137-144.
- Balcombe, S.R. Huey J.A., Lobegeiger J.S., Marshall J.C., Arthington, A.H. Davis, L.C., Sternberg, D. & Thoms, M.C. (2010). Comparing fish biomass models based on biophysical factors in two northern Murray-Darling Basin rivers: a cautionary tale. In “Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray Darling Basin’ (Eds N. Saintilan and I. Overton) (CSIRO Press, Canberra, ACT).
Reports
- Leigh, C., Balcombe, S. R., Sternberg, D. and Bunn, S. E. (2009). 2008 PORGERA REPORT: ECOSYSTEM HEALTH. Metals in water, sediment and fish tissues; Water quality parameters; Fish composition. Summary of methods and results. Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Australia (September 2009).
- Balcombe, S. R., Sternberg, D. (2009). 2008 PORGERA REPORT CARD: AQUATIC BIOTA. A summary of protocol and results including justification for final indicators used to provide ecosystem levels of concern. Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Australia (September 2009).
- Arthington, A. H, James, C. S., Mackay, S. J., Sternberg, D. and Barnes, A. (2009). MILESTONE 2, 2ND PROGRESS REPORT. Hydro-Ecological Relationships and Thresholds to Inform Environmental Flow Management and River Restoration: Site Selection and Field Sampling Procedures. Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Australia (January 2009).
- Arthington, A.H. and D. Sternberg. (2010). Freshwater fish-flow relationships and responses to flow regime alteration: a review of evidence from South East Queensland streams. Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Australia (May 2010).
- Arthington, A.H., Balcombe, S.R. and D. Sternberg. (2010). Freshwater fish-flow relationships and vulnerability to hydrologic alteration in arid zone floodplain rivers. Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Australia (May 2010).