PhD, BSc(Hons) 
Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute
Contact Details for Dr Catherine Leigh
Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute
Contact Details for Dr Catherine Leigh
Research Expertise
- Freshwater ecology
- Freshwater invertebrate ecology and community analysis
- Aquatic ecosystem health
- Food web dynamics
Publications
- Leigh, C., Burford, M. A., Roberts, D. T., Udy, J. W. (2010) Cyanobacterial blooms: assessing reservoir vulnerability. Water 37: 71-75.
- Leigh, C., Burford, M. A., Sheldon, F., Bunn, S. E. (2010) Dynamic stability in dry season food webs within tropical floodplain rivers. Marine and Freshwater Research 61: 357-368.
- Leigh, C., Burford, M. A., Roberts, D. T., Udy, J. W. (2010) Predicting the vulnerability of reservoirs to poor water quality and cyanobacterial blooms. Water Research 44: 4487-4496.
- Leigh, C. Sheldon, F. Kingsford, R. T., Arthington, A. H. (2010) Sequential floods drive 'booms' and wetland persistence in dryland rivers: a synthesis. Marine and Freshwater Research 61: 896-908.
- Leigh, C. and Sheldon, F. (2009). Hydrological connectivity drives patterns of macroinvertebrate diversity in floodplain rivers of the Australian wet/dry tropics. Freshwater Biology54: 549-571.
- Leigh, C. and Sheldon, F. (2008). Hydrological changes and ecological impacts associated with water resource development in large floodplain rivers in the Australian tropics. River Research and Applications 24: 1251-1270.