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Dr Catherine Leigh

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PhD, BSc(Hons) rhd-leigh

Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute

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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.

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