Griffith University

 B Science, M Philosophy, PhD

Senior Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute

Contact details for Doctor Mark Kennard

Research Expertise

• Ecology and biogeography of freshwater fish
• Freshwater biodiversity and conservation planning in northern Australia
• Hydro-ecology and environmental flow management
• Freshwater biomonitoring and bioassessment

Selected Recent Publications

Books and Book Chapters

• Pusey, B., Kennard M., Burrows, D., Perna, C., Kyne, P., Cook, B. & Hughes, J. (2011). Freshwater fish. Chapter 6 In: BJ Pusey (ed). Aquatic Biodiversity in Northern Australia: Patterns, Threats and Future. Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin. Pp. 71–92.
• Hermoso, V., Kennard, M., Pusey, B. & Douglas, M. (2011). Identifying priority areas for the conservation of freshwater biodiversity. Chapter 9 In: BJ Pusey (ed). Aquatic Biodiversity in Northern Australia: Patterns, Threats and Future. Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin. Pp. 133–149.
• Douglas, M., Jackson S., Setterfield, S., Pusey, B., Davies, P., Kennard, M., Burrowes, D., & Bunn, S. (2011). Northern futures: threats and opportunities for freshwater ecosystems. Chapter 13 In: BJ Pusey (ed). Aquatic biodiversity of the Wet-Dry Topics of Northern Australia: patterns, threats and future. Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin. Pp. 203–220.
  
• Olden, J.D. & Kennard, M.J. (2010). Intercontinental convergence of fish life history strategies along a gradient of hydrologic variability. Pp. 83–107 In: Community Ecology of Stream Fishes: Concepts, Approaches, and Techniques. (Eds) K.B. Gido & D.A. Jackson. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 73, Bethesda, Maryland. ISBN: 978-1-934874-14-1.
• Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Arthington, A.H. (2008). Origins and maintenance of freshwater fish biodiversity in the Wet Tropics region. Chapter 11. In: Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape. (Eds.) N. Stork & S. Turton. Blackwell Publishing. Pp. 150 – 160.
• Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Arthington, A.H. (2004). Freshwater Fishes of North-Eastern Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. 684pp.

Refereed Journal Articles

• Hermoso, V. & Kennard, M.J. (2012). Uncertainty in coarse conservation assessments hinders the efficient achievement of conservation goals. Biological Conservation. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.01.020
• Boone, E.L., Stewart-Koster, B. & Kennard, M.J. (2012). A hierarchical zero-inflated Poisson regression model for stream fish distribution and abundance. Environmetrics. DOI: 10.1002/env.1145 
• Hermoso, V., Kennard, M.J. & Linke, S. (2012). Integrating multi-directional connectivity requirements in systematic conservation planning for freshwater systems. Diversity and Distributions. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00879.x
• Olden, J.D., Kennard, M.J. & Pusey, B.J. (2012). A framework for hydrologic classification with a review of methodologies and applications in ecohydrology. Ecohydrology. DOI: 10.1002/eco.251.
• Hermoso, V., Clavero, M. & Kennard, M.J. (2012). Determinants of fine-scale homogenization and differentiation of native freshwater fish faunas in a Mediterranean basin: Implications for conservation. Diversity and Distributions. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00828.x.
• Chan, T., Hart, B., Kennard, M.J., Pusey, B.J., Shenton, W., Douglas, M. Valentine, E. & Patel, S. (2012). Bayesian network models for environmental flow decision-making in the Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia. River Research & Applications. DOI: 10.1002/rra.1456.
• Konrad, C.P., Olden, J.D., Lytle, D.A., Melis, T.S., Schmidt, J.C., Bray, E.N., Freeman, M.C., Gido, K.B., Hemphill, N.P., Kennard, M.J., McMullen, L.E., Mims, M.C., Pyron, M., Robinson, C.T., Williams, J.G. (2011). Large-scale flow experiments for managing river systems. BioScience. 61: 948–959. 
• Stewart-Koster, B., Olden, J.D., Kennard, M.J., Pusey, B.J., Douglas, M. & Jackson, S. (2011). Fish response to the temporal hierarchy of the natural flow regime in the Daly River, northern Australia. Journal of Fish Biology. 79: 1525–1544.
• Warfe, D.M., Pettit, N.E., Davies, P.M., Pusey, B.J., Hamilton, S.K., Kennard, M.J., Townsend, S.E., Bayliss, P., Ward, D.P., Douglas, M.M., Burford, M.A., Finn, M., Bunn, S.E. & Halliday, I.A. (2011). The “wet-dry” in the wet-dry tropics drives ecosystem structure and function in northern Australian rivers. Freshwater Biology. 56: 2169–2195.
• Morrongiello, J.R., Beatty, S.J., Bennett, J.C., Crook, D.A., Ikedife, D.N.E.N., Kennard, M.J., Kerezsy, A., Lintermans, M., McNeil, D.G., Pusey, B.J. & Rayner, T. (2011). Climate change and its implications for Australia’s freshwater fish. Marine and Freshwater Research. 62: 1082–1098.
• Cook, B.D., Kennard, M.J., Real, K., Pusey, B.J. & Hughes, J.M. (2011) Landscape genetic analysis of the tropical freshwater fish Mogurnda mogurnda (Eleotridae) in a monsoonal river basin: importance of hydrographic factors and population history. Freshwater Biology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02527.x.
• Olden, J.D., Kennard, M.J., Poff, N.L. & Lawler, J.J. (2011). Challenges and opportunities in implementing managed relocation for conservation of freshwater species. Conservation Biology. 25: 40–47.
• Pusey, BJ, Arthington, AH, Stewart-Koster, B, Kennard, MJ & Read, MG. (2010). Widespread omnivory and low temporal and spatial variation in the diet of fishes in a hydrologically variable northern Australian river. Journal of Fish Biology. 77: 731–753.
• Hadwen, W.L., Spears, M. & Kennard, M.J. (2010). Temporal variability of benthic algal d13C signatures influences assessments of carbon flows in stream food webs. Hydrobiologia. 651: 239–251.
• Olden, J.D., Kennard, M.J., Leprieur, F., Tedesco, P.A., Winemiller, K.O. & García-Berthou, W. (2010). Conservation biogeography of freshwater fishes: recent progress and future challenges. Diversity and Distributions 16: 496–513.
• Kennard, M.J., Pusey, B.J., Mackay, S.J., Olden, J.D. & Marsh, N. (2010). Quantifying uncertainty in estimation of hydrologic metrics for ecohydrological studies. River Research and Applications. 26: 137–156
• Bunn, S.E., Abal, E.G., Smith, M.J., Choy, S.C., Fellows, C.S., Harch, B.D., Kennard, M.J., & Sheldon, F. (2010). Integration of science and monitoring of river ecosystem health to guide investments in catchment protection and rehabilitation. Freshwater Biology. 55 (Suppl. 1): 223–240.
• Kennard, M.J., Pusey, B.J., Olden, J.D., Mackay, S.J., Stein, J.L. & Marsh, N. (2010). Classification of natural flow regimes in Australia to support environmental flow management. Freshwater Biology 55: 171–193.
• Olden, J.D., Kennard, M.J. & Pusey, B.J. (2008). Species invasions and the changing biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17: 25–37.
• Kennard, M.J., Olden, J.D., Arthington, A.H., Pusey, B.J. & Poff, N.L. (2007). Multi-scale effects of flow regime, habitat, and their interaction on fish assemblage structure in eastern Australia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64: 1346–1359.
• Stewart-Koster, B., Kennard, M.J., Harch, B.D., Sheldon, F., Pusey, B.J. & Arthington, A.H. (2007). Partitioning the variation in stream fish assemblages in a spatio-temporal hierarchy. Marine and Freshwater Research 58: 675–686.
• Kennard, M.J., Pusey, B.J., Harch, B.H., Dore, E. & Arthington, A.H. (2006). Estimating local stream fish assemblage attributes: sampling effort and efficiency at two spatial scales. Marine and Freshwater Research 57: 635–653.
• Pusey, B.J., Burrows, D., Arthington, A.H. & Kennard, M.J. (2006). Translocation and spread of piscivorous fishes in the Burdekin River, north-eastern Australia. Biological Invasions 8: 965–977.
• Kennard, M. J., Harch, B. D., Pusey, B. J., and Arthington, A. H. (2006). Accurately defining the reference condition for summary biotic metrics: a comparison of four approaches. Hydrobiologia 572: 151–170.
• Kennard, M.J., Pusey, B.J., Arthington, A.H., Harch, B.D. and Mackay, S.J. (2006). Development and application of a predictive model of freshwater fish assemblage composition to evaluate river health in eastern Australia. Hydrobiologia 572: 33–57.
• Mugodo, J., Kennard, M.J., Liston, P., Nichols, S., Linke, S., Norris, R. & Lintermans, M. (2006). Local stream habitat variables predicted from catchment scale characteristics are useful for predicting fish distribution. Hydrobiologia 572: 59–707
• Kennard, M.J., Arthington, A.H, Pusey, B.J. & Harch, B.D. (2005). Are alien fish a reliable indicator of river health? Freshwater Biology 50: 174–193.
  

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