Dr Michele Burford

PhD

Principal Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute

Contact details for Dr Michele Burford

Research Expertise

• Algal ecology
  
• Food web dynamics
  
• Nutrient cycling in marine and freshwater systems

Publications

• Burford, M.A., O’Donohue, M.J. 2006. A comparison of phytoplankton community assemblages in artificial and naturally mixed subtropical water reservoirs. Freshwater Biology, 51, 973-982.
• Burford, M.A., McNeale, K.L. McKenzie-Smith, F.J. 2006. The role of nitrogen in promoting Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii in a subtropical water reservoir. Freshwater Biology, 51, 2143-2153.
• Burford, M.A., Johnston, S.A., Cook. A.J., Packer, T.V., Taylor, B.M., Townsley, E.R. 2007. The relative importance of watershed and reservoir characteristics in promoting algal blooms in subtropical reservoirs. Water Research, 41, 4204-4114.
• McKinnon, A.D., Richardson A.J., Burford M.A, Furnas M.J. 2007. Vulnerability of GBR plankton to climate change. In: Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef. Great Barrier Reef Marine Part Authority, Townsville, Eds. Johnson J.E., Marshall P.A. Great Barrier Reef Marine Part Authority, Townsville, pp. 121-152.
• Burford, M.A., Cook, A.J., Fellows, C.S., Balcombe, S.R., Bunn, S.E. 2008. Sources of carbon fuelling production in an arid floodplain river. Marine and Freshwater Research, 29, 224-234.
• Glibert, P.M., Azanza, R., Burford, M. et al. (51 additional authors). 2008. Ocean fertilization for carbon credits poses high ecological risks. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 56, 1049-1056.
• Burford, M.A., Alongi, D.M., McKinnon, A.D., Trott, L.J. 2008. Primary production and nutrients in a tropical macrotidal estuary, Darwin Harbour, Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 79, 440-448.
• O’Brien, K.R., Burford, M.A., Brookes, J.D.  2008. Effects of light history on primary productivity in a Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii-dominated reservoir. Freshwater Biology, 54, 272-282.
• Posselt, A.J., Burford, M.A., Shaw, G. 200….Pulses of phosphate promote dominance of the toxic cyanophyte Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii in a subtropical water reservoir.  Journal of Phycology in press.