Griffith University

B Science (Hons), PhD

Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute

Contact details for Doctor Wade Hadwen

Research Expertise

• Aquatic ecology (freshwater and estuarine)
  
• Aquatic ecosystems
  
• River/estuarine ecology
• Riverine landscapes
• Protected area management
• Visitor impacts/indicators
• Visitor management

Publications

Journal articles

• Tsoi, W. Y., Hadwen, W. L., Fellows, C.S. (In press) Spatial and temporal variation in the ecological stoichiometry of aquatic organisms in an urban catchment. Journal of the North American Benthological Society.
• Hadwen, W. L., Arthington, A. H., Boon, P. I.,  Taylor, B., Fellows, C.S. (in press) Do climate or institutional factors drive seasonal patterns of tourism visitation to protected areas across diverse climate zones in eastern Australia? Tourism Geographies.
• Hadwen, W. L., Fellows,  C. S., Westhorpe, D., Rees, G. N., Mitrovic, S.,Taylor, B.,  Baldwin, D.S., Silvester, E.,  Croome, R. (2010) Longitudinal trends in river functioning: Patterns of nitrogen and carbon processing in three Australian rivers. River Research and Applications. 26: 1129-1152.
• Hadwen, W. L., Spears, M., Kennard, M.J. (2010) Temporal variability of benthic algal δ13C signatures influences assessments of carbon flows in stream food webs. Hydrobiologia. 651: 239–251.
• Turton, S. M., T. Dickson, W. L. Hadwen, B. S. Jorgensen, T. Pham, D. Simmons, P. Tremblay, and R. Wilson (2010) Building a model for tourism climate change assessment: Evidence from four contrasting Australian case studies. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 18(3): 429-447.
• Hadwen, W.L., Hill, W., Pickering, C.M.(2008) Linking visitor impact research to visitor impact monitoring in protected areas. Journal of Ecotourism, 7(1): 1-7.
• Mills, C. E.,  Hadwen, W. L., Hughes, J.M. (2008) Looking through glassfish: Marine genetic structure in an estuarine species. Marine and Freshwater Research, 59: 627-637.
• Hadwen, W. L., Hill, W., Pickering, C. M. (2007) Icons under threat: Why monitoring visitors and their ecological impacts in protected areas matters. Ecological Management and Restoration 8(3): 177-181.
• Hadwen, W. L. (2007) Lake Tourism: An Integrated Approach to Lacustrine Tourism Systems. Annals of Tourism Research 34(2): 555-556.
•  Hadwen, W. L., Russell, G. L. and Arthington, A. H. (2007) Gut content- and stable isotope-derived diets of four commercially and recreationally important fish species in two intermittently open estuaries. Marine and Freshwater Research 58: 363-375.
• Hadwen, W. L. and Arthington, A. H. (2007) Food webs of two intermittently open estuaries receiving 15N-enriched sewage effluent. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 71: 347-358.
• Hadwen, W. L. and Bunn, S. E. (2005) Food web responses to low-level nutrient and 15N-tracer additions in the littoral zone of an oligotrophic dune lake. Limnology and Oceanography 50: 1096-1105.
• Hadwen, W. L., Bunn, S. E., Arthington, A. H. and Mosisch, T. D. (2005) Within-lake detection of the effects of tourist activities in the littoral zone of oligotrophic dune lakes. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 8: 159-173.
• Hadwen, W. L. and Bunn, S. E. (2004) Tourists increase the contribution of autochthonous carbon to littoral zone food webs in oligotrophic dune lakes. Marine and Freshwater Research 55: 701-708.
• Hadwen, W. L. and Arthington, A. H. (2003) The significance and management implications of perched dune lakes as swimming and recreation sites on Fraser Island, Australia. The Journal of Tourism Studies 14: 35-44.
• Hadwen, W. L., Arthington, A. H. and Mosisch, T. D. (2003) The impact of tourism on dune lakes on Fraser Island, Australia. Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management 8: 15-26.
• Stork, N. E., Hammond, P. M., Russell, B. L. and Hadwen, W. L. (2001) The spatial distribution of beetles within the canopies of oak trees in Richmond Park, UK. Ecological Entomology 26: 302-311.
• Hadwen, W. L., Kitching, R. L. and Olsen, M. F. (1998) Folivory levels of seedlings and canopy trees in tropical and subtropical rainforests in Australia. Selbyana 19: 162-171.
• Hadwen, W. L., Small, A., Kitching, R. L. and Drew, R. A. I. (1998) Potential suitability of North Queensland rainforest sites as habitat for the Asian papaya fruit fly, Bactrocera papayae Drew and Hancock (Diptera: Tephritidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 37: 219-227.

Technical Reports

• Rissik, D., S. D. Costanzo, R. DeHayr, W. L. Hadwen, J. Burton, T. McAlister, G. Hancock, G. Caitcheon, and E. Saeck (2010) Healthy Waterways Flood Contingency Monitoring Report: The impact of flood events in the Logan-Albert Catchment, January and February 2008. 19 pp, South East Queensland Healthy Waterways Partnership, Brisbane.
• Hadwen, W. L., A. H. Arthington, and P. I. Boon (2010) Guidelines for design and implementation of monitoring programs to assess visitor impacts in and around aquatic ecosystems within protected areas. 39 pp, Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre, STCRC Press, Gold Coast.
• Turton, S. M., W. L. Hadwen, and R. Wilson (Eds.) (2009) The impacts of climate change on Australian tourism destinations: developing adaptation and response strategies -- a scoping study. 288 pp. Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre - STCRC Press, Gold Coast.
• Hadwen, W. L., A. H. Arthington, and P. I. Boon (2008) Detecting visitor impacts in and around aquatic ecosystems within protected areas. 45 pp., Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre, STCRC Press, Gold Coast.
• Hadwen, W. L., and A. H. Arthington (2008) Where do they go? Predicting visitation intensity at focal tourist sites within protected areas. Pp 32. Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre - STCRC Press, Gold Coast.
• Castley, J. G., Hill, W., Pickering, C. M., Hadwen, W. L. and Worboys, G. (2007) An Integrated Framework for Developing Ecological Indicators of Visitor use of Protected Areas. Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre - STCRC Press, Gold Coast.
• Hadwen, W. L. and Arthington, A. H. (2006) Ecology, Threats and Management Options for Small Estuaries and ICOLLs. Gold Coast: Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre - CRCST Press.
• Hadwen, W. L., Arthington, A. H., Boon, P. I., Lepesteur, M. and McComb, A. J. (2005) Rivers, streams, lakes and estuaries: hot spots for cool recreation and tourism in Australia. Gold Coast: Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre - CRCST Press.
• Hadwen, W. L., Arthington, A. H., Bunn, S. E. and Mosisch, T. D. (2004) The effects of tourism on Fraser Island's dune lakes. Gold Coast: Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre Pty Ltd.

Theses

• Hadwen, W. L. (1996) Invertebrate assemblages and folivory levels associated with the leaves of seedlings and canopy trees in Queensland rainforest., pp. 147. Brisbane: Honours Thesis, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University.
• Hadwen, W. L. (2003) Effects of nutrient additions on dune lakes on Fraser Island, Australia., pp. 150. Brisbane: PhD Thesis, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University.