Professor Angela Arthington
B Science (Hons), PhD
Research Member, Australian Rivers Institute
Contact details for Professor Angela Arthington
Research Expertise
- Science and management of environmental flow allocations to sustain river biota and river/floodplain ecosystems
- Environmental flow methods
- Fish recruitment, community diversity and productivity in eastern Australian rivers
- Models predicting ecological responses to flow scenarios.
Publications
- Arthington, A.H. (2009). Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, threatened by a new dam. Environmental Biology of Fishes 84:211–221http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-008-9414-y
- Balcombe, S.R., Arthington, A.H. (2009). Temporal changes in fish abundance in response to hydrological variability in a dryland floodplain river. Marine and Freshwater Research 60: 146–159.
- Fryirs, K., Arthington, A. and Grove, J. (2008). Principles of River Condition Assessment. In Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K.A. (Eds.) River Futures: An Integrative Scientific Approach to River Repair. Island Press, Washington DC. Pp. 100-118.
- Knight, J.T. and Arthington, A.H. (2008). Distribution and habitat associations of the endangered Oxleyan pygmy perch, Nannoperca oxleyana Whitley, in eastern Australia. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18 (7): 1240-1254.
- Arthington, A. H.; Baran, E.; Brown, C. A.; Dugan, P.; Halls, A. S.; King, J. M.; Minte-Vera, C. V.; Tharme, R. E.; Welcomme, R. L. (2007). Water requirements of floodplain rivers and fisheries: existing decision support tools and pathways for development. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute. 74 pp. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Research Report 17).http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/assessment/files_new/publications/CA%20Research%20Reports/CARR17.pdf
- Arthington, Angela H., Stuart E. Bunn, N. LeRoy Poff, Robert J. Naiman (2006). The challenge of providing environmental flow rules to sustain river ecosystems. Ecological Applications 16 (4): 1311-1318.
- Dudgeon, David, Angela H. Arthington, Mark O. Gessner, Zen-Ichiro Kawabata, Duncan J. Knowler, Christian Le´veˆque, Robert J. Naiman, Anne-He´le`ne Prieur-Richard, Doris Soto, Melanie L. J. Stiassny and Caroline A. Sullivan. (2006). Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status, and conservation challenges. Biological Reviews 81 (2): 163-182.
- Arthington, A.H., S. R. Balcombe, G.A. Wilson, M.C. Thoms, and J. Marshall (2005). Spatial and temporal variation in fish assemblage structure in isolated waterholes during the 2001 dry season of an arid-zone river, Cooper Creek, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 56: 25-35.
- 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.
- Arthington A.H., Lorenzen K., Pusey B.J., Abell R., Halls, A., Winemiller K.O., Arrington D.A., Baran E. (2004). River fisheries: ecological basis for management and conservation. In: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries Volume I. Welcomme, R. and T. Petr, Eds, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. RAP Publication 2004/16, pp. 21-60.
- Arthington, A.H., R. Tharme, S.O. Brizga,, B.J. Pusey and M.J. Kennard (2004). Environmental flow assessment with emphasis on holistic methodologies. In: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries Volume II. Welcomme, R. and T. Petr, Eds, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. RAP Publication 2004/17, pp. 37-65.
- Pusey, B.J., M.J. Kennard and A.H. Arthington (2004). Freshwater Fishes of North-Eastern Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria. 684 pp.
- Arthington, A.H. and B.J. Pusey (2003). Flow restoration and protection in Australian rivers. River Research and Applications 19 (5-6): 377-395.
- Arthington, A.H., J.L. Rall, M.J. Kennard and B.J. Pusey (2003). Environmental flow requirements of fish in Lesotho Rivers using the DRIFT methodology. River Research and Applications 19 (5-9): 641-666.
- Bunn, S.E. and A. H. Arthington (2002). Basic principles and consequences of altered hydrological regimes for aquatic biodiversity. Environmental Management 30: 492-507.