Mr Nathan Waltham

Mr Nathan Waltham

BAppSc, GradDipEnvMan

Contact details for Mr Nathan Waltham nwaltham@goldcoast.qld.gov.au

Thesis
Fish in artificial waterways: ecology, feeding and metal contamination
Description
Demand for residential real estate with water frontage has resulted in a massive expansion of artificial urban waterways (canal estates) on every continent. Many of the fish species over vegetated estuarine habitats are also found in artificial waterways. This thesis examines the distribution, feeding ecology and contamination level of fish in artificial waterways, in an attempt to determine whether artificial waterways provide an extension to available coastal wetland habitat.
Supervisor
A/Prof Rod Connolly

Research expertise

  • Trophic Ecology
  • Water quality
  • Coastal Urbanisation
  • Catchment Management and Planning
  • Pollutant export modelling

Publications

  • Waltham NJ, Connolly RM (2007) Artificial waterway design affects fish assemblages in urban estuaries.  Journal of Fish Biology 71:1613-1629
  • Waltham NJ, Connolly RM (2006) Trophic strategies of garfish, Arrhamphus sclerolepis, in natural coastal wetlands and artificial urban waterways.  Marine Biology 148:1134-1141

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