PhD

Senior Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute

Contact details for Doctor Michele Burford

Research Expertise

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

Publications

• Antenucci, J.P., Ghadouani, A., Burford, M.A., Romero, J.R. 2005. The long-term effect of artificial destratification on phytoplankton species composition in a sub-tropical reservoir. Freshwater Biology, 50, 1081-1093.
• 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.