B Science (Hons), PhD

Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute

Contact details for Doctor Stephen Balcombe

Research Interests

• Fish ecology
• Arid river ecology

Publications

• Balcombe, S.R., S.E. Bunn, A.H. Arthington, J.H. Fawcett, F.J. McKenzie-Smith and A. Wright. (in press) Fish larvae, growth and biomass relationships in an Australian arid zone river: links between floodplains and waterholes. Freshwater Biology
• Balcombe, S.R., G.P. Closs and P.J. Suter. (in press) Density and distribution of epiphytic invertebrates on emergent macrophytes in a floodplain billabong. River Research and Applications
• Balcombe, S.R., A.H. Arthington, N.D. Foster, M.C. Thoms, G.G. Wilson and S.E. Bunn, (2006) Fish assemblages of an Australian dryland river: abundance, assemblage structure and recruitment patterns in the Warrego River, Murray-Darling Basin. Marine and Freshwater Research 57, 619-633.
• Balcombe S.R. and P. Humphries (2006). Diet of the western carp gudgeon (Hypsleotris klunzingeri Ogilby) in an Australian floodplain lake: the role of water level stability. Journal of Fish Biology 68, 1484-1493.
• Bunn, S.E., S.R. Balcombe, P.M. Davies, C.S Fellows and F.J. McKenzie-Smith (2006) Aquatic productivity and food webs of desert river ecosystems. pp. 76-99. In: R.T. Kingsford (ed). Ecology of Desert Rivers. Cambridge University Press.
• Arthington, A.H., S.R.Balcombe, G.A. Wilson, M.C. Thoms and J.C. Marshall (2005) Spatial and temporal variation in fish assemblage structure within isolated waterholes during the 2001 dry season of an arid-zone floodplain river, Cooper Creek, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 56, 25-35.
• Balcombe, S.R., S.E Bunn, P.M Davies and F.J. McKenzie-Smith (2005) Variability of fish diets between dry and flood periods in an arid zone floodplain river. Journal of Fish Biology 67, 1552-1567.
• Balcombe, S.R. and G.P. Closs (2004). Spatial relationships and temporal variability in a littoral macrophyte fish assemblage.  Marine and Freshwater Research. 55: 609-617.
• Balcombe, S.R. and G.P.  Closs (2000). Variation in carp gudgeon (Hypseleotris spp.) catch rate in dense macrophytes. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 15: 389-395.
• Closs, G.P., S.R. Balcombe and M.J. Shirley (1999).  Generalist predators, interaction strength and food web stability. Advances in Ecological Research 28: 93-119.