B Science

Lecturer, School of Environment, Gold Coast
Research Member, Australian Rivers Institute

Contacts

Contact details for Mr Michael Arthur

Research Expertise

• Application of mathematical modelling, statistical modelling, and simulation techniques to population genetics and ecology.
• Statistical analysis (experimental design, repeated measures, log linear and logistic regression, multivariate statistical analysis) and its application to environmental problems.

Publications

• Arthur, J. M. and J. M. Hughes, (in prep), The FST - Nem relationship in a lotic system: a Monte-Carlo simulation study, Genetics.
• Pickering, C. M., R. Hill and J. M. Arthur, (in prep), Is the relationship between increasing levels of trampling and damage to vegetation curvi-linear? Applied Ecology.
• Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J., Arthur, J.M. & Arthington, A.H, (in prep), Variation in stream fish assemblage attributes: the influence of hydrologic variability, habitat and biogeography, Ecology of Freshwater Fish.
• Pratt, C. P., J. Warnken, R. Leeming, M. J. Arthur, D. I. Grice, (in review), Degradation and responses of coprostanol and selected sterol biomarkers in sediments to a simulated major sewage pollution event: a microcosm experiment under sub-tropical estuarine conditions, Org Geochem.
• Higgins, J., J. Warnken, P. Teasdale, and J. M. Arthur, 2007, (in review),Variations in urban recycled water quality during surface storage and distribution, J Environ Manage.
• Dunn, R. J. K., P. R. Teasdale, J. Warken, M. A. Jordan, J. M. Arthur, 2007, Evaluation of the in situ, time-integrated DGT technique by monitoring changes in heavy metal concentrations in estuarine waters, Environ pollut, 148:213-220.
• Pratt, C. P., J. Warnken, R. Leeming, J. M. Arthur, D. J. Grice, 2007, Detection of intermittent sewage pollution in a subtropical, oligotropphic, semi-enclosed embayment system using sterol signatures in sediments, Environ. Sci. Technol., 41:792-802.
• Pickering, C. M. and J. M. Arthur, 2003, Patterns of resource allocation in the dioecious alpine herb Aciphylla simplicifolia (Apiaceae), Austral Ecol., 28: 566-574.
• Pickering, C. M., A. Kirkwood, and J. M. Arthur, 2003,Habitat and sex specific differences in the dioecious weed Acetosella vulgaris (Polygonaceae), Austral Ecol., 28: 396-403.
• Rudkin, K. C., J. M. Kirkwood, J-M. Hero, and J. M. Arthur, 2003,Do estuarine no-take reserves affect the abundance and length frequencies of fishery target species – an assessment of two North Queensland estuarine “no-take’ marine park zones, APAC Proceedings: Aust. Soc. for Fish Biol.,
• Catterall, C. P., S. D. Piper, S. E. Bunn, and J. M. Arthur, 2001, Flora and fauna assemblages vary with local topography in a subtropical eucalypt forest, Aust. J. Ecol., 26: 56-69.
• Churchill, T. B., J. M. Arthur, 1999, Measuring spider richness: effects of different sampling methods and spatial and temporal scales, J. Insect Cons., 3: 287-295.
• Pussey, B. J., M. J. Kennard, J. M. Arthur, and A. H. Arthington, 1998, Quantitative sampling of stream fish assemblages: single- vs multiple-pass electrofishing, Aust. J. Ecol., 23: 365-374.
• Kitching, R. L. and J. M. Arthur, 1994, The biodiversity of arthropods from Australian rainforest canopies: summary of projects and the impact of drought, Selbyana, 14: 29-35.
• Zalucki, M. P., M. P. Hughes, J. M. Arthur, and P. A. Carter, 1993, Seasonal variation at four loci in a continuously breeding population of Danaus plexippus L., Heredity, 70: 205-213.
• Hughes, J. M., D. A. Harrison, and J. M. Arthur, 1991, Genetic variation at the Pgi locus in the mosquito fish Gambusia affinis (Poecilidae) and a possible effect on susceptibility to an insecticide. Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 44:153-167.