Professor Angela Arthington

Professor Angela Arthington

B Science (Hons), PhD

Research Member, Australian Rivers Institute

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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., 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.
  • Dudgeon, D., Arthington, A.H., Gessner, M.O, Kawabata, Z., Knowler, D., Lévêque, C., Naiman, R.J., Prieur-Richard, A.-H., Soto, D. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2005). Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status, and conservation challenges. Biological Reviews 18:
  • Kennard, M.J., A.H. Arthington. and B.J. Pusey (2005). Alien fish as indicators of stream 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.
  • Pusey, B.J., M.J. Kennard and A.H. Arthington (2004). Freshwater Fishes of North-Eastern Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria. 684 pp.
  • Mosisch, T.D. and A.H. Arthington (2004). Impacts of recreational power boating on freshwater ecosystems. Chapter 8, In: Environmental Impacts of Ecotourism. (Ralf Buckley, Editor). CABI Publishing Wallingford, Oxfordshire, pp, 127-156.
  • 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 ecological consequences of altered flow regimes for aquatic biodiversity. Environmental Management 30, 492-507.
  • Arthington, A.H. and D.R. Bluhdorn (1998). The effects of species interactions resulting from aquaculture operations. Asian Fisheries Science 11: 81-105.

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