the endless warm drizzle of spring—the ice of Antarctica, falling softly on the heads of the children of those responsible for melting it.

Been having a great few winter days sampling with honours student Kristina Hilellis researching how floods and tidal barrages impact estuarine food webs

The UTS Freshwater and Estuarine Research Group are recruiting multiple PhD/Masters candidates for four projects on: environmental flows and food webs; cold water pollution; macrophytes; and algal blooms. Scholarships available. jameshitchcock.net/phdopportuni... #phdpositions #academicsky

Great to present our research on #foodwebs and floodplains at #ASLOSIL26 in Montreal. Lots of great talks in the session on trophic dynamics and new biomarker approaches

Patrick McSweeney presenting his poster on the use of fish screens to protect fish in from being sucked through irrigation pumps #aslosil26

Great start to #ASLOSIL26 in Montreal. Abigail Scarborough, UTS HDR, presenting on algal bloom formation, thermal stratification and the potential role of iron

Microplastics and algal blooms are prevaisve in urban rivers and coasts. Do alagal toxins adsorb to microplastics and increase exposure risk for animals? Research from UTS PhD candidate Sadia Sharman shows the risks may be minimal www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/18...

The UTS Freshwater and Estuarine Research Group is over in Aotearoa at the joint AFSS and NZFSS conference talking about diverse range of topics, cold water pollution, algal blooms, fish kills, cyanotoxins and fish screens. Learning about cool things and making new ones

Have a new paper out with Laura Michie (UTS/Fisheries) and colleagues revealing how large dams alter the temperature regime of rivers reuslting in less fish and population structures devoid of young fish. onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.lib.uts.edu.au/doi/10.1111/...

Check out the work by my colleague Prof Shauna Murray on the ongoing algal blooms and ecological crisis in South Australia

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New research awaiting peer review has provided a few revelations about the make-up of South Australia's algal bloom, with a new predominant species — Karenia cristata — identified by scientists. Here's what we know so far.

The final version is now available #AmJBot bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Toward a macroevolutionary understanding of live‐leaf flammability in plant species of fire‐prone forests

Premise The flammability of live leaves in canopies varies considerably among plant species. Identifying macroevolutionary processes that shape variation in leaf flammability contributes to an under.....

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Had the pleasure to contribute to a new paper just published, led by Jo Bennett (CSU), on using environmental water to maintain wetland refugia and increase ecosystem resilience to severe drought www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Conservation planning for environmental water to climate refugia in the manageable Murray–Darling Basin

One mechanism for improving the resilience of freshwater systems affected by climate change is to use environmental water to support refugial habitats…

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I recently completed work with my colleagues at CSIRO modelling the Murray River's food web

From phytoplankton to the Murray cod: modelling the Murray River’s food web

I recently completed work with my colleagues at CSIRO modelling the Murray Rivers food web.

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