ORCID Profile
0000-0002-5857-6139
Current Organisation
New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment
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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2015
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2015.03.092
Abstract: Open-data has created an unprecedented opportunity with new challenges for ecosystem scientists. Skills in data management are essential to acquire, manage, publish, access and re-use data. These skills span many disciplines and require trans-disciplinary collaboration. Science synthesis centres support analysis and synthesis through collaborative 'Working Groups' where domain specialists work together to synthesise existing information to provide insight into critical problems. The Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (ACEAS) served a wide range of stakeholders, from scientists to policy-makers to managers. This paper investigates the level of sophistication in data management in the ecosystem science community through the lens of the ACEAS experience, and identifies the important factors required to enable us to benefit from this new data-world and produce innovative science. ACEAS promoted the analysis and synthesis of data to solve transdisciplinary questions, and promoted the publication of the synthesised data. To do so, it provided support in many of the key skillsets required. Analysis and synthesis in multi-disciplinary and multi-organisational teams, and publishing data were new for most. Data were difficult to discover and access, and to make ready for analysis, largely due to lack of metadata. Data use and publication were h ered by concerns about data ownership and a desire for data citation. A web portal was created to visualise geospatial datasets to maximise data interpretation. By the end of the experience there was a significant increase in appreciation of the importance of a Data Management Plan. It is extremely doubtful that the work would have occurred or data delivered without the support of the Synthesis centre, as few of the participants had the necessary networks or skills. It is argued that participation in the Centre provided an important learning opportunity, and has resulted in improved knowledge and understanding of good data management practices.
Publisher: Schweizerbart
Date: 23-05-2005
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2013
DOI: 10.1111/EMR.12066
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 02-2005
DOI: 10.1002/RRA.850
Abstract: Carp biomass density and the numbers of ‘sub‐adult’ (juvenile, plus young‐of‐the‐year) carp were used to indicate net recruitment (hereafter ‘recruitment’) to carp populations in ‘regulated’ and ‘unregulated’ lowland rivers ( 300 m altitude) and ‘slope’ rivers (300–700 m) of the Murray–Darling Basin, southeastern Australia. Most recruitment occurred at lower‐altitude reaches, during October–March (water temperature 95% confidence limits=16–32°C). Temporal changes in distribution of juvenile carp and sub‐adult carp, and high biomass density and slightly larger carp sizes in slope populations, indicated that slope sites were ‘sinks’ for downstream ‘source’ populations. The distribution of sub‐adult carp also suggested that recruitment differed between regulated and unregulated lowland sites, and unregulated sites had proportionately more sub‐adult carp in the total catch. We suggest that while floods might have enhanced recruitment in unregulated rivers, flow regulation provides long‐term refuge from mortality associated with high flows. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 20-02-2020
DOI: 10.1002/RRA.3409
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2014
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2015.03.127
Abstract: Intensification of the use of natural resources is a world-wide trend driven by the increasing demand for water, food, fibre, minerals and energy. These demands are the result of a rising world population, increasing wealth and greater global focus on economic growth. Land use intensification, together with climate change, is also driving intensification of the global hydrological cycle. Both processes will have major socio-economic and ecological implications for global water availability. In this paper we focus on the implications of land use intensification for the conservation and management of freshwater ecosystems using Australia as an ex le. We consider this in the light of intensification of the hydrologic cycle due to climate change, and associated hydrological scenarios that include the occurrence of more intense hydrological events (extreme storms, larger floods and longer droughts). We highlight the importance of managing water quality, the value of providing environmental flows within a watershed framework and the critical role that innovative science and adaptive management must play in developing proactive and robust responses to intensification. We also suggest research priorities to support improved systemic governance, including adaptation planning and management to maximise freshwater bio ersity outcomes while supporting the socio-economic objectives driving land use intensification. Further research priorities include: i) determining the relative contributions of surface water and groundwater in supporting freshwater ecosystems ii) identifying and protecting freshwater bio ersity hotspots and refugia iii) improving our capacity to model hydro-ecological relationships and predict ecological outcomes from land use intensification and climate change iv) developing an understanding of long term ecosystem behaviour and v) exploring systemic approaches to enhancing governance systems, including planning and management systems affecting freshwater outcomes. A major policy challenge will be the integration of land and water management, which increasingly are being considered within different policy frameworks.
Location: Australia
Location: Australia
Location: Australia
Location: Australia
Start Date: 1997
End Date: 1997
Funder: Australian Society for Fish Biology
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2004
End Date: 2008
Funder: Australian Research Council
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End Date: 2003
Funder: Australian Research Council
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