Thursday, 1st December
Australian Freshwater Sciences Society Conference 2022
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Speakers
Christy Fellows Lecture Welcome
8:45AM - 9:00AM
Thursday, 1st December
Yuin Theatre
Chair: Alisha Steward
Christy Fellows Lecture
9:00AM - 9:45AM
Thursday, 1st December
Yuin Theatre
Chair: Alisha Steward
A short career increasingly focused on the in-stream consequences of environmental and climate change
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Ryan Burrows
Hilary Jolly Memorial Lecture
9:45AM - 10:30AM
Thursday, 1st December
Yuin Theatre
Chair: Alisha Steward
Can freshwater species and ecosystems adapt to climate change in southern Australia?
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Belinda Robson
Morning Tea
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Thursday, 1st December
Yuin Theatre Lobby
Concurrent Session 16 - Environmental flows
11:00AM - 12:20PM
Thursday, 1st December
Yuin Theatre
Chairs: Darren Giling & Will Higgisson
Are there flow magnitude thresholds for primary productivity in regulated rivers?
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Darren Giling
Recovery of benthic macroinvertebrates over 17 years of environmental flows in the Snowy River
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Andrew J Brooks
The response of
Phragmites australis
(common reed) to flooding and the role of environmental water and prior condition
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Will Higgisson
Not Just Another Assessment Method: Re-imagining Environmental Flow Assessment Under Changing Climates
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Angus Webb
Concurrent Session 17 - Ecotoxicology and env chem
11:00AM - 12:20PM
Thursday, 1st December
Studio
Chairs: Aleicia Holland & Ewen Silvester
Investigation of biogeochemical cycling of nutrients, elements, and carbon in Irish marine transitional zones
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Nadeeka Rathnayake Kankanamge
Contrasting effects of dissolved organic matter on metal toxicity and bioavailability in freshwaters
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Aleicia Holland
Peatland regulation of headwater stream water quality as a measure of peatland condition
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Ewen Silvester
Seed banks of littoral zone weir pool tailwaters of the lower River Murray, South Australia
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Kate A Frahn
Concurrent Session 18 - Assessment and monitoring
11:00AM - 12:20PM
Thursday, 1st December
Workshop Rooms
Chairs: Klaus Joehnk & Seema Karki
Not Your Average Day in The Field: Did we witness Toxic Exposure?
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Chris Madden
New discoveries and an innovative twist on monitoring methods - finding the unfindable.
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Andy Taylor
Early warning and forecasting of water quality in lakes across scale
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Klaus Joehnk
Effect of River Network Geometry in the supply of Riverine Ecosystem Services
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Seema Karki
Lunch
12:20PM - 1:20PM
Thursday, 1st December
Yuin Theatre Lobby
Concurrent Session 19 - Population and community ecology
1:20PM - 3:00PM
Thursday, 1st December
Yuin Theatre
Chairs: Jill Lancaster & Fiona Dyer
Indelible field evidence of extensive dispersal by caddisflies up river valleys to dry catchment boundaries
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Barbara Downes
Inter-specific variation in caddisfly fecundity depends on body size and larval feeding habits
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Jill Lancaster
Updating the Phenology of River Red Gum and Coolibah for the Queensland Murray Darling Basin
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Janice L Kerr
Long-term fluctuations in density of
Tasimia palpata
, a grazing caddis from the Cumberland River, Otway Ranges, Vic
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Richard Marchant
Fish larvae as potential hosts of freshwater mussel glochidia
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Nicole McCasker
Concurrent Session 20 - Catchment and Riparian science
1:20PM - 3:00PM
Thursday, 1st December
Studio
Chairs: Samantha Capon & Jing Lu
Testing microalgae responses to point and non-point sources of nutrient pollution to enhance nutrient offsetting schemes
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Jing Lu
Riparian responses to extreme flooding in south-eastern Australia
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Samantha Capon
Modelling Suitability of Catchments for Landscape Rehydration - Regeneration of Hydrological and Ecological Processes
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Richard S Campbell
Composite fingerprinting of fine sediment inputs identifies rehabilitation priorities in the Pages River, NSW.
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Sarah J Mika
What Good Collaboration Can Look Like: Learnings from Cultural Science Conversations
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Ellery Johnson
Concurrent Session 21 - Response to environmental change
1:20PM - 3:00PM
Thursday, 1st December
Workshop Rooms
Chairs: Danswell Starrs & Rodney Ubrihien
Vulnerability of Gippsland Lakes Ramsar Site water quality to bushfire and climate change
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Tapas K. Biswas
Post-wildfire response of the native fish, Mountain galaxias (
Galaxias olidus
) in the Australian Capital Territory
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Danswell Starrs
The implications of climate change and urbanisation throughout the lifecycle of a freshwater turtle
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Anthony Santoro
Experimental tests of eggs-tinction! Shortages of adults or egg-laying habitat cause oviposition failure for aquatic insects in dammed and undammed rivers.
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Handoko Wahjudi
Dissolved organic matter dynamics in a regulated and unregulated river system.
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Suman Acharya
Afternoon Tea
3:00PM - 3:30PM
Thursday, 1st December
Yuin Theatre Lobby
Concurrent Session 22 - Foodwebs and ecosystem ecology
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Thursday, 1st December
Yuin Theatre
Chairs: Lindsey Frost & Ellery Johnson
Fine scale food web responses to a freshwater inflow event in a regulated Australian estuary
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Ellery Johnson
Linking flow and food web productivity in northern murray-darling basin: the importance of variable flows in wetting in-channel banks and benches
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James N Hitchcock
Getting the biggest bang for your duck: how does e-water influence energy availability in a wetland?
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Lindsey Frost
Concurrent Session 23 - Response to environmental change
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Thursday, 1st December
Studio
Chairs: Gina Newton & Luke McPhan
Using translocations to bring back the mighty Murray Crayfish after a blackwater wipeout
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Sylvia Zukowski
The floodplain vegetation condition model (FVCM): A state and transition framework for simulating future environmental responses.
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Luke M McPhan
Response Requires Recognition: Conservation of Australia’s Aquatic Ecosystems via the EPBC Act.
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Gina Newton
Concurrent Session 24 - Other
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Thursday, 1st December
Workshop Rooms
Chairs: Ashmita Sengupta & Rodney Ubrihien
Beyond environmental assets: understanding ecosystem functions through the lens of basin connectivity
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Ashmita Dr. Sengupta
Riparian trees resprout regardless of timing and severity of disturbance by coppicing
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Sarah Fischer
Individual-based modelling of
Dolichospermum
blooms
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Mohammad Hassan Ranjbar
Break
4:30PM - 6:30PM
Thursday, 1st December
Conference Dinner
6:30PM - 10:30PM
Thursday, 1st December
Soldiers Club
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