Wednesday, 26th September
Australian Freshwater Sciences Society Conference 2018
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Speakers
Welcome
8:50AM - 9:00AM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 1,2&3
Plenary Session 9: Scientific Communication
9:00AM - 11:00AM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 1,2&3
Chair: Michael Reid
Freshwater conservation – reflections on the past, obligations for the future
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Philip Boon
Global Freshwater Crisis: guns, germs & extinctions*
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Corey Bradshaw
Communication for impact
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Tamika Heiden
Morning Tea
11:00AM - 11:30AM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 4&5
Session 10 - Aquatic Conservation
11:30AM - 1:10PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 1
Chair: Andrew Boulton
Conservation insights from stream community theory: the importance of environmental variation
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Galen Holt
Take the long way home: minimal medium-term recovery in a large freshwater crayfish impacted by significant population loss
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Sylvia Zukowski
One in 100: translocations to aide the recovery of a large freshwater crayfish following significant population loss in the Murray River.
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Nick Whiterod
Stressor dominance and sensitivity-dependent antagonism: Disentangling freshwater insecticide and agricultural stressor effects
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Jon Bray
Putting the "river" back in the lower River Murray: quantifying the hydraulic impact of river regulation to guide ecological restoration
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Matt Gibbs
Session 10 - Wetland Ecology and Management
11:30AM - 1:10PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 2
Chair: Abigail Goodman
Effects of flooding on invasion pathways in subtropical riparian ecosystems
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Kurtis Nisbet
Seed Deposition on Floodplains
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Jason M Nicol
Influence of seasonality on the dispersal of seeds in lowland rivers.
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Rebecca Littler
Sediments from Lake Alexandrina, South Australia, provide insights into its natural state and Murray River discharge
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John Tibby
Session 10 - Communicating clear science
11:30AM - 1:10PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 3
Chair: Amy George
Can I use the words ‘climate change’? Lesson’s learnt from Antarctica
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Melissa White
Catchment salt balance and historical salinity flushing quantified in a high rainfall stream (Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia)
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Thomas A Anderson
Exploiting the Power of Freshwater Systems for addressing General Ecological Theory
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Ross Thompson
Extreme drought alters the temporal beta diversity and functional stability of stream invertebrate communities
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Catherine Leigh
Indigenous Engagement @ It’s Innovative Best
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Phil Duncan
Lunch
1:10PM - 2:20PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 4&5
AFSS Annual General Meeting
1:10PM - 2:20PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 3
Session 11 - Aquatic Conservation and Management
2:20PM - 3:40PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 1
Chair: Fran Sheldon
A rationale for threshold model selection and identification of ecological thresholds for macroinvertebrate assemblages: Comparison of two commonly used methods
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Jawairia Sultana
Measuring ecological responses to the restoration of optimal water regimes in wetlands for biodiversity outcomes
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Phil Papas
Gathering evidence of riparian responses to management in Victoria
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Kaylene Morris
Flagship Waterways: making the long-term and large-scale commitment to waterway health in Victoria
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Amber Clarke
Session 11 - Urban Ecology
2:20PM - 3:40PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 2
Chair: Jason Nicol
Growth dynamics of restoration trees
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Amy George
High biodiversity in unexpected places. A case of diving beetles in the Melbourne area.
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Edward Mr Tsyrlin
Distribution and habitat associations of native and introduced crayfish in urban wetlands.
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Holly E. Emery-Butcher
Water in an urban environment: Can you construct ecology?
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Nadine Kilsby
Session 11 - Paelo- Ecology
2:20PM - 3:40PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 3
Chair: John Tibby
Drivers and patterns of ecosystem change in Murray-Darling Basin billabongs
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Michael Reid
Palaeo-ecology of the Coorong Southern Lagoon inferred from geochemical signals in bivalve shells
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Briony K Chamberlayne
Ecosystem Response to Physical Fragmentation in Dryland Rivers: Evidence Synthesis
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Leah McIntosh
Putting the dead to work: Conservation paleobiology of the Colorado River estuary, Mexico
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Karl Flessa
Afternoon Tea
3:40PM - 4:00PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 4&5
Session 12 - Climate Change Adaptation
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 1
Chair: Alisha Steward
The impacts of flow regime drying on macroinvertebrate assemblages and life histories in formerly- perennial streams.
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Nicole Carey
Effects of a mega-fire on stream invertebrate biodiversity.
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Belinda J Robson
Prevailing precarious predicaments — the life cycle of the clam shrimp
Paralimnadia urukhai
in gnammas near Stanthorpe, Queensland.
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Brian Timms
Session 12 - Wetland Ecology and Management
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Ballroom 2
Chair: Nadine Kilsby
Waterbird recruitment and movements: New information for water and wetland managers
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Heather M McGinness
A tale of two wetlands: lessons for
Phragmites
control
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Joe Greet
Setting and testing an environmental water requirement for the Coorong
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Rebecca E Lester
Conference Dinner -SPORT THROUGH THE AGES-
6:00PM - 11:00PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Adelaide Oval - Ian McLachlan Room
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