Chris Walsh

Catchment-scale urbanization diminishes effects of habitat complexity on instream macroinvertebrate assemblages

Julia Y White, Christopher J Walsh

Journal article  |  2020  |  Ecological Applications

While provision of in‐stream habitat complexity remains common practice in efforts to restore streams, the evidence of positive ef..

Urban impacts across realms: Making the case for inter-realm monitoring and management

Ana B Bugnot, Grant C Hose, Christopher J Walsh, Oliver Floerl, Kristine French, Katherine A Dafforn, Jayne Hanford, Elizabeth C Lowe, Amy K Hahs

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Science of The Total Environment

Burgeoning populations and the increasing concentration of humans in urban areas have resulted in extensive and increasing degrada..

Managed flooding can augment the benefits of natural flooding for native wetland vegetation

Alice Duong, Joe Greet, Christopher J Walsh, Michael J Sammonds

Journal article  |  2019  |  Restoration Ecology

The seven lamps of planning for biodiversity in the city

Kirsten M Parris, Marco Amati, Sarah A Bekessy, Danielle Dagenais, Ole Fryd, Amy K Hahs, Dominique Hes, Samantha J Imberger, Stephen J Livesley, Adrian J Marshall, Jonathan R Rhodes, Caragh G Threlfall, Reid Tingley, Rodney van der Ree, Christopher J Walsh, Marit L Wilkerson, Nicholas SG Williams

Journal article  |  2018  |  Cities

Cities tend to be built in areas of high biodiversity, and the accelerating pace of urbanization threatens the persistence of many..

Alternatives to biodiversity offsets for mitigating the effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems

Myles E Coker, Nick R Bond, Yung En Chee, Christopher J Walsh

Journal article  |  2018  |  Conservation Biology

Globally, offset schemes have emerged in many statutory frameworks relating to development activities, with the aim of balancing b..

Benefits and challenges of incorporating spatially-explicit quantitative modelling and action prioritisation in Melbourne Water’s Healthy Waterways Strategy

Rhys A Coleman, Yung En Chee, Nick Bond, Sharyn RossRakesh, Christopher J Walsh

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  9th Australian Stream Management Conference, Hobart, Tasmania

The flooding tolerance of two critical habitat-forming wetland shrubs, Leptospermum lanigerum and Melaleuca squarrosa, at different life history stages

Georgina Zacks, Joe Greet, Christopher J Walsh, Elisa Raulings

Journal article  |  2018  |  Australian Journal of Botany

Understanding the effect of water regime on the different life history stages of woody wetland plants is essential to managing the..

Restoration of contaminated ecosystems: adaptive management in a changing climate

Aida M Farag, Diane L Larson, Jenny Stauber, Ralph Stahl, John Isanhart, Kevin McAbee, Christopher J Walsh

Journal article  |  2017  |  Restoration Ecology

Three case studies illustrate how adaptive management (AM) has been used in ecological restorations that involve contaminants. Con..

melbstreambugs: Stream Macroinvertebrate Indices and Models For The Melbourne Region. R package

C WALSH

Software / Code  |  2017

Variability in stream ecosystem response to urbanization: Unraveling the influences of physiography and urban land and water management

Christopher J Walsh, Tim D Fletcher, Geoff J Vietz

Journal article  |  2016  |  Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment

The geomorphic and ecological degradation of streams resulting from urbanization is well recognized. Recent reviews have hypothesi..