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A/Prof

Chris Walsh

Principal Research Fellow - Melbourne Water
Ecosystem and Forest Sciences
Urban Stormwater
Landscape Ecology
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
environmental sciences & ecology
ecology
marine & freshwater biology
urbanization
physical sciences
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Chris Walsh

 
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Science
 
Primary Interest
Stream Ecology
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Chris Walsh.

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B1 Urban flow ecology: Investigating relationships between flow, channel form, vegetation and ecosystem function.

2018 - 2021
Active
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A1 Prioritisation: Spatial prioritisation of management actions for biodiversity outcomes in streams & wetlands

2018 - 2021
Active
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C1 UrbanFlows: How can retention, use and treatment of urban stormwater protect or provide natural flow regimes for waterway health?

2018 - 2020
Completed
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A2 MERI: Testing critical assumptions of interventions and outcomes, and designing effective, efficient biodiversity monitoring to support strategy implementation

2018 - 2021
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Overcoming multiple constraints to wetland forest restoration

This project aims to determine the efficacy of different approaches for restoring wetland forests at the landscape scale. The death and decl..

2016 - 2020
Completed
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Overcoming multiple constraints to wetland forest restoration

This project aims to determine the efficacy of different approaches for restoring wetland forests at the landscape scale. The death and decl..

2016 - 2020
Completed
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SEDIMENT SENSITIVE CITIES: UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH ALTERED URBAN SEDIMENT REGIMES FOR STREAMS IN THE ERA OF WATER SENSITIVE CITIES

2015 - 2014
Completed
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Water regimes requirements for the maintenance and recruitment of woody riparian shrubs as important ecological habitat

2015 - 2015
Completed
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University of Melbourne Collaboration Agreement with Griffith University

2015 - 2016
Completed
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University of Melbourne Collaboration Agreement with Griffith University

2015 - 2016
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

32

Research Contracts

11

Research Grant

2

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Chris Walsh.

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

Julia Y White, Christopher J Walsh

Journal article  |  2020  |  Ecological Applications

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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  |  Science of The Total Environment

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

C WALSH

Software / Code  |  2017

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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

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Ecosystem Assessment and Management
Environmental Science and Management
Ecology
Land and Water Management
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Expanding Knowledge
Ecological Applications
Ecology and Evolution
Urban and Industrial Environment
Civil Engineering

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2018

Walsh, Chee, Fletcher, Excellence in industry engaged research (Melbourne Waterway Research-Practice Partnership)

The University of Melbourne
2018

Fletcher, Walsh Bos, Excellence in engagement research (for the Little Stringybark Creek project)

The University of Melbourne
2007

2007 ASL Early Career Excellence Award

Australian Society for Limnology

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Principal Research Fellow - Melbourne Water

Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Deakin University

Diploma in Education

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Science (degree with honours)

University of Melbourne

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