Sam Imberger

Toward cross-realm management of coastal urban ecosystems

Caragh G Threlfall, Ezequiel M Marzinelli, Alessandro Ossola, Ana B Bugnot, Melanie J Bishop, Elizabeth C Lowe, Sam J Imberger, Shona Myers, Peter D Steinberg, Katherine A Dafforn

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Urbanization and its resulting environmental stressors are often managed within terrestrial, freshwater, or marine realms separate..

Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones

Scott D Tiegs, David M Costello, Mark W Isken, Guy Woodward, Peter B McIntyre, Mark O Gessner, Eric Chauvet, Natalie A Griffiths, Alex S Flecker, Vicenc Acuna, Ricardo Albarino, Daniel C Allen, Cecilia Alonso, Patricio Andino, Clay Arango, Jukka Aroviita, Marcus VM Barbosa, Leon A Barmuta, Colden V Baxter, Thomas DC Bell, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Science Advances

River ecosystems receive and process vast quantities of terrestrial organic carbon, the fate of which depends strongly on microbia..

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..

Variability in the response of amphipods and macroinvertebrate assemblage structure to prolonged drought in forested upland streams

Samantha J Imberger, Christopher J Walsh, Edward Tsyrlin, David G Kerr, Monica Tewman

Journal article  |  2016  |  BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

With climate change set to increase the frequency and severity of drought in many parts of the world, there is a need to better un..

Hydrologic and water quality responses to catchment-wide implementation of stormwater control measures

MJ BURNS, TD FLETCHER, CJ WALSH, D Bos, SJ Imberger, H Duncan, C Li

Conference Proceedings  |  2016

Restoring a stream through retention of urban stormwater runoff: a catchment-scale experiment in a social-ecological system

Christopher J Walsh, Tim D Fletcher, Darren G Bos, Samantha J Imberger

Journal article  |  2015  |  FRESHWATER SCIENCE

Restoration of ecological structure and function of urban streams probably requires catchment-scale modification of drainage infra..

Tracing carbon sources in small urbanising streams: catchment-scale stormwater drainage overwhelms the effects of reach-scale riparian vegetation

Samantha J Imberger, Perran LM Cook, Michael R Grace, Ross M Thompson

Journal article  |  2014  |  FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Organic matter provides energy and nutrients to aquatic systems. Alterations to its sources and processing have repercussions for ..

Urban catchment hydrology overwhelms reach scale effects of riparian vegetation on organic matter dynamics

Samantha J Imberger, Ross M Thompson, Michael R Grace

Journal article  |  2011  |  FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Urbanisation severely affects stream hydrology, biotic integrity and water quality, but relatively little is known about effects o..

Searching for effective indicators of ecosystem function in urban streams: assessing cellulose decomposition potential

Samantha J Imberger, Ross M Thompson, Michael R Grace

Journal article  |  2010  |  FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Urbanisation and landuse changes threaten the ecological integrity of rivers and streams globally. A major challenge in such impac..

More microbial activity, not abrasive flow or shredder abundance, accelerates breakdown of labile leaf litter in urban streams

Samantha J Imberger, Christopher J Walsh, Michael R Grace

Journal article  |  2008  |  JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Urban land use degrades stream ecosystems, but the nature and mechanisms of its effects on ecological processes, such as leaf brea..