Robin Hale

Understanding movement and habitat-use to guide reintroductions and habitat rehabilitation for a nonmigratory freshwater fish

Justin O'Connor, John Morrongiello, Renae Ayres, Frank Amtstaetter, Wayne Koster, Adrian Kitchingman, Tanya Cowell, Matt Bowler, Robin Hale

Journal article  |  2023  |  RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Outcomes from restoration and reintroduction programs can be enhanced by understanding the habitat use of animals, and how likely ..

Aquatic invertebrate responses to riparian restoration and flow extremes in three degraded intermittent streams: An eight-year field experiment

Paul Reich, P Sam Lake, James R Thomson, Thomas Daniel, Matthew Johnson, Leon Metzeling, Andrew J Boulton, Robin Hale

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Worldwide, riparian zones of many intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) have been severely degraded. However, compared ..

Greater Consideration of Animals Will Enhance Coastal Restoration Outcomes

Michael Sievers, Christopher J Brown, Christina A Buelow, Robin Hale, Andria Ostrowski, Megan Saunders, Brian R Silliman, Stephen E Swearer, Mischa P Turschwell, Stephanie R Valdez, Rod M Connolly

Journal article  |  2022  |  BIOSCIENCE

As efforts to restore coastal habitats accelerate, it is critical that investments are targeted to most effectively mitigate and r..

Developing performance standards in fish passage: Integrating ecology, engineering and socio-economics

J O'Connor, R Hale, M Mallen-Cooper, SJ Cooke, I Stuart

Journal article  |  2022  |  Ecological Engineering

The construction of dams and weirs has fragmented many rivers and streams globally, and this is a major threat to biodiversity. Th..

A synthesis of 15 years of instream woody habitat management: Progress towards benchmarks and assessing fish responses

Robin Hale, Adrian Kitchingman, Joanne Sharley, Paul Reich, Zeb Tonkin

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

There is increasing focus globally on restoration actions to mitigate the effects of humans on freshwater ecosystems. Given the su..

Experimental increases in detritus boost abundances of small-bodied fish in a sand-affected stream

Gabriel L Cornell, Robin Hale, John R Morrongiello, Barbara J Downes

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Restoration projects often rely on the assumption that a local intervention will restore diminished populations, without fully und..

Movement behavior of a threatened native fish informs flow management in a modified floodplain river system

Zeb Tonkin, Paul Moloney, Jarod Lyon, Adrian Kitchingman, Justin O'Mahony, Scott Raymond, Graeme Hackett, Steve Saddlier, Andrew Greenfield, David Wood, Robin Hale

Journal article  |  2022  |  ECOSPHERE

Movement is a key driver of the distribution of animals and the structure of populations, communities, and ecosystems. Habitat los..

Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment.

Amanda E Bates, Richard B Primack, Brandy S Biggar, Tomas J Bird, Mary E Clinton, Rylan J Command, Cerren Richards, Marc Shellard, Nathan R Geraldi, Valeria Vergara, Orlando Acevedo-Charry, Zuania Colón-Piñeiro, David Ocampo, Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, Lina M Sánchez-Clavijo, Cristian M Adamescu, Sorin Cheval, Tudor Racoviceanu, Matthew D Adams, Egide Kalisa, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  Biol Conserv

The global lockdown to mitigate COVID-19 pandemic health risks has altered human interactions with nature. Here, we report immedia..

Does life history mediate discharge as a driver of multi-decadal changes in populations of freshwater fish?

Jarod P Lyon, Tomas Bird, Zeb Tonkin, Scott Raymond, Joanne Sharley, Robin Hale

Journal article  |  2021  |  ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Understanding how and why the size of populations varies is critical knowledge for conservation and management. While considerable..

Elevated river discharge enhances the immigration of juvenile catadromous and amphidromous fishes into temperate coastal rivers

Frank Amtstaetter, Jian DL Yen, Robin Hale, Wayne Koster, Justin O'Connor, Ivor Stuart, Zeb Tonkin

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Anthropogenic alterations to river flow regimes threaten freshwater biodiversity globally, with potentially disproportionate impac..