Ben Kefford

EmailBen.Keffordcanberra.eduau

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The effects of chemical stressors (e.g. salinity, pesticides or metals) on freshwater ecological systems:
• The effect of chemicals on individuals, populations and/or community in real streams
• Ecosystems functions/processes and services
• Comparing the effects of chemicals in the laboratory, mesocosms and real streams
• The importance of indirect effects

Improved ecological realistic methods of assessing the risk of environmental stressors/contaminants
• Obtaining representative samples of species sensitivity to toxicants
• New statistical methods

How do environmental stressors affect the traits of freshwater organisms?
• Stream invertebrates
• Diatoms sensitivity to herbicides
• Trait based diagnostic biomonitoring

The ecology of streams in the Australian Alps along an altitude gradient
• Population and community dynamics
• Ecosystem functions/processes

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Ecological effects of contaminants and other stressors in freshwater ecological systems.

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10 Finished

Evaluating the efficacy, drug resistance and ecological impacts of sarcoptic mange treatment in wombats
Kefford, B., Mounsey, K., Harvey, R., Brawata, R., Vermaak, Y. & Holme, R.
3/10/23 → 31/08/24
Project: Research
Effects of fire fighting chemicals on freshwater systems
Kefford, B.
1/09/23 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
Informing Blue-green algae treatment trials in Lake Burley Griffin
Dyer, F., Thompson, R., Kefford, B. & Ubrihien, R.
5/06/23 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
GLOBSALT: A GLOBal analysis of the impacts of freshwater SALinizaTion on aquatic biodiversity (GLOBSALT)
Kefford, B. & Cañedo-Argüelles, M.
8/12/22 → 31/08/24
Project: Research
Impact of climate change on flow and temperature regimes – effects on alpine freshwater ecosystems
Kefford, B.
31/03/22 → 31/12/23
Project: Research

84 Article
5 Review article
4 Chapter
3 Letter
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Single-species acute lethal toxicity tests are not predictive of relative population and community effects of two salinity types
Kefford, B. J., Hyne, R. V., Brooks, A. J., Bray, J. P., Shenton, M., Hills, K. & Nichols, S. J., Feb 2023, In: Limnology And Oceanography Letters. 8, 1, p. 181-189 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

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4 Citations (Scopus)

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The cumulative impacts of anthropogenic stressors vary markedly along environmental gradients
Kefford, B. J., Nichols, S. J. & Duncan, R. P., Feb 2023, In: Global Change Biology. 29, 3, p. 590-602 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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6 Citations (Scopus)

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Acute, diel, and annual temperature variability and the thermal biology of ectotherms
Kefford, B. J., Ghalambor, C. K., Dewenter, B., Poff, N. L. R., Hughes, J., Reich, J. & Thompson, R., Dec 2022, In: Global Change Biology. 28, 23, p. 6872-6888 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access
5 Citations (Scopus)
Assessing the Relative Toxicity of Different Road Salts and Effect of Temperature on Salinity Toxicity: LC_x Values versus No-Effect Concentration (NEC) Values
Moulding, B. J. G., Kon Kam King, G., Shenton, M., Bray, J. P., Nichols, S. J. & Kefford, B. J., Feb 2022, In: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 82, 2, p. 281-293 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
2 Citations (Scopus)
Bicarbonate alone does not totally explain the toxicity from major ions of coal bed derived waters to freshwater invertebrates
Hills, K. A., Hyne, R. V. & Kefford, B. J., 14 Jun 2022, In: Ecotoxicology. 31, 6, p. 967-975 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Evaluating the efficacy, drug resistance and ecological impacts of sarcoptic mange treatment in wombats

Effects of fire fighting chemicals on freshwater systems

Informing Blue-green algae treatment trials in Lake Burley Griffin

GLOBSALT: A GLOBal analysis of the impacts of freshwater SALinizaTion on aquatic biodiversity (GLOBSALT)

Impact of climate change on flow and temperature regimes – effects on alpine freshwater ecosystems

Single-species acute lethal toxicity tests are not predictive of relative population and community effects of two salinity types

The cumulative impacts of anthropogenic stressors vary markedly along environmental gradients

Acute, diel, and annual temperature variability and the thermal biology of ectotherms

Assessing the Relative Toxicity of Different Road Salts and Effect of Temperature on Salinity Toxicity: LC_x Values versus No-Effect Concentration (NEC) Values

Bicarbonate alone does not totally explain the toxicity from major ions of coal bed derived waters to freshwater invertebrates

Ben Kefford

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Biography

Fingerprint

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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