Ben KEFFORD

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

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

Research activity per year

2 Active
13 Finished

15 results

Active
Effects of fire fighting chemicals on freshwater systems
KEFFORD, B. (CI)
1/09/23 → 20/12/25
Project: Research
Impact of climate change on flow and temperature regimes – effects on alpine freshwater ecosystems
KEFFORD, B. (CI)
31/03/22 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
Finished
Evaluating the efficacy, drug resistance and ecological impacts of sarcoptic mange treatment in wombats
KEFFORD, B. (CI), Mounsey, K. (CoI), Harvey, R. (CoI), Brawata, R. (CoI), Vermaak, Y. (CoI) & Holme, R. (CoI)
3/10/23 → 31/08/24
Project: Research
Informing Blue-green algae treatment trials in Lake Burley Griffin
DYER, F. (CI), Thompson, R. (CoI), KEFFORD, B. (CoI) & UBRIHIEN, R. (CoI)
5/06/23 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
GLOBSALT: A GLOBal analysis of the impacts of freshwater SALinizaTion on aquatic biodiversity (GLOBSALT)
KEFFORD, B. (CoI) & Cañedo-Argüelles, M. (CI)
8/12/22 → 31/08/24
Project: Research
Developing a mechanistic impact of the effect of fires on stream macroinvertebrates.
KEFFORD, B. (CI), Hughes, J. M. (CoI), Thompson, R. (CoI), Poff, N. L. (CoI), Fraser, J. (CoI) & Dewenter, B. (CoI)
1/07/20 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
Future proofing Australia's high country for climate change
KEFFORD, B. (CI), Nicotra, A. (CoI), Moles, A. (CoI), Hovenden, M. (CoI) & Munasinghe, K. (CoI)
1/03/19 → 31/03/23
Project: Research
Mallett Honours NSW DPI - Stable isotope analysis on trout in the Snowy Lakes
Thompson, R. (CI), KEFFORD, B. (CoI) & Broadhurst, B. (CoI)
15/06/18 → 14/06/19
Project: Research
Stable isotope analysis on trout in the Snowy Lakes
Thompson, R. (CI), KEFFORD, B. (CoI) & Broadhurst, B. (CoI)
15/06/18 → 14/06/19
Project: Research
Diagnosing river health using invertebrate traits and DNA barcodes
KEFFORD, B. (CI), Chessman, B. (CoI), Goonan, P. (CoI), Hoffman, A. (CoI), MAC NALLY, R. (CoI), Metzeling, L. (CoI), Nichols, S. (CoI), Ramos, M. J. G. (CoI) & Warne, M. (CoI)
15/12/16 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
Water abstraction affects on food web linkages between benthic algae and macroinvertebrates: an ecological monitoring and modelling approach
KEFFORD, B. (CI) & Cortez, D. (CoI)
21/11/16 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
How much salt is too much for Australian Alpine streams?
KEFFORD, B. (CI), HARRISON, E. (CoI) & Nichols, S. (CoI)
9/02/16 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
DNA-based identification for routine aquatic bioassessment
Nichols, S. (CI), FURLAN, E. (CoI), Gleason, D. (CoI), KEFFORD, B. (CoI), butterfield, B. (CoI), Rees, G. (CoI) & Scanes, P. (CoI)
1/02/16 → 31/01/19
Project: Research
Biomonitoring of pesticides in rivers and streams vis-a-vis ecological services and functions
KEFFORD, B. (CI), Gupta, A. (CoI), Muller, J. (CoI), Nichols, S. (CoI) & Susmita, G. (CoI)
1/01/15 → 31/01/18
Project: Research
Salty gas: the ecological risk of saline effluents from coal seam gas and other hydrocarbon resources
KEFFORD, B. (CI)
30/06/14 → 31/07/18
Project: Research

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