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

95 Article
5 Review article
4 Chapter
3 Letter
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- 2 Comment/debate

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2023
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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10 Citations (Scopus)

71 Downloads (Pure)
2018

Climate change as a contributor to human conflict
Butler, C. D. & Kefford, B. J., 29 Mar 2018, In: Nature. 555, 7698, p. 587-587 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Open Access

14 Citations (Scopus)
RE: Ganga clean-up: Smaller scale strategies are preferred
Abhik Gupta, A. & KEFFORD, B., 16 Nov 2018, In: Science. 362, 6414, p. 1-1 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter

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Ben KEFFORD

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

Climate change as a contributor to human conflict

RE: Ganga clean-up: Smaller scale strategies are preferred