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Professor Ross Thompson is Director of the Centre for Applied Water Science and co-Director of the Institute for Applied Ecology at the University of Canberra. Ross is a freshwater ecologist with interests in the study of biodiversity and the restoration of landscapes. His fundamental research is in food web ecology; seeking the rules that determine how natural communities assemble and persist. His applied research addresses the ways in which food webs can be influenced by anthropogenic factors including urbanisation, land clearance, pharmaceutical contamination, river flow diversion and restoration, and invasion. He has an active research program on aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem function in urban and rural landscapes. Ross has published more than 100 papers, 10 book chapters and more than 200 scientific reports. He has sat on the Australian Research Council College of Experts and has recently stepped down from the NZ Marsden Panel. His work has strong links to government and industry, and Ross sits on a number of senior technical advisory panels for local, state and federal research programs.
Ross is always seeking excellent graduate students and fellowship candidates in:
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Stream and river ecology
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Food-web ecology
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Urban ecology
Research interests
Member of Climate Change Adaptation Resilience and Recovery Network
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Early Warning of Resilience Loss
Schirmer, J., Thompson, R., Dare, L., Moggridge, B. & Brown, K.
1/08/22 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
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Lake Tuggeranong and catchment research
Ubrihien, R., Dyer, F., Thompson, R. & Lemckert, C.
6/05/22 → 30/09/23
Project: Research
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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
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Commonwealth Environmental Water Office Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Project: Lachlan river system Selected Area 2020-21 Monitoring and Evaluation Summary Report. Commonwealth of Australia, 2022.
Dyer, F., Broadhurst, B., Tschierschke, A., Higgisson, W., Thiem, J. . D., Wright, D., Kerezsy, A., Giling, D. & Thompson, R. M., 2022, 29 p.Research output: Book/Report › Reports
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Conceptualizing ecosystem services using social–ecological networks
Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Guerrero, A. M., Alexander, S. M., Ashander, J., Baggio, J. A., Barnes, M. L., Bodin, Ö., Bonn, A., Fortin, M. J., Friedman, R. S., Gephart, J. A., Helmstedt, K. J., Keyes, A. A., Kroetz, K., Massol, F., Pocock, M. J. O., Sayles, J., Thompson, R. M., Wood, S. A. & Dee, L. E., Mar 2022, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 37, 3, p. 211-222 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Exploring the interplay of biotic interactions and salinity stress in freshwater invertebrate assemblages: Reply to Chessman (2022)
Kefford, B. J., Bray, J. P., Nichols, S. J., Reich, J., Mac Nally, R., O'Reilly-Nugent, A., Kon Kam King, G. & Thompson, R., May 2022, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 73, 5, p. 585-587 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Habitat size influences community stability
Greig, H. S., McHugh, P. A., Thompson, R. M., Warburton, H. J. & McIntosh, A. R., Jan 2022, In: Ecology. 103, 1, p. 1-14 14 p., e03545.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus)