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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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WEIA: Western Edge Investigation Area: Aquatic and Riparian Literature Review
Dyer, F., Wild, K. & Thompson, R.
4/05/22 → 31/07/22
Project: Other
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Seasonal calendar with and for the Kamilaroi Nation in the western Gwydir catchment
Thompson, R., Moggridge, B. & Walsh, F.
27/10/21 → 30/03/23
Project: Research
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Jamison Better Trees - Monitoring Phase
Thompson, R. & Bartlett, J.
1/08/21 → 1/08/22
Project: Research
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Developing a mechanistic impact of the effect of fires on stream macroinvertebrates.
Kefford, B., Hughes, J. M., Thompson, R., Poff, N. L., Reich, J. & Dewenter, B.
1/07/20 → 30/06/23
Project: Other
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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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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
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Principles for scientists working at the river science-policy interface
Thompson, R. M., Barbour, E. J., Bradshaw, C. J. A., Briggs, S., Byron, N., Grace, M., Hart, B. T., King, A. J., Likens, G. E., Pollino, C. A., Sheldon, F., Stewardson, M. J., Thoms, M., Watts, R. J. & Webb, J. A., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: River Research and Applications. p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rethinking Condition: Measuring and Evaluating Wetland Vegetation Responses to Water Management
Campbell, C. J., Thompson, R. M., Capon, S. J. & Dyer, F. J., 21 Jan 2022, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 9, p. 1-10 10 p., 801250.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Can SPEcies At Risk of pesticides (SPEAR) indices detect effects of target stressors among multiple interacting stressors?
Bray, J. P., O’Reilly-Nugent, A., King, G. K. K., Kaserzon, S., Nichols, S. J., Nally, R. M., Thompson, R. M. & Kefford, B. J., 1 Apr 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 763, p. 1-11 11 p., 142997.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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