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Biography
I am a freshwater scientist with experience in biological assessment of river health, benthic invertebrate ecology and teaching (tertiary and industry). My research has focused on water science, the use of invertebrate predictive models for bioassessment, the reference condition and causal analysis for ecological assessment of river condition. Most recently my work has focused on DNA-based identification of macroinvertebrates for routine assessment of aquatic biodiversity and diagnosing river health using macroinvertebrate traits.
Student Projects Available
Please contact me if you are interested in undertaking a PhD in any of the following areas:
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Understanding the influence of environmental change on invertebrate communities to predict consequences of multiple stressors
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Improving the functionality of freshwater bioassessment
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Diagnostic river health using macroinvertebrate traits as indicators
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Genetic bar coding: applying invertebrate bar coding to routine bioassessment
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Linking environmental flows and river health
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Systematic evidence synthesis for environmental policy and management
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Environmental evidence and the law.
Related Links
AUSRIVAS - http://ausrivas.ewater.org.au
If you would like information regarding training and accreditation in Australian River Assessment System (AUSRIVAS) methods please email me or visit the AUSRIVAS website – http://ausrivas.ewater.org.au/ausrivas/index.php/course-information
Centre for Evidence Informed Policy and Practice - http://ceipp.org.au
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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GLiTRS: Global Insect Threat-Response Synthesis (GLiTRS): a comprehensive and predictive assessment of the pattern and consequences of insect declines
Nichols, S., Isaac, N., Roy, H., Woodcock, B., Purvis, A., Newbold, T., Outhwaite, C., Jones, I., Hui, C. & Dicks, L.
1/11/20 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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Water quality assessment of ACT Rivers
Broadhurst, B., Nichols, S. & Dyer, F.
5/04/20 → 31/01/22
Project: Research
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National Carp Control Plan project: the likely medium- to long-term ecological outcomes of major carp population reductions
Nichols, S., Lintermans, M., Richards, R., Brewer, T., Gawne, B. & Thompson, R.
13/04/18 → 12/12/18
Project: Research
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LCC restoration evaluation: applying the NWQMS as a monitoring and evaluation framework
Nichols, S., Broadhurst, B., Maher, B., Thompson, R. & Flapper, T.
11/01/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Other
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A review of the ACT's Environmental Flow Guidelines and develop revised Guidelines
Broadhurst, B., Nichols, S. & Dyer, F.
19/04/17 → 31/10/17
Project: Other
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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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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
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus) -
Assessing the Relative Toxicity of Different Road Salts and Effect of Temperature on Salinity Toxicity: LCx 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 Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
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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Fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages reveal extensive degradation of the world's rivers
Feio, M. J., Hughes, R. M., Serra, S. R. Q., Nichols, S. J., Kefford, B. J., Lintermans, M., Robinson, W., Odume, O. N., Callisto, M., Macedo, D. R., Harding, J. S., Yates, A. G., Monk, W., Nakamura, K., Mori, T., Sueyoshi, M., Mercado-Silva, N., Chen, K., Baek, M. J., Bae, Y. J., & 10 others, 22 Sep 2022, In: Global Change Biology. 29, 2, p. 355-374 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access9 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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AUSRIVAS Bioassessment Workshop 2021
Sue Nichols (Organiser)
1 Feb 2021 → 5 Feb 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...