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• 2016

  Can salinity trigger cascade effects on streams? A mesocosm approach

  Canedo-Arguelles, M., Sala, M., Peixoto, G., Prat, N., Faria, M., Soares, A., Barata, C. & KEFFORD, B., 2016, In: Science of the Total Environment. 540, p. 3-10 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Invertebrates
  • mesocosm
  • Salts
  • chlorophyll a'
  • salinity
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• The Influence of Reduced Light Intensity on the Response of Benthic Diatoms to Herbicide Exposure

  Wood, R., Mitrovic, S., Lim, R. & KEFFORD, B., 1 Sep 2016, In: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 35, 9, p. 2252-2260 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Diatoms
  • Herbicides
  • light intensity
  • herbicide
  • diatom
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Looking beneath the surface: using hydrogeology and traits to explain flow variability effects on stream macroinvertebrate

  KATH, J., HARRISON, E., KEFFORD, B., MOORE, L., Wood, P., Schafer, R. & DYER, F., 2016, In: Ecohydrology. 9, 8, p. 1480-1495 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • hydrogeology
  • macroinvertebrates
  • macroinvertebrate
  • groundwater
  • drought
  8 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  Identifying sex-linked markers in Litoria aurea: a novel approach to understanding sex chromosome evolution in an amphibian

  Sopniewski, J., Shams, F., Scheele, B. C., Kefford, B. & Ezaz, T., 12 Nov 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., 16591 .

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Amphibians
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
  • Y Chromosome
  • Pseudoautosomal Regions
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Is metal flocculation from mining activities a previously overlooked mechanism for impairing freshwater ecosystems?

  Reich, J. K. A., Nichols, S. J., Maher, W. A. & Kefford, B. J., 25 Jun 2019, In: Science of the Total Environment. 671, p. 1108-1115 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Flocculation
  • freshwater ecosystem
  • Ecosystems
  • flocculation
  • Metals
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Sensitivity of a Large and Representative Sample of Antarctic Marine Invertebrates to Metals

  Kefford, B. J., King, C. K., Wasley, J., Riddle, M. J. & Nugegoda, D., Jul 2019, In: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 38, 7, p. 1560-1568 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Invertebrates
  • Antarctic Regions
  • Aquatic Organisms
  • Toxicity
  • Cadmium
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Why are mayflies (Ephemeroptera) lost following small increases in salinity? Three conceptual osmophysiological hypotheses

  Kefford, B. J., 21 Jan 2019, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 374, 1764, p. 1-9 9 p., 20180021.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  • Ephemeroptera
  • Salinity
  • Ions
  • Toxicity
  • Fresh Water
  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2020

  Energetics as a lens to understanding aquatic insect's responses to changing temperature, dissolved oxygen and salinity regimes

  Verberk, W. CEP., Buchwalter, D. B. & Kefford, B. J., Oct 2020, In: Current Opinion in Insect Science. 41, p. 46-53 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • aquatic insects
  • dissolved oxygen
  • Lens
  • insect
  • energetics
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Effects of salinity on leaf breakdown: Dryland salinity versus salinity from a coalmine

  Sauer, F., Bundschuh, M., Zubrod, J., Schafer, R., Thompson, K. & KEFFORD, B., 2016, In: Acquayic Toxicology. 177, p. 425-432 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Salinity
  • arid lands
  • salinity
  • leaves
  • Ecosystem
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Salinized rivers: Degraded systems or new habitats for salt-tolerant faunas?

  KEFFORD, B., Buchwalter, D. B., Canedo-Arguelles, M., DAVIS, J., Duncan, R., Hoffman, A. & THOMPSON, R., 2016, In: Biology Letters. 12, 3, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ephemeroptera
  • Rivers
  • Ecosystem
  • lotic systems
  • Salts
  63 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Similar recovery time of microbial functions from fungicide stress across biogeographical regions

  Schreiner, V. C., Feckler, A., Fernández, D., Frisch, K., Muñoz, K., Szöcs, E., Zubrod, J. P., Bundschuh, M., Rasmussen, J. J., Kefford, B. J., Axelsen, J., Cedergreen, N. & Schäfer, R. B., 19 Nov 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 1, p. 1-8 8 p., 17021.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Ecosystem
  • Mycobiome
  • Physiological Adaptation
  • Pressure
  • Microbiota
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• 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
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  Biological interactions mediate context and species-specific sensitivities to salinity

  Bray, J. P., Reich, J., Nichols, S. J., Kon Kam King, G., Mac Nally, R., Thompson, R., O’Reilly-Nugent, A. & Kefford, B. J., 21 Jan 2019, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 374, 1764, p. 1-10 10 p., 20180020.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Salinity
  • Toxicity
  • Ecosystems
  • Ecosystem
  • toxic substances
  16 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  How benthic diatoms within natural communities respond to eight common herbicides with different modes of action

  Wood, R., Mitrovic, S., Lim, R. & KEFFORD, B., 2016, In: Science of the Total Environment. 557-558, p. 636-643 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Herbicides
  • herbicide
  • diatom
  • Toxicity
  • hexazinone
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Saving freshwater from salts: Ion-specific standards are needed to protect biodiversity

  Canedo-Arguelles, M., Hawkins, C., KEFFORD, B., Schäfer, R., DYACK, B., Brucet, S., Buchwalter, D. B., Dunlop, J., Fror, O., Lazorchak, J. M., Coring, E., Fernandez, H. R., Goodfellow, W., Achem, A. L. G., Hatfield-Dodds, S., Karimov, B. K., Mensah, P., Olson, J. R., Piscart, C., Prat, N. & 3 others, Ponsa, S., Schulz, C-J. & Timpano, A. J., 2016, In: Science. 351, 6276, p. 914-916 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • biodiversity
  • salinity
  • salt
  • ion
  • irrigation
  127 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Interactions among stressors may be weak: Implications for management of freshwater macroinvertebrate communities

  Kath, J., Thomson, J. R., Thompson, R. M., Kefford, B. J., Dyer, F. J. & Mac Nally, R., Jul 2018, In: Diversity and Distributions. 24, 7, p. 939-950 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • macroinvertebrates
  • macroinvertebrate
  • hydrological change
  • catchment
  • vegetation
  10 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

  • groundwater
  • irrigation
  • monsoon
  • basin
  • applied ecology
• 2020

  Towards routine DNA metabarcoding of macroinvertebrates using bulk samples for freshwater bioassessment: Effects of debris and storage conditions on the recovery of target taxa

  Nichols, S. J., Kefford, B. J., Campbell, C. D., Bylemans, J., Chandler, E., Bray, J. P., Shackleton, M., Robinson, K. L., Carew, M. E. & Furlan, E. M., 1 Apr 2020, In: Freshwater Biology. 65, 4, p. 607-620 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • biological assessment
  • macroinvertebrates
  • DNA barcoding
  • macroinvertebrate
  • storage conditions
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Can SPEcies At Risk of pesticides (SPEAR) indices detect effects of target stressors amongst 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., 17 Oct 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. p. 1-56 56 p., 142997.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pesticides
  • pesticide
  • index
  • Malathion
  • malathion
• 2019

  Stressor dominance and sensitivity-dependent antagonism: Disentangling the freshwater effects of an insecticide among co-occurring agricultural stressors

  Bray, J. P., Nichols, S. J., Keely-Smith, A., Thompson, R., Bhattacharyya, S., Gupta, S., Gupta, A., Gao, J., Wang, X., Kaserzon, S., Mueller, J. F., Chou, A. & Kefford, B. J., Aug 2019, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 56, 8, p. 2020-2033 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • malathion
  • antagonism
  • insecticide
  • pesticide
  • invertebrate
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Species of freshwater invertebrates that are sensitive to one saline water are mostly sensitive to another saline water but an exception exists

  HILLS, K., Hyne, R. & KEFFORD, B., 21 Jan 2019, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 374, 1764, p. 1-8 8 p., 20180003.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Invertebrates
  • Saline Waters
  • Fresh Water
  • Toxicity
  • saline water
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Benthic diatoms as indicators of herbicide toxicity in rivers: A new SPEcies At Risk (SPEARherbicides ) index

  Wood, R., Mitrovic, S., Lim, R., Warne, M., Dunlop, J. & KEFFORD, B., 1 Apr 2019, In: Ecological Indicators. 99, p. 203-213 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Toxicity
  • herbicide
  • Bacillariophyceae
  • diatom
  • new species
  8 Citations (Scopus)
• 2020

  An integrated database of stream macroinvertebrate traits for Australia: concept and application

  Kefford, B. J., Botwe, P. K., Brooks, A. J., Kunz, S., Marchant, R., Maxwell, S., Metzeling, L., Schäfer, R. B. & Thompson, R. M., 1 Jul 2020, In: Ecological Indicators. 114, p. 1-10 10 p., 106280.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • macroinvertebrates
  • macroinvertebrate
  • Data Base
  • Traits
  • Integrated
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2019

  Salt in freshwaters: Causes, effects and prospects: Introduction to the theme issue

  Canedo-Arguelles, M., KEFFORD, B. & Schäfer, R. B., 2019, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 374, 1764, p. 1-6 6 p., 20180002.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fresh Water
  • Ecosystems
  • Salts
  • salts
  • Ecosystem
  22 Citations (Scopus)