James Hitchcock

The UTS Freshwater and Estuarine Research Group is over in Aotearoa at the joint AFSS and NZFSS conference talking about diverse range of topics, cold water pollution, algal blooms, fish kills, cyanotoxins and fish screens. Learning about cool things and making new ones

02.12.2025 02:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Have a new paper out with Laura Michie (UTS/Fisheries) and colleagues revealing how large dams alter the temperature regime of rivers reuslting in less fish and population structures devoid of young fish.

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14.11.2025 04:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Check out the work by my colleague Prof Shauna Murray on the ongoing algal blooms and ecological crisis in South Australia

06.11.2025 02:46 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Toward a macroevolutionary understanding of live‐leaf flammability in plant species of fire‐prone forests Premise The flammability of live leaves in canopies varies considerably among plant species. Identifying macroevolutionary processes that shape variation in leaf flammability contributes to an under.....

The final version is now available #AmJBot
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02.11.2025 04:28 — 👍 13    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Conservation planning for environmental water to climate refugia in the manageable Murray–Darling Basin One mechanism for improving the resilience of freshwater systems affected by climate change is to use environmental water to support refugial habitats…

Had the pleasure to contribute to a new paper just published, led by Jo Bennett (CSU), on using environmental water to maintain wetland refugia and increase ecosystem resilience to severe drought www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

11.09.2025 11:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

From phytoplankton to the Murray cod: modelling the Murray River’s food web I recently completed work with my colleagues at CSIRO modelling the Murray Rivers food web.

I recently completed work with my colleagues at CSIRO modelling the Murray River's food web

09.07.2025 05:26 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0