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Are alien fish a reliable indicator of river health? by Kennard, M. J., Arthington, A. H., Pusey, B. J., Harch, B. D.

“…Summary 1. The ability of many introduced fish species to thrive in degraded aquatic habitats and their potential to impact on aquatic ecosystem structure and…”
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Capacity of fatty acid profiles and substrate utilization patterns to describe differences in soil microbial communities associated with increased salinity or alkalinity at three locations in South Australia by PANKHURST, C. E, YU, S, HAWKE, B. G, HARCH, B. D

“…Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiles, together with Biolog substrate utilization patterns, were used in conjunction with measurements of other soil chemical…”
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A broad-scale analysis of links between coastal fisheries production and mangrove extent: A case-study for northeastern Australia by Manson, F.J., Loneragan, N.R., Harch, B.D., Skilleter, G.A., Williams, L.

“…The paradigm that mangroves are critical for sustaining production in coastal fisheries is widely accepted, but empirical evidence has been tenuous. This study…”
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Wheat breeding nurseries, target environments, and indirect selection for grain yield by Cooper, M, Stucker, R.E, DeLacy, I.H, Harch, B.D

“…Use of appropriate nursery environments will maximize gain from selection for yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the target population of environments of…”
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The Use of Phospholipid Fatty Acid Analysis to Measure Impact of Acid Rock Drainage on Microbial Communities in Sediments by Ben-David, E. A., Holden, P. J., Stone, D. J. M., Harch, B. D., Foster, L. J.

“…The impact of acid rock drainage (ARD) and eutrophication on microbial communities in stream sediments above and below an abandoned mine site in the Adelaide…”
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Impact of a change in tillage and crop residue management practice on soil chemical and microbiological properties in a cereal-producing red duplex soil in NSW, Australia by PANKHURST, C. E, KIRKBY, C. A, HAWKE, B. G, HARCH, B. D

“…The effect of a change of tillage and crop residue management practice on the chemical and microbiological properties of a cereal-producing red duplex soil was…”
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Non-linear principal components analysis: an alternative method for finding patterns in environmental data by Ellis, R. N., Kroonenberg, P. M., Harch, B. D., Basford, K. E.

“…The main purpose of this article is to gain an insight into the relationships between variables describing the environmental conditions of the Far Northern…”
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DDT Resistance and Transformation by Different Microbial Strains Isolated from DDT-Contaminated Soils and Compost Materials by Kantachote, D, Singleton, I, McClure, N, Naidu, R, Megharaj, M, Harch, B.D

“…Bioremediation is a potential option to treat 1, 1, 1-trichloro-2, 2-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) contaminated sites. In areas where suitable microbes are…”
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Hydrolysis of triasulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl and chlorsulfuron in alkaline soil and aqueous solutions by Sarmah, Ajit K, Kookana, Rai S, Duffy, Michael J, Alston, Angus M, Harch, Bronwyn D

“…The hydrolysis of triasulfuron, metsulfuron‐methyl and chlorsulfuron in aqueous buffer solutions and in soil suspensions at pH values ranging from 5.2 to 11.2…”
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Development and Application of a Predictive Model of Freshwater Fish Assemblage Composition to Evaluate River Health in Eastern Australia by Kennard, M. J., Pusey, B. J., Arthington, A. H., Harch, B. D., Mackay, S. J.

“…Issue Title: Theme Evaluation and Application of Methods for Biological Assessment of Streams Multivariate predictive models are widely used tools for…”
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Multiphase Experiments with at Least One Later Laboratory Phase. I. Orthogonal Designs by Brien, C.J., Harch, B.D., Correll, R.L., Bailey, R.A.

“…The paper provides a systematic approach to designing the laboratory phase of a multiphase experiment, taking into account previous phases. General principles…”
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Accurately Defining the Reference Condition for Summary Biotic Metrics: A Comparison of Four Approaches by Kennard, M. J., Harch, B. D., Pusey, B. J., Arthington, A. H.

“…Issue Title: Theme Evaluation and Application of Methods for Biological Assessment of Streams Protocols for bioassessment often relate changes in summary…”
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Resistance of microbial populations in DDT-contaminated and uncontaminated soils by Kantachote, D, Naidu, R, Singleton, I, McClure, N, Harch, B.D

“…One DDT-contaminated soil and two uncontaminated soils were used to enumerate DDT-resistant microbes (bacteria, actinomycetes and fungi) by using soil dilution…”
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Pattern analysis of the diversity of morphological plant attributes and herbage yield in a world collection of white clover (trifolium repens L.) germplasm characterised in a summer moisture stress environment of Australia by Jahufer, MZZ, Cooper, M, Harch, B D

“…Information on the variation available for different plant attributes has enabled germplasm collections to be effectively utilised in plant breeding. A world…”
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The analysis of large scale data taken from the world groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) germplasm collection. II. Two-way data with mixed data types by HARCH, B. D, BASFORD, K. E, DELACY, I. H, LAWRENCE, P. K

“…As a sequel to a paper that dealt with the analysis of two-way quantitative data in large germplasm collections, this paper presents analytical methods…”
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analysis of large scale data taken from the world groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) germplasm collection. I. Two-way quantitative data by Harch, B.D, Basford, K.E, DeLacy, I.H, Lawrence, P.K

“…Data associated with germplasm collections are typically large and multivariate with a considerable number of descriptors measured on each of many accessions…”
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Using the Gini coefficient with BIOLOG substrate utilisation data to provide an alternative quantitative measure for comparing bacterial soil communities by Harch, Bronwyn D., Correll, Raymond L., Meech, Wendy, Kirkby, Clive A., Pankhurst, Clive E.

“…A measure quantifying unequal use of carbon sources, the Gini coefficient ( G), has been developed to allow comparisons of the observed functional diversity of…”
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Mixed data types and the use of pattern analysis on the Australian groundnut germplasm data by Harch, B.D, Basford, K.E, DeLacy, I.H, Lawrence, P.K, Cruickshank, A

“…Data in germplasm collections contain a mixture of data types; binary, multistate and quantitative. Given the multivariate nature of these data, the pattern…”
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Integration of science and monitoring of river ecosystem health to guide investments in catchment protection and rehabilitation by BUNN, S.E, ABAL, E.G, SMITH, M.J, CHOY, S.C, FELLOWS, C.S, HARCH, B.D, KENNARD, M.J, SHELDON, F

“…1. Stream ecosystem health monitoring and reporting need to be developed in the context of an adaptive process that is clearly linked to identified values and…”
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Catchment-specific element signatures in estuarine crocodiles ( Crocodylus porosus) from the Alligator Rivers Region, northern Australia by Markich, Scott J., Jeffree, Ross A., Harch, Bronwyn D.

“…The concentrations of Na, K, Ca, Mg, Ba, Sr, Fe, Al, Mn, Zn, Pb, Cu, Ni, Cr, Co, Se, U and Ti were determined in the osteoderms and/or flesh of estuarine…”
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