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Hypoxia, blackwater and fish kills: experimental lethal oxygen thresholds in juvenile predatory lowland river fishes by Small, Kade, Kopf, R Keller, Watts, Robyn J, Howitt, Julia

“…Hypoxia represents a growing threat to biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems. Here, aquatic surface respiration (ASR) and oxygen thresholds required for…”
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Revealing Adaptive Management of Environmental Flows by Allan, Catherine, Watts, Robyn J.

“…Managers of land, water, and biodiversity are working with increasingly complex social ecological systems with high uncertainty. Adaptive management (learning…”
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Local ecological knowledge and wise use of ephemeral wetlands: the case of the Cowal system, Australia by Liu, Xiaoying, Watts, Robyn J., Allan, Catherine

“…Ephemeral wetlands are important ecologically but are often jurisdictionally complex and under-studied. Forms of local knowledge, including local ecological…”
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Abiotic drivers of activity in a large, free-ranging, freshwater teleost, Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) by Thiem, Jason D, Wooden, Ian J, Baumgartner, Lee J, Butler, Gavin L, Forbes, Jamin, Taylor, Matthew D, Watts, Robyn J

“…The allocation of time and energy to different behaviours can impact survival and fitness, and ultimately influence population dynamics. Intrinsically, the…”
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Adaptive Management of Environmental Flows by Webb, J. Angus, Watts, Robyn J., Allan, Catherine, Conallin, John C.

“…Adaptive management enables managers to work with complexity and uncertainty, and to respond to changing biophysical and social conditions. Amid considerable…”
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When trends intersect: The challenge of protecting freshwater ecosystems under multiple land use and hydrological intensification scenarios by Davis, Jenny, O'Grady, Anthony P., Dale, Allan, Arthington, Angela H., Gell, Peter A., Driver, Patrick D., Bond, Nick, Casanova, Michelle, Finlayson, Max, Watts, Robyn J., Capon, Samantha J., Nagelkerken, Ivan, Tingley, Reid, Fry, Brian, Page, Timothy J., Specht, Alison

“…Intensification of the use of natural resources is a world-wide trend driven by the increasing demand for water, food, fibre, minerals and energy. These…”
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Framing Two Environmental Flow Trials in the Murray-Darling Basin, South-Eastern Australia by Allan, Catherine, Watts, Robyn J.

“…We make sense of the world around us through mental knowledge structures called ‘frames’. Frames, and the metaphors that help to form and maintain them, can be…”
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An environmental flow to an ephemeral creek increases the input of carbon and nutrients to a downstream receiving river by Liu, Xiaoying, Watts, Robyn J., Dyer, James

“…Although intermittent and ephemeral rivers lack surface flow for part of the year, they provide vital refuges for biota in otherwise dry semi-arid and arid…”
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Using fisher local ecological knowledge to improve management: The Murray crayfish in Australia by Zukowski, Sylvia, Curtis, Allan, Watts, Robyn J.

“…The use of data provided by fishers is a contentious topic in fishery management. We compare fisher local ecological knowledge, fisher catch data and…”
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Effects of wetland connectivity on overwintering and movement behaviours of Australian freshwater turtles by Van Dyke, James U., McPhan, Luke M., Howard, Katie, Hamilton, Tracy, Ross, Liticia, Watts, Robyn J.

“…Abstract Freshwater turtles are important consumers in Australian freshwater ecosystems. They serve as scavengers, nutrient regulators, and as food sources and…”
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Alleviating the loss: A conical fish screen installation reduces native fish entrainment at a gravity‐fed water diversion by Bretzel, Joachim B., Boys, Craig A., Watts, Robyn J., Doyle, Katherine E., Baumgartner, Lee J.

“…Each year, millions of fish are extracted from Australian waterways by the pumping and diversion of water into irrigation systems. Fish protection screens can…”
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Learning from concurrent adaptive management in multiple catchments within a large environmental flows program in Australia by Watts, Robyn J., Dyer, Fiona, Frazier, Paul, Gawne, Ben, Marsh, Paul, Ryder, Darren S., Southwell, Mark, Wassens, Skye M., Webb, James A., Ye, Qifeng

“…Adaptive management is central to improving outcomes of environmental water delivery. The Australian Government's Murray−Darling Basin (MDB) Plan 2012…”
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Morphological predictors of swimming speed performance in river and reservoir populations of Australian smelt Retropinna semoni by Svozil, Daniel Phillip, Baumgartner, Lee J., Fulton, Christopher J., Kopf, Richard Keller, Watts, Robyn J.

“…Dam construction is a major driver of ecological change in freshwater ecosystems. Fish populations have been shown to diverge in response to different flow…”
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Adaptive Management of Environmental Flows: Using Irrigation Infrastructure to Deliver Environmental Benefits During a Large Hypoxic Blackwater Event in the Southern Murray–Darling Basin, Australia by Watts, Robyn J., Kopf, R. Keller, McCasker, Nicole, Howitt, Julia A., Conallin, John, Wooden, Ian, Baumgartner, Lee

“…Widespread flooding in south-eastern Australia in 2010 resulted in a hypoxic (low dissolved oxygen, DO) blackwater (high dissolved carbon) event affecting 1800…”
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Principles for scientists working at the river science‐policy interface by Thompson, Ross M, Barbour, Emily J, Bradshaw, Corey J A, Briggs, Sue, Byron, Neil, Grace, Michael, Hart, Barry T., King, Alison J., Likens, Gene E., Pollino, Carmel A., Sheldon, Fran, Stewardson, Michael J, Thoms, Martin, Watts, Robyn J, Webb, J Angus

“…In the face of mounting environmental and political challenges in river management, accurate and timely scientific information is required to inform policy…”
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Hypoxic conditions interrupt flood‐response movements of three lowland river fish species: Implications for flow restoration in modified landscapes by Thiem, Jason D., Wooden, Ian J., Baumgartner, Lee J., Butler, Gavin L., Taylor, Matthew D., Watts, Robyn J.

“…Movement and migration of freshwater fish for the purpose of feeding, dispersal, and spawning are essential life history components often linked to river…”
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Habitat characteristics predict occupancy patterns of the endangered amphibian Litoria raniformis in flow‐regulated flood plain wetlands by WASSENS, SKYE, HALL, ANDREW, OSBORNE, WILL, WATTS, ROBYN J

“…Identification of habitat features that are strongly associated with the occurrence of threatened species is important in terms of predicting impacts of…”
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Flow alteration and thermal pollution depress modelled growth rates of an iconic riverine fish, the Murray cod Maccullochella peelii by Whiterod, Nick S., Meredith, Shaun N., Humphries, Paul, Sherman, Bradford S., Koehn, John D., Watts, Robyn J., Ingram, Brett A., Ryan, Tom

“…The serial discontinuity concept (SDC) proposes that hypolimnetic‐releasing impoundments cause major disruptions to the naturally occurring physical, chemical…”
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Recreational Fishing Effort, Catch, and Harvest for Murray Cod and Golden Perch in the Murrumbidgee River, Australia by Forbes, Jamin P, Watts, Robyn J, Robinson, Wayne A, Baumgartner, Lee J, Steffe, Aldo S, Murphy, Jeff J

“…Recreational fishery management aims to prevent species decline and provide sustainable fisheries. Overfishing has been frequently suggested as a cause of…”
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Modifying living space: an experimental study of the influences of vegetation on aquatic invertebrate community structure by Burdett, Ayesha S, Watts, Robyn J

“…In temporary freshwater systems, the type of vegetation within a system can influence community structure. Vegetation not only provides physical structure, but…”
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