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Email colin.townsend@otago.ac.nz

Colin Townsend

Research Interests

  • The ecosystem impact of multiple stressors
  • The ecology of invaders
  • The influence of land use on river ecosystems
  • The impact of flow disturbances on stream communities

River Ecology

Publications

Grigoropoulou, A., Ab Hamid, S., Acosta, R., Olusegun Akindele, E., Al-Shami, S. A., Altermatt, F., … Townsend, C., … Domisch, S. (2023). The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects [Data article]. Global Ecology & Biogeography. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/geb.13648

Albariño, R. J., Closs, G. P., Matthaei, C. D., Townsend, C. R., & Zamorano, D. (2022). Substrate size modifies stream grazer-biofilm interactions in the presence of invertivorous fish. Ecology, 103, e3828. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3828

Lange, K., Townsend, C. R., & Matthaei, C. D. (2019). Inconsistent relationships of primary consumer N stable isotope values to gradients of sheep/beef farming intensity and flow reduction in streams. Water, 11(11), 2239. doi: 10.3390/w11112239

Schneck, F., Lange, K., Melo, A. S., Townsend, C. R., & Matthaei, C. D. (2017). Effects of a natural flood disturbance on species richness and beta diversity of stream benthic diatom communities. Aquatic Ecology, 51(4), 557-569. doi: 10.1007/s10452-017-9636-1

Magbanua, F. S., Townsend, C. R., Hageman, K. J., Piggott, J. J., & Matthaei, C. D. (2016). Individual and combined effects of fine sediment and glyphosate herbicide on invertebrate drift and insect emergence: A stream mesocosm experiment. Freshwater Science, 35(1), 139-151. doi: 10.1086/684363

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