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Angela Arthington

Angela Arthington

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
71
Citations
35994
World Ranking
1273
National Ranking
106

Overview

Angela Arthington is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a concentration on nature and landscape conservation, ecology, water science and technology, aquatic science, and sociology and political science.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as fish ecology and management studies, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, hydrology and sediment transport processes, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, hydrology and watershed management studies, fish biology and ecology studies, and transboundary water resource management.

Recent publications by Angela Arthington include:

  • Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan, 2020, BioScience
  • People need freshwater biodiversity, 2023, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Grand Challenges to Support the Freshwater Biodiversity Emergency Recovery Plan, 2021, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Accelerating environmental flow implementation to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss, 2023, Environmental Reviews
  • Connectivity but not recruitment: Response of the fish community to a large-scale flood on a heavily regulated floodplain, 2020, Ecohydrology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Angela Arthington include:

  • Philip J. Boon
  • J. M. Baxter
  • David A. Keith
  • Ralph Mac Nally
  • Mark C. Rains

Publication venues where Angela Arthington has often contributed are:

  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland
  • UEF eRepo (University of Eastern Finland)
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Biological Conservation

Angela Arthington has also authored books published by the University of South Florida, including:

  • F1.2 Permanent Lowland Rivers, 2020
  • F1.1 Permanent Upland Streams, 2020

Best Publications

  • Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges

    David Dudgeon;Angela H. Arthington;Mark O. Gessner;Zen-Ichiro Kawabata

  • Basic principles and ecological consequences of altered flow regimes for aquatic biodiversity.

    Stuart E. Bunn;Angela H. Arthington

  • The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards

    N. Leroy Poff;Brian D. Richter;Angela H. Arthington;Stuart E. Bunn

  • THE CHALLENGE OF PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW RULES TO SUSTAIN RIVER ECOSYSTEMS

    Angela H. Arthington;Stuart E. Bunn;N. LeRoy Poff;Robert J. Naiman

  • Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan.

    David Tickner;Jeffrey J Opperman;Robin Abell;Mike Acreman

  • Importance of the riparian zone to the conservation and management of freshwater fish: a review

    Bradley James Pusey;Angela Arthington

  • The impacts of drought on freshwater ecosystems: an Australian perspective

    Nicholas Restall Bond;Philip Spencer Lake;Angela Arthington

  • Preserving the biodiversity and ecological services of rivers: new challenges and research opportunities

    Angela H Arthington;Robert J Naiman;Michael E McClain;Christer Nilsson

  • The effects of introduced tilapias on native biodiversity

    Gabrielle C. Canonico;Angela Arthington;Jeffrey K. McCrary;Michele L. Thieme

  • Freshwater Fishes of North-Eastern Australia

    Bradley James Pusey;Mark James Kennard;Angela Arthington

  • River flows and water wars: emerging science for environmental decision making

    N. LeRoy Poff;J. David Allan;Margaret A. Palmer;David D. Hart

  • Flow restoration and protection in Australian rivers

    Angela Arthington;Bradley James Pusey

  • Fish conservation in freshwater and marine realms: status, threats and management

    Angela H. Arthington;Nicholas K. Dulvy;William Gladstone;Ian J. Winfield

  • Special Issue: Environmental flows: science and management.

    A. H. Arthington;R. J. Naiman;M. E. McClain;C. Nilsson

  • Environmental Flows: Saving Rivers in the Third Millennium

    Angela H. Arthington

  • Climate change: an Australian guide to the science and potential impacts

    Barrie Pittock;Angela Arthington;Trevor Booth;Peter Cowell

  • The Brisbane Declaration and Global Action Agenda on Environmental Flows (2018)

    Angela H. Arthington;Anik Bhaduri;Stuart E. Bunn;Sue E. Jackson

  • Environmental flows for natural, hybrid and novel riverine ecosystems in a changing world

    Mike Acreman;Angela H Arthington;Matthew J Colloff;Carol Couch

  • Comparative Evaluation of Environmental Flow Assessment Techniques: Review of Methods

    A. H. Arthington;S.O. Brizga;B.J. Pusey;R.O. McCosker

  • Environmental flows and water governance: managing sustainable water uses

    Claudia Pahl-Wostl;Angela Arthington;Janos Bogardi;Stuart E. Bunn

Frequent Co-Authors

Bradley James Pusey
Bradley James Pusey University of Western Australia
Mark J. Kennard
Mark J. Kennard Griffith University
Stuart E. Bunn
Stuart E. Bunn Griffith University
N. LeRoy Poff
N. LeRoy Poff Colorado State University
Julian D. Olden
Julian D. Olden University of Washington
Michael E. McClain
Michael E. McClain IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Robert J. Naiman
Robert J. Naiman University of Washington
Richard G. Pearson
Richard G. Pearson James Cook University
Martin C. Thoms
Martin C. Thoms University of New England
Brian D. Richter
Brian D. Richter The Nature Conservancy

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