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Christopher J. Walsh

Christopher J. Walsh

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
39
Citations
12610
World Ranking
8221
National Ranking
304

Overview

Christopher J. Walsh is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has contributed to research primarily in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work explores various dimensions with a focus on Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their research topics include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Urban Stormwater Management Solutions, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Plant responses to water stress, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil erosion and sediment transport, and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Christopher J. Walsh include:

  • Dispersed Urban-Stormwater Control Improved Stream Water Quality in a Catchment-Scale Experiment, 2022, Water Resources Research
  • Linking stormwater control performance to stream ecosystem outcomes: Incorporating a performance metric into effective imperviousness, 2022, PLOS Water

Other notable papers closely associated with their network of frequent collaborators include:

  • Catchment-scale urbanization diminishes effects of habitat complexity on instream macroinvertebrate assemblages, 2020, Ecological Applications
  • Flood disturbance affects morphology and reproduction of woody riparian plants, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Restored river-floodplain connectivity promotes woody plant establishment, 2021, Forest Ecology and Management

Frequent coauthors in their research activities include:

  • Sarah Fischer
  • Joe Greet
  • Jane A. Catford
  • Moss Imberger
  • Matthew J. Burns

Their publication record shows a particular focus on venues such as:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • PLOS Water
  • Ecological Applications
  • Water Resources Research
  • Scientific Reports

The scientist's body of work integrates multidisciplinary approaches covering environmental processes and the ecological effects of urbanization and water management. Their research contributions include quantitative assessments of stormwater control impacts, flood dynamics on plant morphology, and ecological responses in freshwater systems.

Best Publications

  • The urban stream syndrome: current knowledge and the search for a cure

    Christopher J. Walsh;Allison H. Roy;Jack W. Feminella;Peter D. Cottingham

  • Impediments and Solutions to Sustainable, Watershed-Scale Urban Stormwater Management: Lessons from Australia and the United States

    Allison H Roy;Seth J Wenger;Timothy Fletcher;Christopher John Walsh;Christopher John Walsh

  • Stream restoration in urban catchments through redesigning stormwater systems: looking to the catchment to save the stream

    Christopher John Walsh;Timothy David Fletcher;Anthony Richard Ladson

  • The influence of urban density and drainage infrastructure on the concentrations and loads of pollutants in small streams.

    Belinda Elizabeth Hatt;Belinda Elizabeth Hatt;Timothy David Fletcher;Christopher J Walsh;Sally L Taylor

  • Hydrologic shortcomings of conventional urban stormwater management and opportunities for reform

    Matthew Burns;Timothy Fletcher;Timothy Fletcher;Christopher Walsh;Anthony Richard Ladson;Anthony Richard Ladson

  • Twenty-six key research questions in urban stream ecology: an assessment of the state of the science

    Seth J. Wenger;Allison H. Roy;C. Rhett Jackson;Emily S. Bernhardt

  • Urban Stormwater Runoff: A New Class of Environmental Flow Problem

    Christopher J. Walsh;Tim D. Fletcher;Tim D. Fletcher;Matthew J. Burns

  • Hierarchical Partitioning Public-domain Software

    Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Christopher John Walsh

  • Urban impacts on the ecology of receiving waters : a framework for assessment, conservation and restoration

    Christopher J. Walsh

  • Effects of urbanization on streams of the Melbourne region, Victoria, Australia. I. Benthic macroinvertebrate communities

    Christopher J. Walsh;Andrew K. Sharpe;Peter F. Breen;Jason A. Sonneman

  • Understanding, managing, and minimizing urban impacts on surface water nitrogen loading.

    Emily S. Bernhardt;Lawrence E. Band;Christopher J. Walsh;Philip E. Berke

  • Principles for urban stormwater management to protect stream ecosystems

    Christopher J. Walsh;Derek B. Booth;Matthew J. Burns;Tim D. Fletcher

  • Catchment urbanisation and increased benthic algal biomass in streams: linking mechanisms to management

    Sally L. Taylor;Simon C. Roberts;Christopher J. Walsh;Belinda E. Hatt

  • Effects of urbanization on streams of the Melbourne region, Victoria, Australia. II. Benthic diatom communities

    Jason A. Sonneman;Christopher J. Walsh;Peter F. Breen;Andrew K. Sharpe

  • Protection of in-stream biota from urban impacts: minimise catchment imperviousness or improve drainage design?

    Christopher J. Walsh

  • Riverine invertebrate assemblages are degraded more by catchment urbanisation than by riparian deforestation

    Christopher John Walsh;Kylie Ann Waller;Janelle Gehling;Ralph Charles Mac Nally

  • Urban hydrogeomorphology and the urban stream syndrome Treating the symptoms and causes of geomorphic change

    Geoff J. Vietz;Christopher J. Walsh;Tim D. Fletcher

  • Ecologically relevant geomorphic attributes of streams are impaired by even low levels of watershed effective imperviousness

    Geoff J. Vietz;Michael J. Sammonds;Christopher J. Walsh;Tim D. Fletcher

  • The seven lamps of planning for biodiversity in the city

    Kirsten M. Parris;Marco Amati;Sarah A. Bekessy;Danielle Dagenais

  • The performance of rainwater tanks for stormwater retention and water supply at the household scale: an empirical study

    Matthew Burns;Timothy Fletcher;Hugh P Duncan;Hugh P Duncan;Belinda Elizabeth Hatt

  • Response of epilithic diatom assemblages to urbanization influences

    Peter Newall;Christopher J. Walsh

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim D. Fletcher
Tim D. Fletcher University of Melbourne
Jane A. Catford
Jane A. Catford King's College London
Seth J. Wenger
Seth J. Wenger University of Georgia
Nigel J. Tapper
Nigel J. Tapper Monash University
Rebekah Ruth Brown
Rebekah Ruth Brown Monash University
Ana Deletic
Ana Deletic Queensland University of Technology
Christian Jakob
Christian Jakob Monash University
Ralph Charles Mac Nally
Ralph Charles Mac Nally University of Canberra
Nick Bond
Nick Bond La Trobe University
Wolfgang Gernjak
Wolfgang Gernjak Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

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