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Overview

Michael M. Douglas is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with 90 publications contributing to this broad area. Within this, key subfields include Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Aquatic Science.

Their work covers a range of topics, particularly focusing on Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Michael M. Douglas has contributed to several scientific publications, with a number of recent papers published in 2021 and 2020. Notable recent papers include:

  • Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition, 2021, Science Advances
  • Indigenous-led responsible innovation: lessons from co-developed protocols to guide the use of drones to monitor a biocultural landscape in Kakadu National Park, Australia, 2021, Journal of Responsible Innovation
  • Using knowledge to care for country: Indigenous-led evaluations of research to adaptively co-manage Kakadu National Park, Australia, 2021, Sustainability Science
  • Water velocity and groundwater upwelling influence benthic algal biomass in a sandy tropical river: implications for water-resource development, 2020, Hydrobiologia

Throughout their career, Michael M. Douglas has frequently published in venues such as Marine and Freshwater Research, Scientific Reports, Freshwater Biology, Journal of Hydrology, and Sustainability Science.

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including Leah Beesley, Bradley J. Pusey, Samantha A. Setterfield, Mark J. Kennard, and Caroline A. Canham.

Best Publications

  • Testing the grass-fire cycle: alien grass invasion in the tropical savannas of northern Australia

    Natalie A. Rossiter;Samantha A. Setterfield;Michael M. Douglas;Lindsay B. Hutley

  • Fire frequency and biodiversity conservation in Australian tropical savannas: implications from the Kapalga fire experiment

    Alan N. Andersen;Garry D. Cook;Laurie K. Corbett;Michael M. Douglas

  • Measuring benefits of protected area management: trends across realms and research gaps for freshwater systems.

    Vanessa M. Adams;Samantha A. Setterfield;Michael M. Douglas;Mark J. Kennard

  • Riparian Ecosystems in the 21st Century: Hotspots for Climate Change Adaptation?

    Samantha Capon;Lynda Chambers;Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Robert J Naiman;Robert J Naiman

  • Understanding rivers and their social relations: A critical step to advance environmental water management

    Elizabeth P. Anderson;Sue Jackson;Rebecca E. Tharme;Michael Douglas;Michael Douglas

  • The 10 Australian ecosystems most vulnerable to tipping points

    William F. Laurance;Bernard Dell;Stephen M. Turton;Michael J. Lawes

  • River and wetland food webs in Australia's wet–dry tropics: general principles and implications for management

    Michael M. Douglas;Stuart E. Bunn;Peter M. Davies

  • Turning up the heat: the impacts of Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass) invasion on fire behaviour in northern Australian savannas

    Samantha A. Setterfield;Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Lindsay B. Hutley;Michael M. Douglas

  • Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones

    Scott D. Tiegs;David M. Costello;Mark W. Isken;Guy Woodward

  • Fire research for conservation management in tropical savannas: Introducing the Kapalga fire experiment

    Alan N. Andersen;Richard W. Braithwaite;Garry D. Cook;Laurie K. Corbett

  • Species Richness of Stream Stones: An Investigation of the Mechanisms Generating the Species-Area Relationship

    Michael Douglas;P. S. Lake

  • Invasive Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass) is an ecosystem transformer of nitrogen relations in Australian savanna

    Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Samantha A. Setterfield;Samantha A. Setterfield;Michael M. Douglas;Michael M. Douglas;Lindsay B. Hutley;Lindsay B. Hutley

  • Continental-scale decrease in net primary productivity in streams due to climate warming

    Chao Song;Walter K. Dodds;Janine Rüegg;Janine Rüegg;Alba Argerich;Alba Argerich

  • Fish mediate high food web connectivity in the lower reaches of a tropical floodplain river.

    Timothy Jardine;Bradley James Pusey;Stephen Kimber Hamilton;Neil E. Pettit

  • The ‘wet–dry’ in the wet–dry tropics drives river ecosystem structure and processes in northern Australia

    D. M. Warfe;N. E. Pettit;P.M. Davies;Bradley James Pusey

  • RELATIONSHIPS OF STREAM INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES TO DEFORESTATION IN EASTERN MADAGASCAR

    Jonathan P. P. Benstead;Michael M. Douglas;Catherine M. Pringle

  • Bayesian network models for environmental flow decision making in the Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia

    Terence U. Chan;Barry T. Hart;Mark James Kennard;Bradley James Pusey

  • The effect of three fire regimes on stream water quality, water yield and export coefficients in a tropical savanna (northern Australia)

    Simon A. Townsend;Michael M. Douglas

  • Dry season habitat use of fishes in an Australian tropical river

    K. Keller;Q. Allsop;J. Brim Box;D. Buckle

  • Does flood rhythm drive ecosystem responses in tropical riverscapes

    Timothy D. Jardine;Timothy D. Jardine;Nicholas R. Bond;Michele A. Burford;Mark J. Kennard

  • Floodplain inundation and vegetation dynamics in the Alligator Rivers region (Kakadu) of northern Australia assessed using optical and radar remote sensing

    Doug P. Ward;Aaron M. Petty;Samantha A. Setterfield;Michael M. Douglas

Frequent Co-Authors

Samantha A. Setterfield
Samantha A. Setterfield University of Western Australia
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
Neil E. Pettit
Neil E. Pettit University of Western Australia
Timothy D. Jardine
Timothy D. Jardine University of Saskatchewan
Lindsay B. Hutley
Lindsay B. Hutley Charles Darwin University
Vanessa M. Adams
Vanessa M. Adams University of Tasmania
David A. Crook
David A. Crook Charles Darwin University
Alan N. Andersen
Alan N. Andersen Charles Darwin University

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