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Citations
3939
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7692
National Ranking
596

Overview

Neil E. Pettit is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research contributions span several subfields, including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science, and Water Science and Technology.

Their research primarily addresses topics such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, and Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology.

Neil E. Pettit's recent publications include:

  • Global Overview of Ecosystem Services Provided by Riparian Vegetation, 2020, BioScience
  • Riparian Condition Influences Spider Community Structure and the Contribution of Aquatic Carbon Subsidies to Terrestrial Habitats, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Diel Cycles of δ13CDIC and Ecosystem Metabolism in Ephemeral Dryland Streams, 2020, Aquatic Sciences
  • Phosphorus Sorption Characteristics and Interactions with Leaf Litter-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter Leachate in Iron-Rich Sediments of a Sub-Tropical Ephemeral Stream, 2022, Aquatic Sciences
  • Hydrology and Pool Morphology Shape the Trophic Base of Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in Ephemeral Stream Pools, 2020, Freshwater Science

Pettit has published frequently in venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, Aquatic Sciences, BioScience, Freshwater Science, and Freshwater Biology.

Their collaborative efforts involve multiple co-authors, including Pauline F. Grierson, Andre R. Siebers, Grzegorz Skrzypek, Shawan Dogramaci, and Jordan Iles. These collaborations have contributed to a range of published works in the field.

Best Publications

  • Global Overview of Ecosystem Services Provided by Riparian Vegetation

    Tenna Riis;Mary Kelly-Quinn;Francisca C. Aguiar;Paraskevi Manolaki

  • Flow variability and the biophysical vitality of river systems

    Robert J. Naiman;Joshua J. Latterell;Neil E. Pettit;Julian D. Olden

  • Fire in the Riparian Zone: Characteristics and Ecological Consequences

    Neil E. Pettit;Neil E. Pettit;Robert J. Naiman

  • Grazing in remnant woodland vegetation: changes in species composition and life form groups

    Neil E. Pettit;Raymond H. Froend;Phillip G. Ladd

  • Identifying the natural flow regime and the relationship with riparian vegetation for two contrasting western Australian rivers

    Neil Pettit;Raymond Froend;Peter Davies

  • Flow–ecology relationships: closing the loop on effective environmental flows

    Peter M. Davies;Robert J. Naiman;Robert J. Naiman;Danielle M. Warfe;Neil E. Pettit

  • 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

  • Does flood rhythm drive ecosystem responses in tropical riverscapes

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

  • Productivity, Disturbance and Ecosystem Size Have No Influence on Food Chain Length in Seasonally Connected Rivers

    Danielle M. Warfe;Timothy D. Jardine;Timothy D. Jardine;Neil E. Pettit;Stephen K. Hamilton

  • Consumer - resource coupling in wet-dry tropical rivers

    Timothy Jardine;Neil E. Pettit;Danielle M. Warfe;Bradley James Pusey

  • Availability of seed for recruitment of riparian vegetation: a comparison of a tropical and a temperate river ecosystem in Australia

    Neil Pettit;Raymond Froend

  • Assessing the seasonal dynamics of inundation, turbidity, and aquatic vegetation in the Australian wet–dry tropics using optical remote sensing

    D.P. Ward;S.K. Hamilton;T.D. Jardine;Neil Pettit

  • Hydrological connectivity structures concordant plant and animal assemblages according to niche rather than dispersal processes

    Danielle M. Warfe;Neil E. Pettit;Regina H. Magierowski;Bradley James Pusey

  • Leaf litter chemistry, decomposition and assimilation by macroinvertebrates in two tropical streams

    Neil E. Pettit;Tegan Davies;Jason B. Fellman;Pauline F. Grierson

  • Seasonal contrasts in carbon resources and ecological processes on a tropical floodplain

    Neil E. Pettit;Peter Bayliss;Peter M. Davies;Stephen K. Hamilton

  • Flood-deposited wood debris and its contribution to heterogeneity and regeneration in a semi-arid riparian landscape

    Neil E. Pettit;Neil E. Pettit;Robert J. Naiman

  • Dissolved organic carbon biolability decreases along with its modernization in fluvial networks in an ancient landscape

    Jason B. Fellman;Robert G. M. Spencer;Peter A. Raymond;Neil E. Pettit

  • Post-flooding distribution and characteristics of large woody debris piles along the semi-arid Sabie River, South Africa

    N. E. Pettit;R. J. Naiman;K. H. Rogers;J. E. Little

  • Variability in Flood Disturbance and the Impact on Riparian Tree Recruitment in Two Contrasting River Systems

    Neil Pettit;Raymond Froend

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Davies
Peter Davies French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Michael M. Douglas
Michael M. Douglas University of Western Australia
Stuart E. Bunn
Stuart E. Bunn Griffith University
Robert J. Naiman
Robert J. Naiman University of Washington
Pauline F. Grierson
Pauline F. Grierson University of Western Australia
Timothy D. Jardine
Timothy D. Jardine University of Saskatchewan
Bradley James Pusey
Bradley James Pusey University of Western Australia
Stephen K. Hamilton
Stephen K. Hamilton Michigan State University
Jason B. Fellman
Jason B. Fellman University of Alaska Southeast
Michele A. Burford
Michele A. Burford Griffith University

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