Dr Ross Thompson

Senior Lecturer

Ph.D. (2001) University of Otago, New Zealand

Telephone: +61-3-9905-5633
Fax: +61-3-9905-5613
E-mail: ross.thompson@sci.monash.edu.au

• Stream and lake ecology
• Food web ecology and dynamics
• The role of dispersal in community dynamics
• The influence of climate change on community and ecosystem processes

• More bang for your carbon buck: carbon, biodiversity and water balance consequences of whole-catchment carbon farming (ARC Linkage 2009-13)
• Understanding the dynamics of shrinking habitats (Marsden Fund (NZ) 2009-11)
• The importance of dispersal in maintaining biodiversity of aquatic plants in landscapes. (ARC Linkage 2007-10)

• Executive committee member, Australian Centre for Biodiversity
• Monash Freshwater Ecology Research Group, mFERG
• Facility for Aquatic Science, Teaching and Research

• Lab members (students and post-docs)
• Prospective Honours students

• 2009. Richardson, J.S. and Thompson, R.M. Setting conservation targets for freshwater ecosystems in forested catchments. Chapter in Villard, M. and Jonsson, B. eds. Setting conservation targets for managed forest landscapes.
• 2009. Thompson, R.M., Starzomski, B., Hemberg, M. and Shurin, J. The ubiquity of omnivory. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 30(5): 761–764.
• 2009. Thompson, R.M., Starzomski, B., Hemberg, M. and Shurin, J. The ubiquity of omnivory. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 30(5): 761–764.
• 2008. Thompson, R.M., Phillips, N.R. and Townsend, C.R. Biological consequences of clear-cut logging around streams – moderating effects of management. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 931–940.
• 2008. Thompson, R.M. and Ryder, G.R. Effects of hydro-electrically induced water level fluctuations on benthic communities in Lake Hawea, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 42: 197–206.
• 2008. Thompson, R.M. and Ryder, G.R. Effects of hydro-electrically induced water level fluctuations on benthic communities in Lake Hawea, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 42: 197–206.
• 2007 Thompson, R.M., Starzomski, B., Hemberg, M. and Shurin, J. Trophic levels and trophic tangles: the prevalence of omnivory in real food webs. Ecology 88: 612-616.
• 2007. Marczak, L.B., Thompson, R.M. and Richardson, J.S. Trophic position, habitat type and relative productivity influence food web effects of resource subsidies. Ecology 88: 140-148.