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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

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Publications

Book Chapters:

  • 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.
  • 2007. Townsend, C.R. and Thompson, R.M. Body size in the stream habitat templet: macroinvertebrate community size composition along natural and human-induced environmental gradients. Chapter 5 in Hildrew, A.G., Raffaelli, D.G. and Edmonds-Brown, R. eds Body Size and the Structure and Function of Aquatic Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press for British Ecological Society.
  • 2005. Woodward, G., Thompson, R.M., Hildrew, A.G. and Townsend, C.R. Pattern and process in food webs: evidence from running waters. Chapter 6 in Belgrano, A., Scharler, U., Dunne, J. and Ulanbowicz, B. (eds) Aquatic food webs: an ecosystem approach. Oxford University Press.
  • 2000. Thompson, R.M. and Townsend, C.R. New Zealand’s stream invertebrate communities: an international perspective. Chapter 3 in: Winterbourn, M.J. and Collier, K. eds. New Zealand stream invertebrates: ecology and implications for management. New Zealand Limnological Society, Christchurch.

Peer-reviewed Scientific Reports:

  • 2008. Mac Nally R, Cunningham S, Shelly K, Sgro C, Thompson R, Lake PS, Sunnucks P, Cavagnaro TR, O'Dowd D, Baker PJ, Beadall J. 2008. Biodiversity and climate change. Garnaut Review. http://www.garnautreview.org.au.
  • 2005. Thompson, R.M. and Edwards, E.D. Native freshwater fish strategy for Southland conservancy. Department of Conservation, Southland Conservancy, New Zealand.
  • 2003. Thompson, R.M. A review of the effects of forestry on aquatic ecosystems. Prepared for Environment BOP, Environment Southland, Northland Regional Council, Manawatu Regional Council and Canterbury Regional Council.
  • 2002. Thompson, R.M. and Ryder, G. Lake Hawea Ecosystem Study. Expert scientific evidence presented for New Zealand Resource Consent Hearing for Clutha Hydro-electric Scheme.

Refereed Journal Articles:

  • 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
  • 2007. Bates, C.R., Scott, G., Tobin, M. and Thompson, R. M. Weighing the costs and benefits of reduced sampling resolution in biomonitoring studies: perspectives from the temperate rocky intertidal. Biological Conservation 137: 617-625.
  • 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
  • 2006a. Thompson, R.M. and Starzomski, B.S. What does biodiversity actually do? A review for managers and policy makers. Biodiversity and Conservation. Published online 2nd July 2006. (This paper was selected to be forwarded to all European Union environmental ministers)
  • 2006b. Thompson, R.M. and Townsend, C.R. A truce with neutral theory: local deterministic factors, species traits and dispersal limitation together determine patterns of diversity in stream invertebrates. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 476-484. (This paper won the British Ecological Society Charles Elton prize for the best ecological paper published in JAE by a young author in 2006). (This paper was a ‘highlighted article’ in the Journal of Animal Ecology 2007).
  • 2006c. Myers-Smith, I.H., Constantine, B.K., Thompson, R.M. and Chapin III, F.S. Cumulative imacts of Alaskan arctic tundra to a quarter century of road dust. Ecoscience 13: 503-510.
  • 2005a. Thompson, R.M. and Townsend, C.R. Food-web topology varies with spatial scale in a patchy environment. Ecology 86: 1916-1925.
  • 2005b. Thompson, R.M., Mouristen, K. and Poulin, R. Importance of parasites and their life cycle characteristics in determining the structure of a large marine food web. Journal of Animal Ecology 74: 77-85. (This article was ranked the 4th most read article in Journal of Animal Ecology in 2007).
  • 2005c. Thompson, R. M. and Townsend, C. R. Energy availability, spatial heterogeneity and ecosystem size predict food-web structure in streams. Oikos 108: 137-148
  • 2004a. Thompson, R.M., and Townsend, C.R Impacts of riparian afforestation on stream biofilms: an exotic forest-native grassland comparison. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38: 895-902.
  • 2004b. Thompson, R.M. and Townsend, C.R. Landuse influences on New Zealand stream communities – effects on species composition, functional organization and food-web structure. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38: 595–608.
  • 2003. Thompson, R.M. and Townsend, C.R. Impacts on stream food webs of native and exotic forest: an intercontinental comparison. Ecology 84: 145-161.
  • 2002. Thompson R.M. and Ryder, G. Waituna Lagoon: Summary of existing knowledge and identification of knowledge gaps. Science for Conservation 215.
  • 2001. Thompson, R.M. and Townsend, C.R. Allocation of effort in stream food web studies – the best compromise? Marine and Freshwater Research 52/3: 339-345.
  • 2001. Thompson, R.M., Townsend, C.R., Craw, D., Frew, R. and Riley, R. LETTER: (Further) links from rocks to plants. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16: 543.
  • 2000. Thompson, R.M. and Townsend, C.R. Is resolution the solution? The effect of taxonomic resolution on the calculated properties of three stream food webs. Freshwater Biology 43: 1-10.
  • 1999. Thompson, R.M. and Townsend, C.R. The effect of seasonal variation on the community structure and food-web attributes of two streams: implications for food-web science. Oikos 87: 75-88.
  • 1998. Townsend, C.R., Thompson, R.M., McIntosh, A.R., Kilroy, C., Edwards, E.D. and Scarsbrook, M.R. Disturbance, resource supply and food-web architecture in streams. Ecology Letters 1: 200-209.
  • 1998. Jaarsma, N.G., de Boer, S.M., Townsend, C.R., Thompson, R.M. and Edwards, E.D. Characterising food webs in two New Zealand streams. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 32: 271-286.