Dr Adam Canning ~ Research Officer

My interests lie in investigating nature-based solutions to have a productive agricultural landscape within ecological healthy catchments that support high water security.

I have experience using networks to model the flow of nutrients through ecosystems, species distribution modelling, in sports fish and game bird management, and working at the interface between freshwater science and policy/planning.

Most recently, I have been working on how wetlands can be incorporated into our landscapes to increase food production, improve water quality or buffer against climate change.

Interests

Research

• Freshwater ecosystem health
• Agroecology and regenerative agricultural practices
• Modelling nutrient flows through human and natural ecosystems
• Agricultural spatial planning
• The impact of water quality on freshwater ecosystems
• Using wetlands to improve catchment water quality
• Using wetlands (including mangroves) to sequester 'blue carbon'
• The sustainability of food production throughout its lifecycle
• Nature based solutions

Research Disciplines

• Ecology (3103)
• Environmental management (4104)
• Ecological applications (4102)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Fresh, ground and surface water systems and management (1803)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Canning A, Jarvis D, Costanza R, Hasan S, Smart J, Finisdore J, Lovelock C, Greenhalgh S, Marr H, Beck M, Gillies C and Waltham N (2021) Financial incentives for large-scale wetland restoration: beyond markets to common asset trusts. One Earth, 4 (7), pp. 937-950, DOI:10.1016/j.oneear.2021.06.006.
• Canning A, Joy M and Death R (2021) Nutrient criteria to achieve New Zealand’s riverine macroinvertebrate targets. PeerJ, 9, Article: e11556, DOI:10.7717/peerj.11556.
• Canning A and Waltham N (2021) Ecological impact assessment of climate change and habitat loss on wetland vertebrate assemblages of the Great Barrier Reef catchment and the influence of survey bias. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (10), pp. 5244-5254, DOI:10.1002/ece3.7412.
• Canning A and Death R (2021) The influence of nutrient enrichment on riverine food web function and stability. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (4), pp. 942-954, DOI:10.1002/ece3.7107.
• Joy M and Canning A (2021) Shifting baselines and political expediency in New Zealand's freshwater management. Marine and Freshwater Research, 72, pp. 456-461, DOI:10.1071/MF20210.
• Phiri B, Pita A, Hayman D, Biggs P, Davis M, Fayaz A, Canning A, French N and Death R (2020) Does land use affect pathogen presence in New Zealand drinking water supplies? Water Research, 185, Article: 116229, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2020.116229.
• Canning A and Death R (2019) Food web structure but not robustness differ between rivers, lakes and estuaries. Oecologia Australis, 23 (1), pp. 112-126, DOI:10.4257/oeco.2019.2301.10.
• Canning A, Death R and Gardner E (2019) Forest canopy affects stream macroinvertebrate assemblage structure but not trophic stability. Freshwater Science, 38 (1), pp. 40-52, DOI:10.1086/701378.
• Canning A and Death R (2018) Relative ascendency predicts food web robustness. Ecological Research, 33 (5), pp. 873-878, DOI:10.1007/s11284-018-1585-1.
• Canning A (2018) Predicting New Zealand riverine fish reference assemblages. PeerJ, 6, Article: e4890, DOI:10.7717/peerj.4890.
• Canning A and Death R (2017) Trophic cascade direction and flow determine network flow stability. Ecological Modelling, 355, pp. 18-23, DOI:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.03.020.
• Canning A, Death R and Gardner E (2017) The effect of forest canopy and flood disturbance on New Zealand stream food web structure and robustness. Austral Ecology, 43 (3), pp. 352-358, DOI:10.1111/aec.12573.

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