Dr Adam Canning ~ Research Officer

Adam is an ecologist with interests in food web modelling, species distribution modelling, measuring and managing ecosystem health, and the interface between freshwater science and policy/planning. He holds a BSc (Hons – First Class) in Biological and Environmental Science, and a PhD in Ecology. His PhD research examined the application of network analysis to assess how the structure and function of aquatic food webs change with environmental impacts. He has experience working in the management of sports fish, game birds and freshwater ecosystem health. He is an Associate Editor for Oecologia Australis, an open access, free to publish journal spanning the breadth of ecology.

Research Disciplines

• Ecology (3103)
• 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, 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.

Other research outputs

• Death R, Canning A, Magierowski R and Tonkin J (2018) Why aren't we managing water quality to protect ecological health? [Presented at the 31st Annual FLRC Workshop]. 7-9 February 2018, Auckland, New Zealand

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