FERG People
Academic Staff
Associate Professor Angus R. McIntosh
Mackenzie Foundation Chair in Freshwater Ecology
School of Biological Sciences,
University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2061
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
angus.mcintosh@canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Aquatic ecosystem size; effects of flooding and low flows; urban stream ecosystems; agricultural waterways; population and community ecology; native New Zealand fish
Dr Jon S. Harding
Senior lecturer
School of Biological Sciences,
University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2988
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
jon.harding@canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Effects of riparian management, forest fragmentation, mining and urbanisation on stream communities
Professor Michael J. Winterbourn
Emeritus Professor
School of Biological Sciences,
University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2026
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
michael.winterbourn@canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Ecology and life histories of stream
invertebrates
Technical Support
Linda Morris
Technical support
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private
Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2016
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
linda.morris@canterbury.ac.nz
Katie McHugh
Research assistant
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private
Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7033
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
katie.mchugh@canterbury.ac.nz
Research Associates and Visitors
Dr Tanya Blakely
Postdoctoral research fellow
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury,
PrivateBag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7027
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
tanya.blakely@canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Urban stream ecosystems; restoration ecology;forest canopy insects; macroinvertebrate community ecology; tropical stream ecology
Dr Michelle Greenwood
Postdoctoral research fellow
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7027
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
michelle.greenwood@canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Ecological effects of cross-ecosystem prey transfers; terrestrial and aquatic community responses to flooding and drying disturbances; braided river ecology; rural rivers and the effectiveness of riparian plantings and fencing
Dr Hamish Greig
Postdoctoral research fellow
Department of Forest Services, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7027
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
hamish.greig@ubc.ca
Research interests: Effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on ecological communities; community dynamics across multiple spatial and temporal scales; the causes and consequences of species specialisation; indirect effects in food webs; lentic community ecology
Dr Pete McHugh
Postdoctoral research fellow
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7027
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
pete.mchugh@canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Ecosystem-size effects on the structure and stability of stream food webs; impacts of non-native salmonids on native fishes
Dr Dev Niyogi
Visiting academic
Department of Biological Sciences, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO 65409-1120, USA
niyogid@mst.edu
Research interests: Ecosystem processes in streams and their response to human activities
Dr Jon O'Brien
Postdoctoral research fellow
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7027
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
jon.obrien@canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Nutrient cycling in streams and wetlands; effects of riparian management; ecosystem ecology; biogeochemistry; agricultural stream ecology; urban stream ecology; wetland restoration
Professor Scott Wissinger
Adjunct Professor
Biology Department, Allegheny College, Meadwille, PA, USA & Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Crested Butte, CO, USA
swissing@allegheny.edu
Research interests: Invertebrate communities in ponds and wetlands of trout introductions on lake communitities
PhD Students
Frank Burdon
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7070
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
frank.burdon@canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Ecosystem processes; aquatic-terrestrial linkages; resource management; urban ecology; restoration; bio-monitoring; freshwater invertebrates; the ecology of kakahi (freshwater mussel)
Rebecca Campbell
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7070
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
rebecca.campbell@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Spatial patterns; dispersal of adult aquatic insects; community assembly; flooding disturbance
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Elizabeth Graham
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7070
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
seg61@student.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: stream biogeochemistry / nutrient cycling; influence of nutrient enrichment and water chemistry on stream food webs
Duncan Gray
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7070
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
duncan.gray@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Spatial patterns and physical controls of braided river invertebrate communities;
biogeochemical and food-web interactions at the groundwater–surfacewater ecotone; natural history of freshwater taxa
Kristy Hogsden
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7033
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
kristy.hogsden@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Structure and function of food webs in acid mine drainage streams
Phillip Jellyman
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7033
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
phillip.jellyman@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Food web ecology; population dynamics; native fisheries; invasive species impacts
Amy Whitehead
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7070
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
amy.whitehead@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Conservation ecology and management; population and spatial modelling
Darragh Woodford
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7033
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
darragh.woodford@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Landscape ecology of galaxiid fishes
Danlandi Umar
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7070
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
danladi.umar@canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Tropical highland stream ecology; land use change; macroinvertebrate
community response to deforestation and water pollution
MSc Students
Jarred Arthur
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7070
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
jba62@student.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Lotic freshwater systems and habitat fragmentation
Teresa Burrell
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7033
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
tkb17@student.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: The influence of riparian management and stream size on community metabolism
Kati Doehring
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7033
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
kam163@student.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Native fish ecology; effects of barriers on fish migration
Hannah Franklin
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7033
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
hfr19@student.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Evaluating the large-scale effects of agriculture on the physical characteristics and health of streams on the Canterbury Plains
Justin Kitto
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7070
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
jak66@student.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Remediating benthic invertebrate communities in streams impacted by acid mine drainage
Simon Stewart
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 21 047 2860
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
sds43@student.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Anthropogenic nitrogen pollution; stable isotopic analysis; biogeochemical cycles; ecological stoichiometry; landscape scale cross ecosystem connectivity
Troy Watson
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7070
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
tnw17@student.canterbury.ac.nz
Research interests: Cave ecology
Taryn Wilks
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 364 2987, extn 7070
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
taryn.wilks@ecan.govt.nz
Research interests: The influence of lake level fluctuation and salinity on the flora and fauna of the littoral zone, Lake Ellesmere