1. Food web responses to hydrologic regimes in floodplain rivers
Darren Ryder, Ben Gawne, Robert J. Rolls, Darren Baldwin, Nick Bond, Rebecca Lester, Barbara Robson, Ross Thompson
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3. Disturbance for community composition and dynamics,
Provide cues for major life-history events,
Influence food webs and energetics

4. Murray-Darling Basin Environmental Water Knowledge and Research (EWKR) Project
Research to support environmental watering: a collaborative approach in the MDB
Funded through the Australian Governments Commonwealth Environmental Water Office
Four themes:
Vegetation
Fish
Water birds
Food webs
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5. Conceptual understanding of hydrological drivers of trophic dynamics
Multitude of ways to quantitatively and qualitatively analyse trophic dynamics
Require a framework for evaluating foodweb attributes into monitoring
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6. What do key conceptual models of riverine functioning tell us about energy flow under different hydrological components?
Models:
River continuum concept, Flow pulse concept, Serial discontinuity concept, Riverine productivity model, River wave concept, Riverine ecosystem synthesis, Reciprocal provisioning model, Hydraulic food chain models
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7. What do key conceptual models of riverine functioning tell us about energy flow under different hydrological components?
A shift to thinking to consider spatially and/or temporally dynamic Nutritional Landscape?
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8. Multitude of ways to quantitatively and qualitatively analyse trophic dynamics
Robson et al Modelling food-web mediated effects of hydrological variability and environmental flows. Water Research, 124.
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9. Multitude of ways to quantitatively and qualitatively analyse trophic dynamics
Robson et al Modelling food-web mediated effects of hydrological variability and environmental flows. Water Research, 124.
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10. Multitude of ways to quantitatively and qualitatively analyse trophic dynamics
Robson et al Modelling food-web mediated effects of hydrological variability and environmental flows. Water Research, 124.
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11. Require a framework for evaluating foodweb attributes into monitoring=
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12. Require a framework for evaluating foodweb attributes into monitoring – incorporating existing monitoring
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13. How can flow be used to create times or places that can unduly influence fish and bird recruitment?
What basal and secondary resources can underpin fish and bird breeding success?
Rolls et al A framework for evaluating food-web responses to hydrological manipulations in riverine systems. J. Env Management, 203.
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14. Environmental Water and Knowledge Research – Foodweb Theme
Improve conceptual understanding of hydrological drivers of trophic dynamics
Analyse trophic dynamics
Incorporate foodweb attributes into monitoring
Nutritional landscapes
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15. EWKR Foodweb Video: https://youtu.be/_OR5OTV0g9Y
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