Recent project examples

My CV includes hundreds of related projects over  the last 20 years, and this small sample lists typcial projects that i have worked on in the last 5 years;

Annual analyses and reporting of native fish condition in Barmah and Koondrook Icon sites (ongoing)	NSW DPI Fisheries/ Arthur Rylah Institute
Design and implementation of Victorian Wetland Monitoring Assessment Framework stage 2 (with Water’s Edge Consulting)	Vic DELPI
Design and report on monitoring program for Native Fish to meet legislative requirements 2013 - 2016	Melbourne Water
Refinement of “The Living Murray: a condition monitoring program for Icon Sites in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin”	Murray Darling Basin Authourity
Review of sampling methods used in studies of environmental Impacts of proposed Nathan Dam on the endangered Boggomoss Snail	Queensland AG Dept
Statistician for Terrestrial Biodiversity Monitoring pilot project - population estimates and power analyses for wildlife monitoring sampling designs	Maroochy Shire Council/University of the Sunshine Coast
Peer Review of “The Living Murray: a condition monitoring program for Icon Sites in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin”	Murray Darling Basin Authourity
Principal biometrician for Sustainable Rivers Audit Member of National Technical	Murray Darling Basin Authourity
Steering committee for Framework for the assessment of River and Wetland Health	National Water Commission
Review of Great Barrier Reef Wetland monitoring program design and assessment	Queensland DSITI

Recent publications

Whilst my publication record goes back more than 20 years, for brevity, this list of relevant publications goes back to 2012;

Rebecca K. Peisley, Manu E. Saunders, Wayne A. Robinson, and Gary W. Luck (2017). The role of avian scavengers in the breakdown of carcasses in pastoral landscapes. Emu - Austral Ornithology. Online 31^st January 2017.

Lee Baumgartner, Garry Thorncraft, Oudom Phonekhampeng, Craig Boys, Anna Navarro-Cuenca, Wayne Robinson, Rich Brown, Zhiqun Deng (In press). High fluid shear strain causes injury in Silver shark: preliminary implications for Mekong hydropower turbine design. Fisheries Management and Ecology. DOI:10.1111/fme.12213 (Accepted 23^rd December 2016).

Baumgartner, Lee J. and Wooden, Ian J. and Conallin, John and Robinson, Wayne and Thiem, Jason D. (in press) Managing native fish communities during a long-term drought. Ecohydrology}. ISSN: 1936-0592, DOI#: 10.1002/eco.1820. (online 9^th December 2016).  

Palfi, Z., Spooner, P.G. & Robinson, W. (2016). Soil disturbance effects on the composition of seed - dispersing ants in roadside environments Oecologia. doi:10.1007/s00442-016-3767-2 (Online 15/11/2016). 

K. Green, N. E. Davis and W. A. Robinson (2016) Diet of two fossorial herbivores in a seasonally snow-covered environment. Australian Mammalogy. Online 17 October 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM16015.   

Boys CA, Robinson W, Miller B, Pflugrath B, Baumgartner LJ, A. N, Brown R, Deng Z (2016) Application of a piecewise regression approach to determine biologically-relevant hydraulic thresholds for the protection of fish at river infrastructure. Journal of Fish Biology. doi:10.1111/jfb.12910.   

Smoothey AF, Gray CA, Kennelly SJ, Masens OJ, Peddemors VM, Robinson WA (2016) Patterns of Occurrence of Sharks in Sydney Harbour, a Large Urbanised Estuary. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0146911. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146911

Jamin P. Forbes, Robyn J. Watts, Wayne A. Robinson, Lee J. Baumgartner, Michael S. Allen, Prue McGuffie, Leo M. Cameron, David A. Crook. (2015). System-specific variability in Murray Cod and Golden Perch maturation and growth influences fisheries management options. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 35:6, 1226-1238, DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2015.1094153.

Jamin Forbes, Robyn J. Watts, Wayne A. Robinson, Lee J. Baumgartner, Prue McGuffie, Leo Cameron, David Crook (2015) Assessment of stocking effectiveness for Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) and golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) in rivers and impoundments of south eastern Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF15230.

Jamin P. Forbes, Robyn J. Watts, Wayne A. Robinson, Lee J. Baumgartner, Aldo S. Steffe & Jeff J. Murphy (2015) Recreational Fishing Effort, Catch, and Harvest for Murray Cod and Golden Perch in the Murrumbidgee River, Australia, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 35:4, 649-658, DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2015.1032452

K. Green, N.E. Davis, & W.A. Robinson (2015) The diet of the common wombat Vombatus ursinus above the winter snowline in the decade following a wildfire.  Australian Mammalogy 37, 146–156.  

Daniel F. Buss, Daren M. Carlisle, Tae-Soo Chon, Joseph Culp, Jon S. Harding, Hanneke E. Keizer-Vlek, Wayne A. Robinson, Stephanie Strachan, Christa Thirion, , Robert M. Hughes (2015) Stream biomonitoring using macroinvertebrates around the globe: a comparison of large-scale programs. Environ. Monit. Assess. 187:4132. DOI 10.1007/s10661-014-4132-8

K. Green, N.E. Davis, & W.A. Robinson (2014) Does the diet of macropods constrain occupation of high altitudes: a comparison of Macropus rufogriseus and Wallabia bicolor. Australian Mammalogy. 36(2), 219-228. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM14007

Baumgartner, L. J., Conallin, J., Wooden, I., Campbell, B., Gee, R., Robinson, W.A. and Mallen-Cooper, M. (2014). Using flow guilds of freshwater fish in an adaptive management framework to simplify environmental flow delivery for semi-arid riverine systems. Fish and Fisheries, 410-427. DOI: 10.1111/faf.12023  

McDonald, K., Burnett, & Robinson, Wayne. (2013) Utility of owl pellets for monitoring threatened mammal communities: an Australian case study. Wildlife Research 40, 685-697. DOI 10.1071/WR13041.  

K. Green & N. E. Davis & W. A. Robinson & J. McAuliffe & R. B. Good. (2013) Diet selection by European hares (Lepus europaeus) in the alpine zone of the Snowy Mountains, Australia. Eur J Wildl Res (2013) 59:693–703 DOI 10.1007/s10344-013-0723-x  

Boys CA, Robinson W, Baumgartner LJ, Rampano B, Lowry M (2013) Influence of Approach Velocity and Mesh Size on the Entrainment and Contact of a Lowland River Fish Assemblage at a Screened Irrigation Pump. PLoS ONE 8(6): e67026. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067026

Lee J. Baumgartner, Matthew McLellan, Wayne Robinson, Jamin Forbes, Prue McGuffie, Lachlan Jess, Bruce Malcolm (2013) The influence of saline concentration on the success of Calcein marking techniques for hatchery-produced Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii). Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 145: 168-180.  

White, H. L., Nichols, S. J., Robinson, W. A., Norris, R.H. (2012) More for less: a study of environmental flows during drought in two Australian rivers. Freshwater Biology. 57, 858–873.