Andrew Boulton
Professor (Chair, North Coast Aquatic Linkages Research Centre), Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences
Qualifications
B.Sc. (Hons - 1A) - University of Western Australia, Ph D. - Monash University
Contact
| Email: | aboulton@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Ecosystem Management Building 211 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3760 (or +61 2 6773 3760 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 2769 |
After completing my undergraduate degree in Zoology at the University of Western Australia in 1981, I did a PhD at Monash University studying macroinvertebrate ecology in two Victorian intermittent streams. In 1988, I took up a lectureship at Adelaide University for two years before spending a year at Arizona State University lecturing in limnology and working on desert streams. I returned to Adelaide University as an ARC Postdoctoral Fellow for three years and in 1994, was appointed a lecturer at UNE.
I presently lecture in water resource management and aquatic ecology at first, second and final year levels. I also co-teach resource survey and biostatistics, and supervise a number of postgraduate and fourth-year projects in many aspects of applied limnology. Current research interests include aquatic invertebrate ecology, organic matter dynamics in streams and estuaries, subsurface (hyporheic) fauna and processes, and effects of catchment land-use (forestry, mining, agriculture) on aquatic ecosystems.
Areas of Teaching
I presently teach in:
ECOL202/502 Aquatic Ecology
Lectures, practical material and a field trip dealing with running water processes and management in streams, rivers and estuaries. Taught in conjunction with Zoology and Botany.
EM331/531 Resource Survey and Habitat Evaluation
Lectures, practical material and field trips demonstrating how to measure resources (vegetation, biota and environmental variables) in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, collect and statistically analyse univariate and multivariate data, and present material in reports and seminars.
EM454/454 Limnology
Lectures, practical material and field trips addressing physical, chemical and biological aspects of standing and running waters, and the management of aquatic ecosystems and their catchments. Internal and external modes every even year from 2000 onwards.
RSNR 421/521 Sustainable Land Management
A small module dealing with the chemical and biological assessment of water quality in response to catchment land-use is included in the Residential School. Internal students also may use aquatic monitoring methods to detect the success of land management practices in the catchment of streams and other wetlands.
Ecol400 Honours in Ecology
A year-long unit that may be done part-time or full-time, internally or externally by students with a strong background in Ecology. I coordinate this unit, and offer projects in the field of aquatic ecology (see Student Projects). Students are expected to conduct research and produce a thesis, give a seminar on their findings, write a scientific paper on their research topic, and prepare an essay on a relevant aspect of ecology. Assessment is flexible and is negotiated with the supervisor, working within guidelines of the degree.
EDSE 467 Teaching Environmental Health in Soil & Water Ecosystems
On-line unit that allows students to develop teaching activities appropriate to secondary students illustrating how human activity affects the health of soil and water ecosystems in the Australian landscape. Taught in conjunction with Faculty of Education, Health and Professional Studies.
Research interests
My current research has four major foci:
- the fauna and water chemistry of the "hyporheic zone" (the saturated interstitial zone below streams and rivers),
- the use of aquatic invertebrates as indicators of declining water quality in upland streams and lowland rivers,
- the ecology of arid-zone streams, and,
- the effects of various land-uses on the aquatic ecology of streams
Since 1990, I have investigated the fauna and water chemistry of the hyporheic zone in a variety of arid and temperate streams to identify whether this zone is an important component of the stream ecosystem. My results indicate that in gravel bed and dryland streams, most water flows through this zone which may act as a "biological filter" improving water quality and supporting a diverse and scientifically fascinating interstitial fauna. Work in the New England area has revealed numerous new species (presently being described), and has supported results from some of my earlier work on the importance of surface-subsurface exchange in controlling chemical and physical conditions in the hyporheic zone. Clogging of the interstitial zone with silt from poorly-managed gravel extraction and land-clearing may severely impact the filtration capacity of this zone and experiments to identify the effect of this upon the biota and water chemistry are in progress.
Previous projects include a Large ARC grant, in collaboration with Drs Marmonier, Claret, and Dole-Olivier (France) and Morrice (US) on biological filtration in the Never Never River, and a project funded by the NSW DLWC on the effects of flow regime alterations on gravel bars in the Hunter River, NSW.
Currently, I am involved in a 5-year Large ARC grant on river rehabilitation along an 8-km stretch of the Hunter River. This project, with a total funding base of over $A4 million, is in conjunction with Drs Brierley, Fryirs, Brooks, Leishman, Ryder, Miller, and Pusey, and is administered through Macquarie University. My work, with postgraduate student Sarah Mika, is specifically aimed at examining restoration of functioning of the hyporheic zone after reintroduction of woody debris.
Aquatic macroinvertebrates are a central component of all stream ecosystems and as such, respond to declining water quality. I have had several sub-projects running in streams in the Macleay, Bellinger and Nambucca catchments:
- Biomonitoring at various sites in costal catchments for the National River Health Program, funded by the NSW EPA, DLWC and local councils
- Assessing differences in sampling and sorting efficiency among operators with differing training,
- Identifying impacts of siltation upon invertebrate assemblages and rates of leaf decomposition (a process in which invertebrates may play a substantial role),
- Seeking to quantify the effects of logging history and road construction on invertebrate assemblage composition in 25 streams in NSW State Forests, and
- Assessing the effects of the 2002 drought on macroinvertebrate assemblages and water quality at 25 sites throughout the Nambucca and Bellinger catchments. This is also supplemented by additional student projects on river condition at various sites along creeks in the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area and along the Hastings River.
Since 1982, I have researched the aquatic ecology of intermittent and ephemeral streams in Victoria and South Australia, and in Arizona. Specifically, the work has focussed on the response of aquatic invertebrates to drying and flooding, and a long-term study at several sites on streams and springs in the Flinders Ranges has been going since 1992. I am especially concerned about the conservation and regional significance of Australia's dryland rivers, and have had some input into the Dryland Rivers Policy of the Australian Society for Limnology.
Various land-uses influence water quality depending on a number of factors including the type of land-use, the nature of the stream channel and riparian zone, catchment characteristics such as soil type and water table height, and the intensity of the land-use. For example, Armidale has suffered from poor drinking water quality, especially in summer, because the catchment of its water supply is cleared and grazed land, and for some years, received input from an abattoir. Prompted by major taste and odour problems from blue-green algae in Armidale's water supply, the Armidale City Council approached UNE for assistance in understanding the causes of blue-green algal blooms in Malpas Dam. My role, with Drs Faulkner and Southcott, has been to quantify the stores of phosphorus (P) in the water and sediments of the Dam, and to identify release rates of P from sediments using laboratory experiments. This research has shown that Malpas Dam has high levels of P in the sediments, especially near the off-take tower, and that release rates can be high. We also examined copper levels because, for many years, copper sulphate has been used to control algal blooms in the Dam. This work is of general limnological interest as well as immense applied value to the residents of Armidale.
Other land-use effects that interest me are forestry and siltation, mining, agriculture, and urbanization
Publications
Books:
Boulton, A.J. and Brock, M.A. 1999. "Australian Freshwater Ecology: Processes and Management." Gleneagles Publishing, Adelaide, 300 pp.
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Closs, G., Downes, B. and Boulton, A. 2004. “Freshwater Ecology: A Scientific Introduction.” Blackwell Publishing, Melbourne, 221 pp.
Invited book reviews and conference reports:
Boulton, A.J. 1992. Book review "Limnological Analyses" Regulated Rivers 7:382-383.
Boulton, A.J. 1992. Conference report - Fortieth Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society Regulated Rivers 7:379-380.
Boulton, A.J. 1993. Book review "Aquatic Insects" Aquatic Conserv. Mar. Freshw. Ecosystems 3:86.
Boulton, A.J. 1993. Book review - "Water - An Endangered National Resource" Aust. Biol. 7:27-28.
Boulton, A.J. 1997. Journal review - " The Australian Zoologist - successful opportunist in a changing environment?" Pac. Con. Biol. 3:73.
Boulton, A.J. 1998. Book review - "Our Biosphere" Aust. Soc. Limnol. Newsl. 36:48-49.
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Refereed publications:
Boulton, A.J. & Knott, B. 1984. Morphological and electrophoretic studies of the Palaemonidae (Crustacea) of the Perth region, Western Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 35:769-783.
Boulton, A.J. 1985. A sampling device that quantitatively collects benthos in flowing or standing waters. Hydrobiologia127:31-39.
Boulton, A.J. & Smith, B.J. 1985. A range extension of the snail Glacidorbis hedleyi Iredale 1943 in Victoria. Victorian Nat.103:123-126.
Horwitz, P.H.J., Richardson, A.M.M. & Boulton, A.J. 1985. The burrow habitat of two sympatric species of land crayfish, Engaeus urostrictus and E. tuberculatus (Decapoda:Parastacidae). Victorian Nat.102:188-197.
Boulton, A.J. & Suter, P.J. 1986. Ecology of temporary streams - an Australian perspective. In P. De Deckker & W.D. Williams (Eds) "Limnology in Australia" pp. 313-327. CSIRO/Dr W. Junk, Melbourne/Dordrecht.
Lake, P.S., Barmuta, L.A., Boulton, A.J., Campbell, I.C., & St. Clair, R.M. 1986. Australian streams and northern hemisphere stream ecology: comparisons and problems. Proc. Ecol. Soc. Aust. 14:61-82.
Boulton, A.J. & Lake, P.S. 1988a. Australian temporary streams: some ecological characteristics. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 23:1380-1383.
Boulton, A.J. & Lake, P.S. 1988b. Dynamics of heterotrophic succession in carrion arthropod assemblages: a comment on Schoenly and Reid (1987). Oecologia 76:477-480.
Boulton, A.J., Spangaro, G.M. & Lake, P.S. 1988. Macroinvertebrate distribution and recolonization on stones subjected to varying degrees of disturbance: an experimental approach. Arch. Hydrobiol. 113:551-576.
Boulton, A.J. 1989. Over-summering refuges of aquatic macroinvertebrates in two intermittent streams in central Victoria. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 113:23-34.
Boulton, A.J. & Lake, P.S. 1990. The ecology of two intermittent streams in Victoria, Australia. I. Multivariate analyses of physicochemical features. Freshwat. Biol. 24:123-141.
Williams, W.D., Boulton, A.J. & Taaffe, R.G. 1990. Salinity as a determinant of salt lake fauna: a question of scale. Hydrobiologia 197:257-266.
Boulton, A.J. 1991. Eucalypt leaf decomposition in an intermittent stream in south-eastern Australia. Hydrobiologia 211:123-136.
Boulton, A.J. & Boon, P.I. 1991. A review of methodology used to measure leaf litter decomposition in lotic environments: Time to turn over an old leaf? Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 42:1-43.
Boulton, A.J. & Lloyd, L.N. 1991. Macroinvertebrate assemblages in floodplain habitats of the lower River Murray, South Australia. Regulated Rivers 6:183-201.
Boulton, A.J., Stibbe, S.E., Grimm, N.B. & Fisher, S.G. 1991. Invertebrate recolonization of small patches of defaunated hyporheic sediments in a Sonoran Desert stream. Freshwat. Biol. 26:267-278.
Brooks, S.S. & Boulton, A.J. 1991. Recolonization dynamics of benthic macroinvertebrates after artificial and natural disturbances in an Australian temporary stream. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 42:295-308.
Craig, A.E., Walker, K.F. & Boulton, A.J. 1991. Effects of edaphic factors and flood frequency on the abundance of lignum (Muehlenbeckiaflorulenta (Meissner) (Polygonaceae) on the River Murray floodplain, South Australia. Aust. J. Bot. 39:431-443.
Williams, W.D., Taaffe, R.G. & Boulton, A.J. 1991. Longitudinal distribution of macroinvertebrates in two rivers subject to salinization. Hydrobiologia 210:151-160.
Boulton, A.J. 1992. "Rollers" and "carriers": field observations of carrion removal by trogid beetles (Omorgusstrzeleckensis) in arid north-eastern South Australia. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 116:133-136.
Boulton, A.J. & Lake, P.S. 1992a. The macroinvertebrate assemblages in pools and riffles in two intermittent streams (Werribee and Lerderderg Rivers, southern central Victoria). Occ. Pap. Mus. Vic. 5:55-71.
Boulton, A.J. & Lake, P.S. 1992b. The ecology of two intermittent streams in Victoria, Australia. II. Comparisons of faunal composition between habitats, rivers and years. Freshwat. Biol. 27:99-121.
Boulton, A.J. & Lake, P.S. 1992c. The ecology of two intermittent streams in Victoria, Australia. III. Temporal changes in faunal composition. Freshwat. Biol. 27:123-138.
Boulton, A.J. & Lake, P.S. 1992d. Benthic organic matter and detritivorous macroinvertebrates in two intermittent streams in south-eastern Australia. Hydrobiologia 241:107-118.
Boulton, A.J. & Lloyd, L.N. 1992. Flooding frequency and invertebrate emergence from dry floodplain sediments of the River Murray, Australia. Regulated Rivers 7:137-151.
Boulton, A.J., Peterson, C.G., Grimm, N.B. & Fisher, S.G. 1992. Stability of an aquatic macroinvertebrate community in a multi-year hydrologic disturbance regime. Ecology 73:2192-2207.
Boulton, A.J., Valett, H.M. & Fisher, S.G. 1992. Spatial distribution and taxonomic composition of the hyporheos of several Sonoran Desert streams. Arch. Hydrobiol. 125:37-61.
Boulton, A.J., Stanley, E.H., Fisher, S.G. & Lake, P.S. 1992. Over-summering strategies of macroinvertebrates in intermittent streams in Australia and Arizona. In R.D. Robarts & M.L. Bothwell (Eds) "Aquatic Ecosystems in Semi-arid Regions: Implications for Resource Management" pp. 227-237. NHRI Symposium Series 7, Environment Canada, Saskatoon.
Valett, H.M., Fisher, S.G., Grimm, N.B., Stanley, E.H. & Boulton, A.J. 1992. Hyporheic-surface water exchange: implications for the structure and functioning of desert stream ecosystems. In J.A. Stanford & J.J. Simons (Eds) "Proceedings of the First International Conference on Groundwater Ecology" pp. 395-405. American Water Resources Association, Bethesda, Maryland.
Boulton, A.J. 1993. Stream ecology and surface-hyporheic exchange: implications, techniques and limitations. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 44:553-564.
Cooling, M.P. & Boulton, A.J. 1993. Aspects of the hyporheic zone below the terminus of a South Australian arid-zone stream. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 44:411-426.
Hakenkamp, C., Valett, H.M. & Boulton, A.J. 1993. Perspectives on the hyporheic zone: Integrating hydrology and biology. Conclusions. J. No. Am. Benthol. Soc. 12:94-99.
Stanley , E.H. & Boulton, A.J. 1993. Hydrology and the distribution of hyporheos: perspectives from mesic rivers and desert streams. J. No. Am. Benthol. Soc. 12:79-83.
Valett, H.M., Hakenkamp, C. & Boulton, A.J. 1993. Perspectives on the hyporheic zone: Integrating hydrology and biology. Introduction. J. No. Am. Benthol. Soc. 12:40-43.
Danielopol, D.L., Marmonier, P., Boulton, A.J. & Bonaduce, G. 1994. World subterranean ostracod biogeography: dispersal or vicariance. Hydrobiologia 287:119-129.
Stanley , E.H., Buschman, D.L., Boulton, A.J., Grimm, N.B. & Fisher, S.G. 1994. Invertebrate resistance and resilience to intermittency in a desert stream. Amer. Midl. Nat.131:288-300.
Walker , K.F., Boulton, A.J., Thoms, M.C. & Sheldon, F. 1994. Effects of water-level changes induced by weirs on the distribution of littoral plants along the River Murray, South Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res.45:1421-1438.
Williams, M.L., Boulton, A.J., Hyde, M., Kinnear, A.J. & Cockshell, C.D. 1994. Environmental impact of seismic operations in the Otway Basin, South Australia. Aust. Petrol. Expl. Assoc. Journal34:741-749.
Boulton, A.J. & Stanley, E.H. 1995. Hyporheic processes during flooding and drying in a Sonoran Desert stream. II. Faunal dynamics. Arch. Hydrobiol.134:27-52.
Stanley, E.H. & Boulton, A.J. 1995 Hyporheic processes during flooding and drying in a Sonoran Desert stream. I. Hydrologic and chemical dynamics. Arch. Hydrobiol.134:1-26.
Boulton, A.J. & Stanley, E.H. 1996. But the story gets better: Subsurface invertebrates in stream ecosystems. Trends Ecol. Evol. 11:430.
Boulton, A.J. & Williams, W.D. 1996 Aquatic biota In C.R. Twidale, M.J. Tyler & M. Davies (Eds) "The Natural History of the Flinders Ranges" pp. 102-112, Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide
Boulton, A.J. & Panizzon, D.L. 1997. Food and energy in river ecosystems: Teaching the 'big picture'. Aust. Sci. Teachers' J. 43:11-20.
Boulton, A.J., Scarsbrook, M.R., Quinn, J.M., & Burrell, G.P. 1997. Land-use effects on the hyporheic ecology of five small streams near Hamilton, New Zealand. N.Z. J. Mar. Freshw. Res.31:609-622.
Paltridge, R.M., Dostine, P.L., Humprey, C.L. & Boulton, A.J. 1997. Macroinvertebrate recolonization after re-wetting of a tropical seasonally-flowing stream ( Magela Creek, Northern Territory, Australia). Mar. Freshwater Res. 48:633-645.
Reid, N., Boulton, A., Nott, R. & Chilcott, C. 1997. Ecological sustainability of grazed landscapes on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. In N. Klomp & I. Lunt (Eds) "Frontiers in Ecology: Building the Links" pp. 117-130, Elsevier, The Boulevard, Oxford, UK.
Boulton, A.J. & Foster, J.G. 1998. Effects of buried leaf litter and vertical hydrologic exchange on hyporheic water chemistry and fauna in a gravel-bed river in northern New South Wales, Australia. Freshwat. Biol. 40:229-243.
Boulton, A.J. & Jenkins, K.M. 1998. Flood regimes and invertebrate communities in floodplain wetlands. In W.D. Williams (Ed.) "Wetlands in a Dry Land: Understanding for Management" pp. 137-148, Environment Australia, Canberra.
Boulton, A.J. & Panizzon, D.L. 1998a. The knowledge explosion in science: theoretical and practical knowledge. J. Res. Sci. Teach. 35:475-481.
Boulton, A.J. & Panizzon, D.L. 1998b. River regulation in Australia: Damned if you do ɠ Aust. Sci. Teachers' J.44:15-24.
Boulton, A.J., Findlay, S., Marmonier, P., Stanley, E.H. & Valett, H.M. 1998. The functional significance of the hyporheic zone in streams and rivers. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 29:59-81.
Kingsford, R.T., Boulton, A.J. & Puckridge, J.T. 1998. Challenges in managing dryland rivers crossing political boundaries: Lessons from Cooper Creek and the Paroo River, central Australia. Aquat. Conserv: Mar. Freshwat. Ecosyst. 8: 361-378.
Puckridge, J.T., Sheldon, F., Walker, K.F. & Boulton, A.J. 1998. Flow variability and the ecology of large rivers. Mar. Freshwat. Res.49:55-72.
Boulton, A.J. 1999. Why variable flows are needed for invertebrates of semi-arid rivers. In R.T. Kingsford (Ed.) "A Free-Flowing River: The Ecology of the Paroo River", pp. 113-128. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville.
Boulton, A.J. 1999. The role of subsurface biological filters in gravel-bed river rehabilitation strategies. In I. Rutherfurd & R. Bartley (Eds) "Second Australian Stream Management Conference: The Challenge of Rehabilitating Australia's Streams", pp. 81-86, CRC for Catchment Hydrology, Melbourne.
Boulton, A.J. 1999. An overview of river health assessment: Philosophies, practice, problems and prognosis. Freshwat. Biol. 41: 469-479.
Claret, C., Marmonier, P., Dole-Olivier, M.-J., Creuzé des Châtelliers, M., Boulton, A.J. & Castella, E. 1999. A functional classification of interstitial invertebrates: supplementing measures of biodiversity using species traits and habitat affinities. Arch. Hydrobiol.145:385-405
Peterson, C.G. & Boulton, A.J. 1999. Stream permanence influences microalgal food availability to grazing tadpoles in arid-zone springs. Oecologia118:340-352.
Boulton, A.J. 2000. The subsurface macrofauna. In J. Jones & P. Mulholland (Eds) "Streams and Ground Waters", pp. 337-361, Academic Press, New York.
Boulton, A.J. 2000. River ecosystem health down under: assessing ecological condition in riverine groundwater zones in Australia. Ecosys. Health 6:108-118.
Boulton, A.J. 2000. The functional role of the hyporheos. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27: 51-63.
Boulton, A.J. 2000. Limnology and conservation of rivers in arid inland Australia. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27: 655-660.
Boulton, A.J. & Quinn, J. 2000. Cellulose decomposition potential in floodplain and riverine sediments assessed using a simple and versatile technique. Arch. Hydrobiol. 150: 133-151.
Boulton, A.J., Sheldon, F., Thoms, M.C. & Stanley, E.H. 2000. Problems and constraints in managing rivers with variable flow regimes. In P.J. Boon, B.R. Davies and G.E. Petts (Eds) "Global Perspectives on River Conservation: Science, Policy and Practice", pp. 411-426, John Wiley and Sons, London.
Boulton, A.J., Boon, P.J., Muhar, S. & Gislason, G.M. 2000. Making river conservation work: integrating science, legislative policy, and public attitudes. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27: 661-668.
Panizzon, D. & Boulton, A.J. 2000. Biodiversity in Australia: What, where and for how long. Aust. Sci. Teachers' J. 46: 17-26.
Stanley, E.H. & Boulton, A.J. 2000. River size as a factor in river conservation. In P.J. Boon, B.R. Davies and G.E. Petts (Eds) "Global Perspectives on River Conservation: Science, Policy and Practice", pp. 399-409, John Wiley and Sons, London.
Boulton, A.J. 2001 'Twixt two worlds: Taxonomic and functional biodiversity at the surface water/groundwater interface. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. (Suppl.) 64:1-13.
Claret, C., Boulton, A.J., Dole-Olivier, M.-J. & Marmonier, P. 2001. Functional processes versus state variables: interstitial organic matter pathways in floodplain habitats. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58: 1594-1602.
Hancock, P., Boulton, A.J. & Raine, A. 2001. Surface-subsurface hydrological connectivity in sand-bed streams. In I. Rutherfurd, F. Sheldon, G. Brierley & C. Kenyon (Eds) "Third Australian Stream Management Conference", pp. 259-264, CRC for Catchment Hydrology, Melbourne.
Timms, B.V. & Boulton, A.J. 2001. Typology of arid-zone floodplain wetlands of the Paroo River (central Australia) and the influence of water regime, turbidity, and salinity on their aquatic invertebrate assemblages. Arch. Hydrobiol. 153: 1-27.
Boon, P.J., Gislason, G.M., Lake, P.S., Ellis, B.K., Frank, C. & Boulton, A.J. 2002. Competition for water: international case studies of river management and conflict resolution. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 28: in press.
Boulton, A.J., Depauw, S. & Marmonier, P. 2002. Hyporheic dynamics in a degraded rural stream carrying a 'sand slug'. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 28: 120-124.
Boulton, A.J., Hakenkamp, C., Palmer, M. & Strayer, D. 2002. Freshwater meiofauna and surface water-sediment linkages: A conceptual framework for cross-system comparisons. In S.D. Rundle, A.L. Robertson and J.M. Schmid-Araya (Eds) "Freshwater Meiofauna: Biology and Ecology", pp. 241-259, Backhuys, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Jenkins, K.M., Boulton, A.J. & Gawne, B. 2002. Colonisation pathways of microinvertebrates following flooding in a dryland Australian river. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 28: in press.
Sheldon, F., Boulton, A.J. & Puckridge, J.T. 2002. Conservation value of variable connectedness: Aquatic invertebrate assemblages of channel and floodplain habitats of a central Australian arid-zone river, Cooper Creek. Biol. Conserv. 103: 13-31.
Boulton, A.J. 2003. Parallels and contrasts in the effects of drought on stream macroinvertebrate assemblages. Freshwat. Biol.48: 1173-1185.
Boulton, A.J. 2003. Temperature impacts on stream ecology. In: “Water: Science and Issues” (Ed. E.J. Dasch), pp. 114-118, Macmillan Publishing, Michigan, USA.
Boulton, A.J. & M.S. Harvey. 2003. E ffects of a simulated spate on water mites in the hyporheic zone of an Australian subtropical river. In: “An Acarological Tribute to David R. Cook (From Yankee Springs to Wheeny Creek)” (Ed. I.M. Smith), pp. 57-73. Indira Publishing House, Canada. 335 pp.
Boulton, A.J., Dole-Olivier, M.-J. & Marmonier, P. 2003. Optimizing a sampling strategy for assessing hyporheic invertebrate biodiversity using the Bou-Rouch method: Within-site replication and sample volume. Arch. Hydrobiol.156: 431-456.
Boulton, A.J., Humphreys, W.F. & Eberhard, S.M. 2003. Imperilled subsurface waters in Australia: biodiversity, threatening processes and conservation. Aq. Ecosys. Health Manage. 6 : 41-54.
Boulton, A.J., Moss, G.L. & Smithyman, D. 2003. Short-term effects of aerially-applied fire-suppressant foams on water chemistry and macroinvertebrates in streams after natural wild-fire on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Hydrobiologia 498 : 177-189.
Butcher, P.A., Boulton, A.J., & Smith, S.D.A. 2003. Mud crab (Scylla serrata: Portunidae) populations as indicators of the effectiveness of estuarine marine protected areas. Proceedings of the International Conference on Aquatic Protected Areas, Cairns. pp. 421-427.
Claret, C. & Boulton, A.J. 2003. Diel variation in surface and subsurface microbial activity along a gradient of drying in an Australian sand-bed stream. Freshwat. Biol. 48: 1739-1755.
Jenkins, K.M. & Boulton, A.J. 2003. Connectivity in a dryland river: Short-term aquatic microinvertebrate recruitment following floodplain inundation. Ecology84: 2708-2723.
Sheldon, F., Boulton, A.J. & Puckridge, J.T. 2003. Variable connection structures invertebrate composition in dryland rivers. Rec. South Aust. Mus. Monograph Ser. 7 : 119-130.
Boulton, A.J., Dole-Olivier, M.-J. & Marmonier, P. 2004. Effects of sample volume and taxonomic resolution on assessment of hyporheic assemblage composition sampled using a Bou-Rouch pump. Arch. Hydrobiol.159: 327-355.
Boulton, A.J., Harvey, M.S. & Proctor, H. 2004. Of spates and species: Responses by interstitial water mites to simulated spates in a subtropical Australian river. Exp. Appl. Acarol.34: 149-169.
Boulton, A.J., Mika, S., Ryder, D.S. & Wolfenden, B. 2004. Raising the dead: Can we restore the health of subsurface aquatic ecosystems by recovering geomorphic complexity using conventional river rehabilitation techniques? In“Airs, Waters, Places – Transdisciplinary Research in Ecosystem Health”, (Ed. G. Albrecht), pp. 41-61, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW.
Marmonier, P., Delettre, Y., Lefebvre, S., Guyon, J. & Boulton, A.J. 2004. A simple technique using wooden stakes to estimate vertical patterns of interstitial oxygenation in the beds of rivers. Arch. Hydrobiol.160:133-143.
Panizzon, D.L. & Boulton, A.J. 2004. Strategies for enhancing the learning of ecological research methods and statistics by tertiary environmental science students. BioSci. Educ. E-journal 4:1-14.
Boulton, A.J. (in review) Hyporheic rehabilitation in rivers: restoring vertical connectivity. Freshwat. Biol.
Boulton, A.J. (in review). Cotton strip assay. In: “Methods in Ecology – Litter Decomposition” (Ed. M.O.Gessner). Academic Press, New York.
Boulton, A.J. 2005. Chances and challenges in the conservation of groundwater-dependent ecosystems. Aquat. Conserv: Mar. Freshwat. Ecosyst. 15: in press.
Boulton, A.J. and Hancock, P.J. 2005. Rivers as groundwater dependent ecosystems: degrees of dependency, riverine processes, and management implications. Aust. J. Bot. in review
Boulton, A.J. & Ryder, D.S. (in review). Effects of hydrological regime on litter decomposition. In: “Methods in Ecology – Litter Decomposition” (Ed. M.O.Gessner). Academic Press, New York.
Boulton, A.J., Berney, P. & Panizzon, D. 2005. More than just a good story: lessons learnt from oral histories of Australian rivers. In “Proceedings of the 4 th Australian Stream Management Conference: Linking Rivers to Landscapes”, (Eds I. Rutherfurd, I. Wiszniewski, M.J. Askey-Doran & R. Glazik), pp. 108-113, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Hobart, Tasmania.
Boulton, A.J., Sheldon, F., and Jenkins, K.M. 2005. Natural disturbance and aquatic invertebrates in desert rivers. In “The Role of Disturbance in Rivers from the World’s Dry Regions.” (Ed. R.T. Kingsford), pp. xxx-xxx, Academic Press, New York. (accepted Mar 2004)
Boulton, A.J., Boyero, L., Covich, A.P., Dobson, M.K., Lake P.S. and Pearson, R.G. (in review). Are tropical streams ecologically different from temperate streams? In “Tropical Stream Ecology” (Eds D. Dudgeon and C. Cressa), pp. xxx-xxx, Academic Press, San Diego.
Brierley, G., Miller, C., Brooks, A., Fryirs, K. Boulton, A., Ryder, D., Leishman, M., Keating, D. & Lander, J. 2005. Making integrative, cross-disciplinary research happen: Initial lessons from the Upper Hunter River Rehabilitation Initiative. In “Proceedings of the 4 th Australian Stream Management Conference: Linking Rivers to Landscapes”, (Eds I. Rutherfurd, I. Wiszniewski, M.J. Askey-Doran & R. Glazik), pp. 125-133, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Hobart, Tasmania.
Hancock, P.J. & Boulton, A.J. 2005. The effects of an environmental flow release on water quality in the hyporheic zone of the Hunter River, Australia. Hydrobiologia (accepted 24 December 2004).
Hancock, P.J., Boulton, A.J. & Humphreys, W.F. 2005. The aquifer and its hyporheic zone: ecological aspects of hydrogeology. Hydrogeol. J. 13: 98-111.
Jenkins, K.M., Boulton, A.J. & Ryder, D.S. 2005. A common parched future: Research and management of Australian arid-zone floodplain wetlands. Hydrobiologia (accepted 10 March 2005)
Jansson, R., Backx, H., Boulton, A.J., Dixon, M., Dudgeon, D., Hughes, F.M.R., Nakamura, K., Stanley, E.H. & Tockner, K. 2005. Stating mechanisms and refining criteria for ecologically successful river restoration: a comment on Palmer et al. (2005). J. Appl. Ecol. 42:218-222.
Kondolf, G.M., Boulton, A.J., O'Daniel, S., Poole, G., Rahel, F., Stanley, E. H., Wohl, E., Bang, A., Carlstrom, J., Cristoni, C., Huber, H., Koljonen, S., Louhi, P. & Nakamura, K. submitted. Process-based ecological river restoration: Visualising three-dimensional connectivity and dynamic vectors to recover lost linkages. Freshwat. Biol. Submitted 18 March 2005
Miller, W.M. & Boulton, A.J. 2005. Managing and rehabilitating ecosystem processes in regional urban streams in Australia. Hydrobiologia (accepted 7 January 2005).
Nevill, J. & Boulton, A.J. In review. Evaluating Australian fresh waters for nature conservation. In “Assessing the Conservation Value of Fresh Waters”, (Eds. P.J. Boon & C. Pringle), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. xxx-xxx..
Panizzon, D.L. & Boulton, A.J. 2005. “Drowning by numbers” – The effectiveness of learner-centred approaches to teaching biostatistics in the environmental life sciences. In “Teaching in Life Sciences: Learner Centred Approaches” (Eds. C. McLoughlin & A. Taji), pp. 141-156, Haworth Press, Melbourne.
Ryder, D.S. & Boulton, A.J. 2005. Redressing the limnological imbalance : Trends in aquatic ecology, management, and conservation in Australia. Hydrobiologia in press.
Wolfenden, B., Mika, S., Boulton, A. & Ryder, D. 2005. Assessing change in riverine organic matter dynamics in the Hunter River, NSW, over the last 200 years: Implications for stream restoration. In “Proceedings of the 4 th Australian Stream Management Conference: Linking Rivers to Landscapes”, (Eds I. Rutherfurd, I. Wiszniewski, M.J. Askey-Doran & R. Glazik), pp. 697-703, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Hobart, Tasmania.
Boulton, A.J. 2006. Field methods for monitoring surface and groundwater hydroecological interactions in aquatic ecosystems. In: “Hydroecology and Ecohydrology: Past, Present and Future” (Eds P.J. Wood, D.M. Hannah and J.P. Sadler). John Wiley & Sons, London. In review.
Electronic media:
University of New England "From Swamp to Sea", 33 minute video produced by MRU, UNE, with text by M.A. Brock, A.J. Boulton, and R.D. Simpson, 1995.