Nathan Ning

Dr Nathan Ning

Aquatic Ecology, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Gulbali Institute

Gulbali Institute

Biography

Nathan Ning undertakes research on the ecology, management and restoration of freshwater ecosystems. His major interests include human impacts on rivers and wetlands (altered flow regimes, hypoxic blackwater events, acid sulfate soils), food-web dynamics (zooplankton–fish predator-prey interactions), aquatic microinvertebrate ecology, and invertebrate egg and plant seed dormancy and dispersal mechanisms. He has worked on a range of ecological projects over the last eight years, including the development of watering protocols for native fish in wetlands, investigations into the effects of various stressors on riverine microinvertebrates (drought, climate change, hypoxic blackwater events, acid sulfate soils), the development of methods to identify climate refuges in the Murray­–Darling Basin, and an assessment of the biophysical and community impacts of improved fish passage in Lao PDR.

Research
  • River and wetland ecology
  • Relationships between riverine biota and flow
  • Zooplankton dynamics
Publications
Full publications list on CRO

Recent Publications

  • Robinson, W., Baumgartner, L. J., Homsombath, K., Ning, N., Phommachanh, K., Phommavong, T., Poomchaivej, T., Pomorin, K., Simmanivong, D., Singhanouvong, D., & Vorasane, P. (2024). PIT tagging systems are suitable for assessing cumulative impacts of Mekong River hydropower plants on (upstream) fish migrations in Lao PDR. Fisheries Research, 274, Article 106995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.106995
  • Poomchaivej, T., Robinson, W., Ning, N., Baumgartner, L. J., & Huang, X. (2024). Suitability of tropical river fishes for PIT tagging: Results for four Lower Mekong species. Fisheries Research, 272, Article 106930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106930
  • Bond, J., Pawsey, N., Conallin, J., Ning, N., & Baumgartner, L. (2024). Fish passage across Southeast Asia: key informant insights into motivations and triggers for water resource planning and policymaking. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2024.2330982
  • Marsden, T., Baumgartner, L. J., Duffy, D., Horta, A., & Ning, N. (2023). Evaluation of a new practical low-cost method for prioritising the remediation of fish passage barriers in resource-deficient settings. Ecological Engineering, 194, 107024. Article 107024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107024
  • Thieme, M., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Opperman, J. J., Franklin, P., Richter, H., Baumgartner, L. J., Ning, N., Vu, A. V., Brink, K., Sakala, M., O'Brien, G., Petersen, R., Tongchai, P., & Cooke, S. (2023). Measures to Safeguard and Restore River Connectivity. Environmental Reviews. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2023-0019