Author: Barmuta, LA (Associate Professor Leon Barmuta)

Journal Article

Burrows, RM and Fellman, JB and Magierowski, RH and Barmuta, LA, Greater phosphorus uptake in forested headwater streams modified by clearfell forestry, Hydrobiologia: The International Journal on Limnology and Marine Sciences, 703, (1) pp. 1-14. ISSN 0018-8158 (2013) [Refereed Article]
Boyero, L and Barmuta, LA and Ratnarajah, L and Schmidt, K and Pearson, RG, Effects of exotic riparian vegetation on leaf breakdown by shredders: a tropical–temperate comparison, Freshwater Science, 31, (2) pp. 296-303. ISSN 2161-9549 (2012) [Refereed Article]
Boyero, L and Pearson, RG and Dudgeon, D and Ferreira, V and Graca, MAS and Gessner, MO and Boulton, AJ and Chauvet, E and Yule, CM and Albarino, RJ and Ramirez, A and Helson, JE and Callisto, M and Arunachalam, M and Chara, J and Figueroa, R and Mathooko, JM and Goncalves Jr, JF and Moretti, MS and Chara-Serna, AM and Davies, JN and Encalada, A and Lamothe, S and Buria, LM and Castela, J and Cornejo, A and Li, AOY and M'Erimba, C and Villanueva, VD and Del Carmen Zuniga, M and Swan, CM and Barmuta, LA, Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: implications for biodiversity loss in changing climates, Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21, (2) pp. 134-141. ISSN 1466-822X (2012) [Refereed Article]
Burrows, RM and Magierowski, RH and Fellman, JB and Barmuta, LA, Woody debris input and function in old-growth and clear-felled headwater streams, Forest Ecology and Management, 286 pp. 73-80. ISSN 1872-7042 (2012) [Refereed Article]
Boyero, L and Pearson, RG and Gessner, MO and Barmuta, LA and Ferrerira, V and Graca, MAS and Dudgeon, D and Boulton, AJ and Callisto, M and Chauvet, E and Helson, JE and Bruder, A and Albarino, RJ and Yule, CM and Arunachalam, M and Davies, JN and Figueroa, R and Flecker, AS and Ramirez, A and Death, RG and Iwata, T and Mathooko, JM and Mathuriau, C and Goncalves Jr, JF and Moretti, MS and Jinggut, T and Lamothe, S and M'Erimba, C and Ratnarajah, L and Schindler, MH and Castela, J and Buria, LM and Cornejo, A and Villanueva, VD and West, DC, A global experiment suggests climate warming will not accelerate litter decomposition in streams but might reduce carbon sequestration, Ecology Letters, 14, (3) pp. 289-294. ISSN 1461-023X (2011) [Refereed Article]
Barmuta, LA and Linke, S and Turak, E, Bridging the gap between 'planning' and 'doing' for biodiversity conservation in freshwaters, Freshwater Biology, 56, (1) pp. 180-195. ISSN 0046-5070 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Watson, Anne and Barmuta, LA, Feeding-preference trials: confirm unexpected stable isotope analysis results: freshwater macroinvertebrates do consume macrophytes, Marine and Freshwater Research, 62, (10) pp. 1248-1257. ISSN 1323-1650 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Turak, E and Marchant, R and Barmuta, LA and Davis, J and Choy, S and Metzeling, L, River conservation in a changing world: invertebrate diversity and spatial prioritisation in south-eastern coastal Australia, Marine and Freshwater Research, 62, (3) pp. 300-311. ISSN 1323-1650 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Clapcott, J and Barmuta, LA, Forest clearance increases metabolism and organic matter processes in small headwater streams, Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 29, (2) pp. 546-561. ISSN 0887-3593 (2010) [Refereed Article]
Watson, A and Barmuta, LA, Litter retention in Tasmanian headwater streams after clear-fell logging, Hydrobiologia: The International Journal on Limnology and Marine Sciences, 637, (1) pp. 197-206. ISSN 0018-8158 (2010) [Refereed Article]
Clapcott, JE and Barmuta, LA, Metabolic patch dynamics in small headwater streams: exploring spatial and temporal variability in benthic processes, Freshwater Biology, 55, (4) pp. 806-824. ISSN 0046-5070 (2010) [Refereed Article]
Baker, SC and Barmuta, LA and Grove, S and Richardson, AMM, Are streamside buffers edge-affected habitat for ground-dwelling forest beetle assemblages? , Biodiversity and Conservation, 18, (13) pp. 3467-3482. ISSN 0960-3115 (2009) [Refereed Article]
Baker, SC and Barmuta, LA and Richardson, AMM, Response of ground-dwelling beetles across logging coupe edges into streamside reserves, Australian Journal of Entomology, 48, (3) pp. 194-203. ISSN 1326-6756 (2009) [Refereed Article]
Ratnarajah, L and Barmuta, LA, The effects of leaf toughness on feeding preference by two Tasmanian shredders, Hydrobiologia: The International Journal on Limnology and Marine Sciences, 636, (1) pp. 173-178. ISSN 0018-8158 (2009) [Refereed Article]
Stuart-Smith, RD and White, RWG and Barmuta, LA, A shift in the habitat use pattern of a lentic galaxiid fish: an acute behavioural response to an introduced predator, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 82, (1) pp. 93-100. ISSN 0378-1909 (2008) [Refereed Article]
Hardie, SA and White, RWG and Barmuta, LA, Errata: Reproductive biology of the threatened golden galaxias, Journal of Fish Biology, 72, (3) pp. 785-786. ISSN 0022-1112 (2008) [Letter or Note in Journal]
Warfe, DM and Barmuta, LA and Wotherspoon, SJ, Quantifying habitat structure: surface convolution and living space for species in complex environments, Oikos, 117, (12) pp. 1764-1773. ISSN 0030-1299 (2008) [Refereed Article]
Baker, SC and Barmuta, LA and McQuillan, PB and Richardson, AMM, Estimating edge effects on ground dwelling beetles at clearfelled non-riparian stand edges in Tasmanian wet eucalypt forest, Forest Ecology and Management, 239, (1-3) pp. 92-101. ISSN 0378-1127 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Hardie, SA and White, RWG and Barmuta, LA, Reproductive biology of the threatened golden galaxias Galaxias auratus Johnston and in the influence of lake hydrology, Journal of Fish Biology, 71, (6) pp. 1820-1840. ISSN 0022-1112 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Baker, SC and Richardson, AMM and Barmuta, LA, Site effects outweigh riparian influences on ground-dwelling beetles adjacent to first order streams in wet eucalypt forest, Biodiversity and Conservation, 16, (7) pp. 1999-2014. ISSN 0960-3115 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Hardie, SA and Pyecroft, SB and Barmuta, LA and White, RWG, Spawning-related fungal infection of golden galaxias Galaxias auratus (Galaxiidae), Journal of Fish Biology, 70, (4) pp. 1287-1294. ISSN 0022-1112 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Stuart-Smith, RD and Stuart-Smith, JF and White, RWG and Barmuta, LA, The effects of turbidity and complex habitats on the feeding of a galaxiid fish are clear and simple, Marine and Freshwater Research, 58, (5) pp. 429-435. ISSN 1323-1650 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Stuart-Smith, RD and Stuart-Smith, JF and White, RWG and Barmuta, LA, The impact of an introduced predator on a threatened galaxiid fish is reduced by the availability of complex habitats, Freshwater Biology, 52, (8) pp. 1555-1563. ISSN 0046-5070 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Gooderham, J and Barmuta, LA and Davies, PE, Upstream heterogeneous zones: small stream systems structured by a lack of competence?, Journal of North American Benthological Society, 26, (3) pp. 365-374. ISSN 0887-3593 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Hardie, SA and Barmuta, LA and White, RWG, Comparison of day and night fyke netting, electrofishing and snorkelling for monitoring a population of the threatened golden galaxias (Galaxias auratus), Hydrobiologia, 560, (1) pp. 145-158. ISSN 0018-8158 (2006) [Refereed Article]
Turnbull, DKR and Barmuta, LA, Different light conditions influence the activity of Eusthenia costalis Banks (Plecoptera: Eustheniidae), Aquatic Insects, 28, (3) pp. 211-217. ISSN 0165-0424 (2006) [Refereed Article]
Baker, SC and Barmuta, LA, Evaluating spatial autocorrelation and depletion in pitfall-trap studies of environmental gradients, Journal of Insect Conservation, 10, (3) pp. 269-276. ISSN 1366-638X (2006) [Refereed Article]
Warfe, DM and Barmuta, LA, Habitat structural complexity mediates food web dynamics in a freshwater macrophyte community, Oecologia, 150, (1) pp. 141-154. ISSN 0029-8549 (2006) [Refereed Article]
Stuart-Smith, RD and Barmuta, LA and White, RWG, Nocturnal and diurnal feeding by Galaxias auratus, a lentic galaxiid fish, Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 15, (4) pp. 521-531. ISSN 0906-6691 (2006) [Refereed Article]
Hardie, SA and Jackson, JE and Barmuta, LA and White, RWG, Status of galaxiid fishes in Tasmania, Australia: conservation listings, threats and management issues, Aquatic Conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems, 16, (3) pp. 235-250. ISSN 1052-7613 (2006) [Refereed Article]
Baker, SC and Richardson, AMM and Barmuta, LA and Thomson, RJ, Why conservation reserves should not always be concentrated in riparian areas: A study of ground-dwelling beetles in wet eucalypt forest, Biological Conservation, 133, (2) pp. 156-168. ISSN 0006-3207 (2006) [Refereed Article]
Dearden, CR and Dermoudy, J and Evans, C and Barmuta, LA and Jones, SM and Magierowski, RH and Osborn, JE and Sargison, JE and Waters, DA, Aligning Information Literacy with the Faculty Teaching and Learning Agenda, Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 36, (4) pp. 138-152. ISSN 0004-8623 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Lauck, V and Swain, R and Barmuta, LA, Breeding site characteristics regulating life history traits of the brown tree frog, Litoria ewingii, Hydrobiologia, 537, (1-3) pp. 135-146. ISSN 0018-8158 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Robson, BJ and Barmuta, LA and Fairweather, PG, Methodological and conceptual issues in the search for a relationship between animal body-size distributions and benthic habitat architecture, Marine and Freshwater Research, 56, (1) pp. 1-11. ISSN 1323-1650 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Hardie, SA and Barmuta, LA and White, RWG, Spawning related seasonal variation in fyke net catches of golden galaxias (Galaxias auratus): implications for monitoring lacustrine galaxiid populations, Fisheries Management and Ecology, 12, (6) pp. 407-409. ISSN 0969-997X (2005) [Refereed Article]
Baker, SC and Richardson, AMM and Seeman, OD and Barmuta, LA, Does clearfell, burn and sow silviculture mimic the effect of wildfire? A field study and review using litter beetles, Forest Ecology and Management, 199, (2-3) pp. 433-448. ISSN 0378-1127 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Warfe, DM and Barmuta, LA, Habitat structural complexity mediates the foraging success of multiple predator species, Oecologia, 141, (1) pp. 171-178. ISSN 0029-8549 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Hardie, SA and Barmuta, LA and White, RWG, Threatened fishes of the world: Galaxias auratus Johnston, 1883 (Galaxiidae), Environmental Biology of Fishes, 71, (2) pp. 126. ISSN 0378-1909 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Barmuta, LA, Imperilled rivers of Australia: Challenges for assessment and conservation, Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 6, (1) pp. 55-68. ISSN 1463-4988 (2003) [Refereed Article]
Turnbull, DKR and Barmuta, LA, Substrate complexity influences the preference of a predatory stonefly, Eusthenia costalis BANKS (Plecoptera: Eustheniidae), for its prey, Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 155, (3) pp. 481-492. ISSN 0003-9136 (2002) [Refereed Article]
Robson, BJ and Chester, EJ and Barmuta, LA, Using fractal geometry to make rapid field measurements of riverbed topography at ecologically useful spatial scales, Marine and Freshwater Research, 53, (6) pp. 999-1003. ISSN 1323-1650 (2002) [Refereed Article]
Whinam, J and Barmuta, LA and Chilcott, N, Floristic description and environmental relationships of Tasmanian Sphagnum communities and their conservation management, Australian Journal of Botany, 49, (6) pp. 673-685. ISSN 0067-1924 (2001) [Refereed Article]
Barmuta, LA and Maher, WA and Batley, GE, Guidelines for water quality monitoring and reporting, Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology, 7, (2) pp. 199-208. ISSN 1323-3475 (2001) [Refereed Article]
Humphrey, CL and Barmuta, LA and Davies, PE and Davis, JA and Mapstone, BD and Trayler, KM and Ward, TJ and Biggs, BJF, Incorporating biological assessment into new generation water quality guidelines in Australia and New Zealand, Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology, 7, (1) pp. 65-80. ISSN 1323-3475 (2001) [Refereed Article]
Barmuta, LA and McKenny, CA and Swain, R, The responses of a lotic mayfly Nousia sp (Ephemeroptera : Leptophlebiidae) to moving water and light of different wavelengths, Freshwater Biology, 46, (5) pp. 567-573. ISSN 0046-5070 (2001) [Refereed Article]
Jones, ME and Barmuta, LA, Niche differentiation among sympatric Australian dasyurid carnivores, Journal of Mammalogy, 81, (2) pp. 434-447. ISSN 0022-2372 (2000) [Refereed Article]
Read, MG and Barmuta, LA, Comparisons of benthic communities adjacent to riparian native eucalypt and introduced willow vegetation, Freshwater Biology, 42, (2) pp. 359-374. ISSN 0046-5070 (1999) [Refereed Article]
Yeates, LV and Barmuta, LA, The effects of willow and eucalypt leaves on feeding preference and growth of some Australian aquatic macroinvertebrates, Australian Journal of Ecology, 24, (6) pp. 593-598. ISSN 0307-692X (1999) [Refereed Article]
Jones, ME and Barmuta, LA, Diet overlap and relative abundance of sympatric dasyurid carnivores: a hypothesis of competition, Journal of Animal Ecology, 67, (3) pp. 410-421. ISSN 0021-8790 (1998) [Refereed Article]
Robson, BJ and Barmuta, LA, The effect of two scales of habitat architecture on benthic grazing in a river, Freshwater Biology, 39, (2) pp. 207-220. ISSN 0046-5070 (1998) [Refereed Article]
Cooper, SD and Barmuta, LA and Sarnelle, O and Kratz, K and Diehl, S, Quantifying spatial heterogeneity in streams, Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 16, (1) pp. 174-188. ISSN 0887-3593 (1997) [Refereed Article]
Marchant, R and Barmuta, LA and Chessman, BC, Influence of sample quantification and taxonomic resolution on the ordination of macroinvertebrate communities from running waters in Victoria, Australia, Marine and Freshwater Research, 46, (2) pp. 501-506. ISSN 1323-1650 (1995) [Refereed Article]

Book

Conference Publication

Rowbottom, RM and Allen, GR and Carver, SS and Weinstein, P and Barmuta, LA, Ecological interactions and the Ross river virus vector, Aedes camptorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae), in Tasmania, Oral Presentation to the Combined Australian Entomological Society - 43rd AGM & Scientific Conference and Australasian Arachnological Society - 2012 Conference, 25-28 November 2012, Hobart, Tasmania (In Press) [Conference Extract]
Rowbottom, RM and Allen, GR and Carver, SS and Weinstein, P and Barmuta, LA, Mosquito ecology and management of Ross River virus vector, Aedes camptorhynchus (Thomson) (Diptera: Culicidae), Poster presented at the Ecological Society of Australia Conference, November 2011, Hobart, Tasmania (2011) [Conference Extract]
Rowbottom, RM and Allen, GR and Carver, SS and Weinstein, P and Barmuta, LA, Salt marshes of south-eastern Tasmania: biotic and abiotic factors and their relationship with the Ross River virus vector, Aedes camptorhynchus (Thomson) (Diptera: Culicidae), Poster presented at the Ecological Society of Australia Conference, November 2011, Hobart, Tasmania (2011) [Conference Extract]
Cromer, L and Gibson, JAE and Swadling, KM and Hodgson, DA and Wagner, B and Barmuta, LA, The palaeobiogeography of the Antarctic freshwater fauna, Abstracts / Quaternary International, July 2007, Cairns, Australia, pp. 167-168, 84. ISSN 1040-6182 (2007) [Conference Extract]
Jones, SM and Barmuta, LA and Dermoudy, J and Magierowski, RH and Osborn, JE and Sargison, JE and Dearden, CR and Evans, C and Waters, DH, What do we teach them and what are they learning? Evaluation and assessment of the information literacy skills of science students, Proceedings of the Blended Learning in Science, Teaching and Learning Symposium, 30 September 2005, Sydney, pp. 63-68. ISBN 1864877448 (2005) [Refereed Conference Paper]
Jones, SM and Barmuta, LA, Challenging students to think critically: a science unit focussing on generic skills, Proceedings from HERDSA Conference 2003, July, New Zealand, pp. 6pp. (2003) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
Barmuta, LA and Emmerson, L and Otahal, P, Tolerance of a rapid biological assessment method to measurement errors, Verhandlungen der Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie, July 2002, Stuttgart, Germany, pp. 798-801. (2002) [Refereed Conference Paper]
Elvey, WF and Richardson, AMM and Barmuta, LA, Interactions between the introduced yabby, Cherax destructor, and the endemic crayfish, Astacopsis franklinii, in Tasmanian streams, Freshwater Crayfish 11, Thunder Bay, Ontario, pp. 349-363. (1997) [Refereed Conference Paper]

Contract Report, Consultant's Report

Barmuta, LA and Watson, Anne and Clarke, A and Clapcott, J, The importance of headwater streams, Waterlines report, National Water Commission, Canberra, 25 (2009) [Consultants Report]
Murphy, RJ and Crawford, C and Barmuta, LA, Estuarine health in Tasmania, status and indicators: water quality, Natural Heritage Trust, 16 (2003) [Contract Report]
Barmuta, LA and Wotherspoon, SJ, Monitoring and research requirements for Chrophyte algal beds in Great Lake 2003 and beyond, Hydro Tasmania, Draft (2003) [Consultants Report]
Barmuta, LA and Emmerson, L and Otahal, P, The sensitivity of AusRivAS to variations of input values, low natural diversity and temporal variation, AusRivAS, Final (2003) [Contract Report]
Barmuta, LA and Chessman, BC and Hart, BT, Interpreting the outputs from AUSRIVAS, Land & Water Resources Research and Development Corporation, 2/98 (1998) [Contract Report]
Barmuta, LA and Chessman, BC and Hart, BT, Interpreting the Output of the National River Bioassessment Protocol to Support Management Decisions, LWRRDC (1996) [Contract Report]
Barmuta, LA and Jones, M and Robson, BJ, Zoological survey near proposed road modifications between Limekiln Point and Murphys Flat, Department of Transport, Tasmania, 1 (1995) [Consultants Report]

Other Public Output

Barmuta, LA and Davies, PE and Watson, Anne and Lacey, MJ and Graham, B and Read, M and Carter, S and Warfe, D, Joining the dots: integrating climate and hydrological projections with freshwater ecosystem values to develop adaptation options for conserving freshwater biodiversity, Joining the dots: hydrology, freshwater ecosystem values and adaptation options, The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast (2013) [Government or Industry Research]