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Personal profile
Dr Nicole McCasker is a post-doctoral researcher with ILWS. Her major interests include the early life histories of freshwater fish, the functional roles of freshwater mussels and riverine ecology more generally. Over the last 15 years Nicole has worked in a vast array of wetland, riverine and floodplain environments throughout the southern Murray-Darling Basin. She is currently working with a multi-stake holder project assessing ecological responses to the delivery of environmental water in the Edward-Wakool system, NSW. Along with her research, Nicole teaches at the undergraduate level as a sessional lecturer with the School of Environmental Sciences at CSU and she is a member of the Fish Ecology Collaborative Research Unit (FECRU).
Research Interests
- River and floodplain ecology
- Functional role of freshwater mussels
- Early life history of freshwater fish
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Charles Sturt University
2011
Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours), Monash University
2002
Bachelor of Conservation Ecology, Deakin University
2000
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Research Output
Riverscape recruitment: A conceptual synthesis of drivers of fish recruitment in rivers
Humphries, P., King, A., McCasker, N., Kopf, K., Stoffels, R. J., Zampatti, B. & Price, A., Feb 2020, In : Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 77, 2, p. 213-225 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Carbon and nutrient release from experimental inundation of agricultural and forested floodplain soil and vegetation: Influence of floodplain land use on the development of hypoxic blackwater during floods
Liu, X., Watts, R. J., Howitt, J. A. & McCasker, N., 24 Jun 2019, In : Marine and Freshwater Research. 71, 2, p. 213-228 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Macroecology of fish community biomass – size structure: Effects of invasive species and river regulation
Kopf, R. K., Humphries, P., Bond, N. R., Sims, N. C., Watts, R. J., Thompson, R. M., Hladyz, S., Koehn, J. D., King, A. J., McCasker, N. & McDonald, S., Jan 2019, In : Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 76, 1, p. 109-122 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Adaptive management of environmental flows: Using irrigation infrastructure to deliver environmental benefits during a large Hypoxic blackwater event in the Southern Murray–Darling Basin, Australia
Watts, R. J., Kopf, R. K., McCasker, N., Howitt, J. A., Conallin, J., Wooden, I. J. & Baumgartner, L., Mar 2018, In : Environmental Management. 61, 3, p. 469-480 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Subfossil chironomid head capsules reveal assemblage differences in permanent and temporary wetlands of south-eastern Australia
Campbell, D., Humphries, P., McCasker, N. & Nielsen, D., Mar 2018, In : Hydrobiologia. 809, 1, p. 91-110 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Prizes
2015 Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence (Research Excellence)
Watts, Robyn (Recipient), James Abell (Recipient), Allan, Catherine (Recipient), Carmen Amos (Recipient), Bellio, Mariagrazia (Recipient), Bradley K. Clarke-Wood (Recipient), Finlayson, Max (Recipient), Tamsin Greenwood (Recipient), Hall, Andrew (Recipient), Howitt, Julia (Recipient), Humphries, Paul (Recipient), Jenkins, Kim (Recipient), Kopf, Keller (Recipient), McCasker, Nicole (Recipient), Robinson, Wayne (Recipient), Veronique Janel (Recipient), Wassens, Skye (Recipient), Wolfenden, Ben (Recipient) & Zander, Alek (Recipient), 05 Aug 2015
Prize: Award
Press / Media
Award for water researchers
Robyn Watts, James Abell, C Allan, Carmen Amos, Mariagrazia Bellio, Bradley K. Clarke-Wood, Colin Finlayson, Tamsin Greenwood, Andrew Hall, Julia Howitt, Paul Humphries, Kim Jenkins, Richard Kopf, Nicole McCasker, Wayne Robinson, Skye Wassens, Benjamin Wolfenden & Alek Zander
10/08/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Trophy catch on tap
Paul Humphries & Nicole McCasker
04/03/15 → 05/03/15
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media