Douglas P. Westhorpe

NSW Department of Planning and Environment — Australia

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

11h-index362citations15works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Fish Ecology and Management Studies(10), Marine and coastal ecosystems(8), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics(6), Isotope Analysis in Ecology(4), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies(3)

Publications15 total

Flow event size influences carbon, nutrient and zooplankton dynamics in a highly regulated lowland river
Hydrobiologia·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Experimental additions of allochthonous dissolved organic matter reveal multiple trophic pathways to stimulate planktonic food webs
Freshwater Biology·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Assessing the validity and sensitivity of microbial processes within a hydrodynamic model
Water Research·2022· 5 cited
Lotic bacterioplankton and phytoplankton community changes under dissolved organic-carbon amendment: evidence for competition for nutrients
Marine and Freshwater Research·2016· 18 cited
River bacterioplankton community responses to a high inflow event
Aquatic Microbial Ecology·2015· 30 citedOpen Access
Short-term changes in zooplankton density and community structure in response to different sources of dissolved organic carbon in an unconstrained lowland river: evidence for food web support
Journal of Plankton Research·2014· 25 citedOpen Access
UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING BASELINE ISOTOPIC VARIABILITY IN RUNNING WATERS
River Research and Applications·2012· 57 citedOpen Access
Dissolved organic carbon mobilisation in relation to variable discharges and environmental flows in a highly regulated lowland river
Marine and Freshwater Research·2012· 29 cited
Diel variation of dissolved organic carbon during large flow events in a lowland river
Limnologica·2012· 7 cited
Effects of an experimental environmental flow release on the diet of fish in a regulated coastal Australian river
Hydrobiologia·2012· 18 cited
Limitation of lowland riverine bacterioplankton by dissolved organic carbon and inorganic nutrients
Hydrobiologia·2010· 21 cited
Longitudinal trends in river functioning: Patterns of nutrient and carbon processing in three Australian rivers
River Research and Applications·2009· 51 cited
Responses of Estuarine Bacterioplankton, Phytoplankton and Zooplankton to Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) and Inorganic Nutrient Additions
Estuaries and Coasts·2009· 52 cited
Trophic linkages between periphyton and grazing macroinvertebrates in rivers with different levels of catchment development
Hydrobiologia·2009· 19 cited
The short-term effects of endosulfan discharges on eucalypt floodplain soil microarthropods
Applied Soil Ecology·2001· 12 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Simon M. Mitrovic(13), James N. Hitchcock(5), Tsuyoshi Kobayashi(5), Wade L. Hadwen(3), Darren S. Baldwin(2), Justin R. Seymour(2), D. A. Ryan(2), Matthew J. Balzer(2), Craig A. Boys(2), Timothy D. Jardine(1), Stephen K. Hamilton(1), Sally Hladyz(1), Karen A. Kidd(1), Wing Ying Tsoi(1), Mark Spears(1), Vanessa M Fry(1), Fran Sheldon(1), Stuart E. Bunn(1), C. S. Fellows(1), Gavin N. Rees(1)