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List of works by Ben J. Kefford

A similarity-index-based method to estimate chemical concentration limits protective for ecological communities

scientific article

A trait database of stream invertebrates for the ecological risk assessment of single and combined effects of salinity and pesticides in South-East Australia

scientific article published on 4 March 2011

An integrated database of stream macroinvertebrate traits for Australia: concept and application

scientific article published in July 2020

Bicarbonate toxicity to Ceriodaphnia dubia and the freshwater shrimp Paratya australiensis and its influence on zinc toxicity

scientific article published on 27 March 2014

Biological interactions mediate context and species-specific sensitivities to salinity

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

Can salinity trigger cascade effects on streams? A mesocosm approach

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Chronic effects of atrazine exposure and recovery in freshwater benthic diatoms from two communities with different pollution histories

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Climate change as a contributor to human conflict

scientific article published in Nature

Constructing Time-Resolved Species Sensitivity Distributions Using a Hierarchical Toxico-Dynamic Model

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Determining the relative sensitivity of benthic diatoms to atrazine using rapid toxicity testing: a novel method

scientific article published on 16 April 2014

Do laboratory salinity tolerances of freshwater animals correspond with their field salinity?

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Effect of spatial variation on salinity tolerance of macroinvertebrates in Eastern Australia and implications for ecosystem protection trigger values

scientific article published on 21 June 2007

Effects of pesticide toxicity, salinity and other environmental variables on selected ecosystem functions in streams and the relevance for ecosystem services

scientific article published on 29 July 2011

Effects of pesticides monitored with three sampling methods in 24 sites on macroinvertebrates and microorganisms

scientific article published on 19 January 2011

Effects of repeated salt pulses on ecosystem structure and functions in a stream mesocosm.

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Effects of salinity on leaf breakdown: Dryland salinity versus salinity from a coalmine

scientific article published on 23 June 2016

Global scale variation in the salinity sensitivity of riverine macroinvertebrates: eastern Australia, France, Israel and South Africa

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Growth of the damselfly Ischnura heterosticta is better in saline water than freshwater

scientific article published on 18 October 2005

How are macroinvertebrates of slow flowing lotic systems directly affected by suspended and deposited sediments?

scientific article published on 08 September 2009

How benthic diatoms within natural communities respond to eight common herbicides with different modes of action.

scientific article published on 30 March 2016

How to characterize chemical exposure to predict ecologic effects on aquatic communities?

scientific article published on 2 July 2013

Identifying sex-linked markers in Litoria aurea: a novel approach to understanding sex chromosome evolution in an amphibian

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Is the integration of hormesis and essentiality into ecotoxicology now opening Pandora's Box?

scientific article published on 7 June 2007

Is there an interaction of the effects of salinity and pesticides on the community structure of macroinvertebrates? ⬇️

scientific article published on August 24, 2012

Making species salinity sensitivity distributions reflective of naturally occurring communities: using rapid testing and Bayesian statistics

scientific article published in November 2008

Metal toxicity affects predatory stream invertebrates less than other functional feeding groups

scientific article published on 09 May 2017

Modelling aquatic exposure and effects of insecticides--application to south-eastern Australia

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More on the Liang Bua finds and modern human cretins

scientific article published on 27 October 2012

Multiple anthropogenic stressors have inconsistent cumulative effects across a large spatial gradient

scientific article published on 9 December 2021

No evidence for a critical salinity threshold for growth and reproduction in the freshwater snail Physa acuta

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Pesticides reduce regional biodiversity of stream invertebrates

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Post-cranial skeletons of hypothyroid cretins show a similar anatomical mosaic as Homo floresiensis

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Risk assessment of episodic exposures to chemicals should consider both the physiological and the ecological sensitivities of species.

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Risk assessment of salinity and turbidity in Victoria (Australia) to stream insects' community structure does not always protect functional traits

scientific article published on 29 June 2011

Risk assessment using the species sensitivity distribution method: data quality versus data quantity

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Salinisation of rivers: an urgent ecological issue

scientific article published on 29 November 2012

Salinized rivers: degraded systems or new habitats for salt-tolerant faunas?

scientific article

Salt in freshwaters: causes, effects and prospects - introduction to the theme issue

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

Sensitivity and specificity of macroinvertebrate responses to gradients of multiple agricultural stressors

scientific article published in 2021

Sensitivity of a Large and Representative Sample of Antarctic Marine Invertebrates to Metals

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

Similar recovery time of microbial functions from fungicide stress across biogeographical regions

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Single‐species acute lethal toxicity tests are not predictive of relative population and community effects of two salinity types

scientific article published in 2021

Species of freshwater invertebrates that are sensitive to one saline water are mostly sensitive to another saline water but an exception exists

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

Sub-lethal and chronic salinity tolerances of three freshwater insects: Cloeon sp. and Centroptilum sp. (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) and Chironomus sp. (Diptera: Chironomidae).

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The cumulative impacts of anthropogenic stressors vary markedly along environmental gradients

scientific article published in February 2023

The definition of species richness used by species sensitivity distributions approximates observed effects of salinity on stream macroinvertebrates

scientific article published on 8 October 2010

The influence of reduced light intensity on the response of benthic diatoms to herbicide exposure.

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The mayfly nymph Austrophlebioides pusillus Harker defies common osmoregulatory assumptions.

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Thresholds for the effects of pesticides on invertebrate communities and leaf breakdown in stream ecosystems

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Using silicone passive samplers to detect polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from wildfires in streams and potential acute effects for invertebrate communities.

scientific article published on 2 June 2010

WATER. Saving freshwater from salts

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Why are mayflies (Ephemeroptera) lost following small increases in salinity? Three conceptual osmophysiological hypotheses

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

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