Publications
My published research items are listed below, complete with links to their source and associated stories.
Rolls, R.J., Chessman, B.C., Heino, J., Wolfenden, B., Growns, I.O., Cheshire, K.J.M., Curwen, G., Ryan, D. & Butler, G.L. 2021. Consequences of hydrological alteration for beta diversity of fish assemblages at multiple spatial scales. Science of The Total Environment: 149170. Link
Rolls, R.J. 2021. Assessing effects of flow regulation and an experimental flow pulse on population size structure of riverine fish with contrasting biological characteristics. Environmental Management 67: 763-778. Link
Rolls, R.J., Smolders, K.E., Boulton, A.J., Webb, A.A. & Sheldon, F. 2019. How does experimental selective timber harvesting affect invertebrate diversity across different spatial scales in subtropical streams? Ecological Indicators 98: 723-735. Link Story
Shumilova, O., Zak, D., Datry, T., von Schiller, D., et al. 2019. Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: A global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter. Global Change Biology 25: 1591-1611. Link
von Schiller, D., Datry, T., Corti, R., Foulquier, A., et al. 2019. Sediment respiration pulses in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 33: 1251-1263. Link
Leigh, C., Aspin, T.W.H., Matthews, T.J., Rolls, R.J. & Ledger, M.E. 2019. Drought alters the functional stability of stream invertebrate communities through time. Journal of Biogeography 46: 1988-2000. Link
Rolls, R.J., Heino, J., Ryder, D.S., Chessman, B.C., Growns, I.O., Thompson, R.M. & Gido, K.B. 2018. Scaling biodiversity responses to hydrological regimes. Biological Reviews 93: 971-995. Link Story
Smolders, K.E., Rolls, R.J., Boulton, A.J., Webb, A.A. & Sheldon, F. 2018. Effects of selective forest harvesting best management practices on organic matter and invertebrate detritivores in streams draining subtropical eucalypt forest. Ecological Engineering 122: 271-285. Link
Datry, T., Foulquier, A., Corti, R., von Schiller, D., et al. 2018. A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways. Nature Geoscience 11: 497-503. Link
Rolls, R.J., Faggotter, S.J., Roberts, D.T. & Burford, M.A. 2018. Simultaneous assessment of two passage facilities for maintaining hydrological connectivity for subtropical coastal riverine fish. Ecological Engineering 124: 77-87. Link
Hayden, B., Myllykangas, J.-P., Rolls, R.J. & Kahilainen, K.K. 2017. Climate and productivity shape fish and invertebrate community structure in subarctic lakes. Freshwater Biology 62: 990-1003. Link
Rolls, R.J., Hayden, B. & Kahilainen, K.K. 2017. Conceptualising the interactive effects of climate change and biological invasions on subarctic freshwater fish. Ecology and Evolution 7: 4109-4128. Link
Robson, B.J., Lester, R.E., Baldwin, D.S., Bond, N.R., Drouart, R., Rolls, R.J., Ryder, D.S. & Thompson, R.M. 2017. Modelling food-web mediated effects of hydrological variability and environmental flows. Water Research 124: 108-128. Link
Rolls, R.J., Baldwin, D.S., Bond, N.R., Lester, R.E., Robson, B.J., Ryder, D.S., Thompson, R.M. & Watson, G.A. 2017. A framework for evaluating food-web responses to hydrological manipulations in riverine systems. Journal of Environmental Management 203: 136-150. Link
Rolls, R.J. & Bond, N.R. 2017. Environmental and ecological effects of flow alteration in surface water ecosystems. In: Horne, A., Webb, J.A., Stewardson, M.J., Richter, B. & Acreman, M., eds. Water for the Environment: From Policy and Science to Implementation and Management. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier, pp. 65-83. Link
Boulton, A.J., Rolls, R.J., Jaeger, K.L. & Datry, T. 2017. Hydrological connectivity in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. In: Datry, T., Bonada, N. & Boulton, A.J., eds. Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and Management. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier, pp. 79-108. Link
Datry, T., Corti, R., Heino, J., Hugueny, B., Rolls, R.J. & Ruhi, A. 2017. Habitat fragmentation and metapopulation, metacommunity, and metaecosystem dynamics of intermittent and ephemeral streams. In: Datry, T., Bonada, N. & Boulton, A.J., eds. Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and Management. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier, pp. 377-403. Link
Rolls, R.J., Heino, J. & Chessman, B.C. 2016. Unravelling the joint effects of flow regime, climatic variability and dispersal mode on beta diversity of riverine communities. Freshwater Biology 61: 1350-1364. Link
Rolls, R.J., Leigh, C. & Langhans, S.D. 2015. Improving science through improved acknowledgment of reviewers. Conservation Biology 29: 307-308. Link
Smolders, A., Rolls, R.J., Ryder, D., Watkinson, A. & Mackenzie, M. 2015. Cattle-derived microbial input to source water catchments: An experimental assessment of stream crossing modification. Journal of Environmental Management 156: 143-149. Link
Rolls, R.J. & Sternberg, D. 2015. Can species traits predict the susceptibility of riverine fish to water resource development? An Australian case study. Environmental Management 55: 1315-1326. Link
Leigh, C., Bush, A., Harrison, E.T., Ho, S.S., Luke, L., Rolls, R.J. & Ledger, M.E. 2015. Ecological effects of extreme climatic events on riverine ecosystems: insights from Australia. Freshwater Biology 60: 2620-2638. Link
Rolls, R.J. & Arthington, A.H. 2014. How do low magnitudes of hydrologic alteration impact riverine fish populations and assemblage characteristics? Ecological Indicators 39: 179-188. Link
Rolls, R.J., Stewart-Koster, B., Ellison, T., Faggotter, S. & Roberts, D.T. 2014. Multiple factors determine the effect of anthropogenic barriers to connectivity on riverine fish. Biodiversity and Conservation 23: 2201-2220. Link
Arthington, A.H., Rolls, R.J., Sternberg, D., Mackay, S.J. & James, C.S. 2014. Fish assemblages in subtropical rivers: low-flow hydrology dominates hydro-ecological relationships. Hydrological Sciences Journal 59: 594-604. Link
Rolls, R.J., Growns, I.O., Khan, T.A., Wilson, G.G., Ellison, T.L., Prior, A. & Waring, C.C. 2013. Fish recruitment in rivers with modified discharge depends on the interacting effects of flow and thermal regimes. Freshwater Biology 58: 1804-1819. Link
Rolls, R.J., Ellison, T., Faggotter, S. & Roberts, D.T. 2013. Consequences of connectivity alteration on riverine fish assemblages: potential opportunities to overcome constraints in applying conventional monitoring designs. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 23: 624-640. Link
Rolls, R.J., Boulton, A.J., Growns, I.O., Maxwell, S.E., Ryder, D.S. & Westhorpe, D.P. 2012. Effects of an experimental environmental flow release on the diet of fish in a regulated coastal Australian river. Hydrobiologia 686: 195-212. Link
Rolls, R.J., Leigh, C. & Sheldon, F. 2012. Mechanistic effects of low-flow hydrology on riverine ecosystems: ecological principles and consequences of alteration. Freshwater Science 31: 1163-1186. Link
Rolls, R.J. 2011. The role of life-history and location of barriers to migration in the spatial distribution and conservation of fish assemblages in a coastal river system. Biological Conservation 144: 339-349. Link
Rolls, R.J., Boulton, A.J., Growns, I.O. & Maxwell, S.E. 2011. Response by fish assemblages to an environmental flow release in a temperate coastal Australian river: A paired catchment analysis. River Research and Applications 27: 867-880. Link
Rolls, R.J. & Wilson, G.G. 2010. Spatial and temporal patterns in fish assemblages following an artificially extended floodplain inundation event, northern Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Environmental Management 45: 822-833. Link
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All of these articles are available at: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Rolls or by contacting me.
Rolls, R.J., Chessman, B.C., Heino, J., Wolfenden, B., Growns, I.O., Cheshire, K.J.M., Curwen, G., Ryan, D. & Butler, G.L. 2021. Consequences of hydrological alteration for beta diversity of fish assemblages at multiple spatial scales. Science of The Total Environment: 149170. Link
Rolls, R.J. 2021. Assessing effects of flow regulation and an experimental flow pulse on population size structure of riverine fish with contrasting biological characteristics. Environmental Management 67: 763-778. Link
Rolls, R.J., Smolders, K.E., Boulton, A.J., Webb, A.A. & Sheldon, F. 2019. How does experimental selective timber harvesting affect invertebrate diversity across different spatial scales in subtropical streams? Ecological Indicators 98: 723-735. Link Story
Shumilova, O., Zak, D., Datry, T., von Schiller, D., et al. 2019. Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: A global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter. Global Change Biology 25: 1591-1611. Link
von Schiller, D., Datry, T., Corti, R., Foulquier, A., et al. 2019. Sediment respiration pulses in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 33: 1251-1263. Link
Leigh, C., Aspin, T.W.H., Matthews, T.J., Rolls, R.J. & Ledger, M.E. 2019. Drought alters the functional stability of stream invertebrate communities through time. Journal of Biogeography 46: 1988-2000. Link
Rolls, R.J., Heino, J., Ryder, D.S., Chessman, B.C., Growns, I.O., Thompson, R.M. & Gido, K.B. 2018. Scaling biodiversity responses to hydrological regimes. Biological Reviews 93: 971-995. Link Story
Smolders, K.E., Rolls, R.J., Boulton, A.J., Webb, A.A. & Sheldon, F. 2018. Effects of selective forest harvesting best management practices on organic matter and invertebrate detritivores in streams draining subtropical eucalypt forest. Ecological Engineering 122: 271-285. Link
Datry, T., Foulquier, A., Corti, R., von Schiller, D., et al. 2018. A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways. Nature Geoscience 11: 497-503. Link
Rolls, R.J., Faggotter, S.J., Roberts, D.T. & Burford, M.A. 2018. Simultaneous assessment of two passage facilities for maintaining hydrological connectivity for subtropical coastal riverine fish. Ecological Engineering 124: 77-87. Link
Hayden, B., Myllykangas, J.-P., Rolls, R.J. & Kahilainen, K.K. 2017. Climate and productivity shape fish and invertebrate community structure in subarctic lakes. Freshwater Biology 62: 990-1003. Link
Rolls, R.J., Hayden, B. & Kahilainen, K.K. 2017. Conceptualising the interactive effects of climate change and biological invasions on subarctic freshwater fish. Ecology and Evolution 7: 4109-4128. Link
Robson, B.J., Lester, R.E., Baldwin, D.S., Bond, N.R., Drouart, R., Rolls, R.J., Ryder, D.S. & Thompson, R.M. 2017. Modelling food-web mediated effects of hydrological variability and environmental flows. Water Research 124: 108-128. Link
Rolls, R.J., Baldwin, D.S., Bond, N.R., Lester, R.E., Robson, B.J., Ryder, D.S., Thompson, R.M. & Watson, G.A. 2017. A framework for evaluating food-web responses to hydrological manipulations in riverine systems. Journal of Environmental Management 203: 136-150. Link
Rolls, R.J. & Bond, N.R. 2017. Environmental and ecological effects of flow alteration in surface water ecosystems. In: Horne, A., Webb, J.A., Stewardson, M.J., Richter, B. & Acreman, M., eds. Water for the Environment: From Policy and Science to Implementation and Management. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier, pp. 65-83. Link
Boulton, A.J., Rolls, R.J., Jaeger, K.L. & Datry, T. 2017. Hydrological connectivity in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. In: Datry, T., Bonada, N. & Boulton, A.J., eds. Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and Management. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier, pp. 79-108. Link
Datry, T., Corti, R., Heino, J., Hugueny, B., Rolls, R.J. & Ruhi, A. 2017. Habitat fragmentation and metapopulation, metacommunity, and metaecosystem dynamics of intermittent and ephemeral streams. In: Datry, T., Bonada, N. & Boulton, A.J., eds. Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and Management. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier, pp. 377-403. Link
Rolls, R.J., Heino, J. & Chessman, B.C. 2016. Unravelling the joint effects of flow regime, climatic variability and dispersal mode on beta diversity of riverine communities. Freshwater Biology 61: 1350-1364. Link
Rolls, R.J., Leigh, C. & Langhans, S.D. 2015. Improving science through improved acknowledgment of reviewers. Conservation Biology 29: 307-308. Link
Smolders, A., Rolls, R.J., Ryder, D., Watkinson, A. & Mackenzie, M. 2015. Cattle-derived microbial input to source water catchments: An experimental assessment of stream crossing modification. Journal of Environmental Management 156: 143-149. Link
Rolls, R.J. & Sternberg, D. 2015. Can species traits predict the susceptibility of riverine fish to water resource development? An Australian case study. Environmental Management 55: 1315-1326. Link
Leigh, C., Bush, A., Harrison, E.T., Ho, S.S., Luke, L., Rolls, R.J. & Ledger, M.E. 2015. Ecological effects of extreme climatic events on riverine ecosystems: insights from Australia. Freshwater Biology 60: 2620-2638. Link
Rolls, R.J. & Arthington, A.H. 2014. How do low magnitudes of hydrologic alteration impact riverine fish populations and assemblage characteristics? Ecological Indicators 39: 179-188. Link
Rolls, R.J., Stewart-Koster, B., Ellison, T., Faggotter, S. & Roberts, D.T. 2014. Multiple factors determine the effect of anthropogenic barriers to connectivity on riverine fish. Biodiversity and Conservation 23: 2201-2220. Link
Arthington, A.H., Rolls, R.J., Sternberg, D., Mackay, S.J. & James, C.S. 2014. Fish assemblages in subtropical rivers: low-flow hydrology dominates hydro-ecological relationships. Hydrological Sciences Journal 59: 594-604. Link
Rolls, R.J., Growns, I.O., Khan, T.A., Wilson, G.G., Ellison, T.L., Prior, A. & Waring, C.C. 2013. Fish recruitment in rivers with modified discharge depends on the interacting effects of flow and thermal regimes. Freshwater Biology 58: 1804-1819. Link
Rolls, R.J., Ellison, T., Faggotter, S. & Roberts, D.T. 2013. Consequences of connectivity alteration on riverine fish assemblages: potential opportunities to overcome constraints in applying conventional monitoring designs. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 23: 624-640. Link
Rolls, R.J., Boulton, A.J., Growns, I.O., Maxwell, S.E., Ryder, D.S. & Westhorpe, D.P. 2012. Effects of an experimental environmental flow release on the diet of fish in a regulated coastal Australian river. Hydrobiologia 686: 195-212. Link
Rolls, R.J., Leigh, C. & Sheldon, F. 2012. Mechanistic effects of low-flow hydrology on riverine ecosystems: ecological principles and consequences of alteration. Freshwater Science 31: 1163-1186. Link
Rolls, R.J. 2011. The role of life-history and location of barriers to migration in the spatial distribution and conservation of fish assemblages in a coastal river system. Biological Conservation 144: 339-349. Link
Rolls, R.J., Boulton, A.J., Growns, I.O. & Maxwell, S.E. 2011. Response by fish assemblages to an environmental flow release in a temperate coastal Australian river: A paired catchment analysis. River Research and Applications 27: 867-880. Link
Rolls, R.J. & Wilson, G.G. 2010. Spatial and temporal patterns in fish assemblages following an artificially extended floodplain inundation event, northern Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Environmental Management 45: 822-833. Link
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All of these articles are available at: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Rolls or by contacting me.
