Dr Catherine Leigh
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Community and Quantitative Ecology, Freshwater Ecology, Ecohydrology, Aquatic Invertebrates, Water Quality, Ecosystem Health, Global Change Ecology, Environmental Science and Management, Climate Change, Applied statistics
Research field
Ecological Applications, Environmental Science and Management, Statistics
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Griffith University)
Professional memberships and associations
- Secretary, Australian Freshwater Sciences Society (formerly Australian Society for Limnology)
- Editorial Board, Freshwater Biology
Teaching
I led the Data Management and Analytical Skills module of the 2019 Honours course STB410 Advance Techniques in Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences in QUT’s School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences. This involved:
I was Lecturer at Griffith University's School of Environment 2016-2018, convening, lecturing and instructing on the following undergraduate courses:
I have supervised to completion First Class Honours (BSc) student Kurtis Nisbet (Griffith University) undertaking ecological research in addition to three Master students while resident post-doctoral researcher at Irstea, France. I currently mentor several Higher Degree Research candidates at QUT and ACEMS.
- design and delivery of seminars and active learning activities
- coordination with course conveyor and instructors
- design and marking of assessment items.
I was Lecturer at Griffith University's School of Environment 2016-2018, convening, lecturing and instructing on the following undergraduate courses:
- Applied Statistics
- Biological Systems
- Ecology
- Ecology and Conservation of Communities
- Emerging Issues in Aquatic Ecology
- Rivers and Catchments
- Science Capstone: Urban Streams (Supervised Research)
- Special Topics (Supervised Research)
- Urban Ecology and Biodiversity
- Zoology
I have supervised to completion First Class Honours (BSc) student Kurtis Nisbet (Griffith University) undertaking ecological research in addition to three Master students while resident post-doctoral researcher at Irstea, France. I currently mentor several Higher Degree Research candidates at QUT and ACEMS.
Publications
- Leigh, C., Alsibai, O., Hyndman, R., Kandanaarachchi, S., King, O., McGree, J., Neelamraju, C., Strauss, J., Talagala, P., Turner, R., Mengersen, K. & Peterson, E. (2019). A framework for automated anomaly detection in high frequency water-quality data from in situ sensors. Science of the Total Environment, 664, 885–898. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/126481
- Marshall, J., Acuna, V., Allen, D., Bonada, N., Boulton, A., Carlson, S., Dahm, C., Datry, T., Leigh, C., Negus, P., Richardson, J., Sabater, S., Stevenson, R., Steward, A., Stubbington, R., Tockner, K. & Vander Vorste, R. (2018). Protecting U.S. temporary waterways (Letter). Science, 361(6405), 856–857. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121950
- Datry, T., Foulquier, A., Corti, R., von Schiller, D., Tockner, K., Mendoza-Lera, C., Clement, J., Gessner, M., Moleon, M., other, a. & Leigh, C. (2018). A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways. Nature Geoscience, 11, 497–503. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119736
- Fritz, K., Leigh, C., Sauquet, E., Tockner, K., Hugueny, B., Dahm, C., Datry, T., Boulton, A. & Bonada, N. (2018). Flow intermittence and ecosystem services in rivers of the Anthropocene. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(1), 353–364. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119737
- Soria, M., Leigh, C., Datry, T., Mauricio Bini, L. & Bonada, N. (2017). Biodiversity in perennial and intermittent rivers: a meta-analysis. Oikos, 126(8), 1078–1089. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119708
- Leigh, C., Hiep, L., Stewart-Koster, B., Vien, D., Condon, J., Van Sang, N., Sammut, J. & Burford, M. (2017). Concurrent rice-shrimp-crab farming systems in the Mekong Delta: Are conditions (sub) optimal for crop production and survival? Aquaculture Research, 48(10), 5251–5262. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119723
- Leigh, C. & Datry, T. (2017). Drying as a primary hydrological determinant of biodiversity in river systems: a broad-scale analysis. Ecography, 40(4), 487–499. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119724
- Leigh, C., Laporte, B., Bonada, N., Fritz, K., Pella, H., Sauquet, E., Tockner, K. & Datry, T. (2017). IRBAS: An online database to collate, analyze, and synthesize data on the biodiversity and ecology of intermittent rivers worldwide. Ecology and Evolution, 7(3), 815–823. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119785
- Leigh, C., Boulton, A., Courtwright, J., Fritz, K., May, C., Walker, R. & Datry, T. (2016). Ecological research and management of intermittent rivers: An historical review and future directions. Freshwater Biology, 61(8), 1181–1199. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119731
- Leigh, C., Bonada, N., Boulton, A., Hugueny, B., Larned, S., Vander Vorste, R. & Datry, T. (2016). Invertebrate assemblage responses and the dual roles of resistance and resilience to drying in intermittent rivers. Aquatic Sciences, 78(2), 291–301. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119795
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Recipient of the 2017 Early Career Excellence Award for the Australian Freshwater Sciences Society, the peak professional body for Australia's freshwater scientists and managers
- Type
- Editor of a Prestigious Work of Reference
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Editorial Board member of Q1 Journal Freshwater Biology
- Type
- Editor of a Prestigious Work of Reference
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Freshwater Biology Special Issue "Intermittent River Ecology as a Maturing, Multi-Disciplinary Science: Challenges, Developments and Perspectives" (volume 61, issue 8)