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Selected Journal Papers

Journal Article

Survival estimates across five life stages of redfin (Perca fluviatilis) exposed to simulated pumped-storage hydropower stressors

Doyle, KE, Ning, N, Silva, LGM , Brambilla, EM, Deng, ZD, Fu, T, Boys, C, Robinson, W, du Preez, JA, Baumgartner, LJ

Journal Article

Diverse migration tactics of fishes within the large tropical Mekong River system

Vu, AV, Baumgartner, LJ, Mallen‐Cooper, M, Doran, GS, Limburg, KE, Gillanders, BM, Thiem, JD, Howitt, JA, Kewish, CM, Reinhardt, J, Cowx, IG

Journal Article

Mass fish kills catalyse improved water and fisheries management

Boys, CA, Rayner, TS, Mitrovic, SM, Doyle, KE, Baumgartner, LJ, Koehn, JD

Journal Article

A review of the applicability of the motivations and abilities (MOTA) framework for assessing the implementation success of water resources management plans and policies

Conallin, J, Ning, N, Bond, J, Pawsey, N, Baumgartner, LJ, Atminarso, D, McPherson, H, Robinson, W, Thorncraft, G

Journal Article

Life history strategies of Mekong pangasiid catfishes revealed by otolith microchemistry

Vu, AV, Baumgartner, LJ, Limburg, KE, Doran, GS, Mallen-Cooper, M, Gillanders, BM, Thiem, JD, Howitt, JA, Kewish, CM, Reinhardt, J, Cowx, IG

Journal Article

Achieving fish passage outcomes at irrigation infrastructure; a case study from the Lower Mekong Basin

Baumgartner, LJ, Barlow, C, Mallen-Cooper, M, Boys, C, Marsden, T, Thorncraft, G, Phonekhampheng, O, Singhanouvong, D, Rice, W, Roy, M, Crase, L & Cooper, B

Journal Article

Assessing temporal patterns and species composition of glass eel (Anguilla spp.) cohorts in Sumatra and Java using DNA barcodes

Wibowo, A, Hubert, N, Dahruddin, H, Steinke, D, Suhaimi, R A, Alexander, S, Atminarso, D, Anggraeni, D P, Trismawanti, I, Baumgartner, L J & Ning, N

Journal Article

Fish for whom?: Integrating the management of social complexities into technical investments for inclusive, multi-functional irrigation

Duncan, N, Silva, S, D, Conallin, J, Freed, S, Akester, M, Baumgartner, L, McCartney, M, Dubois, M, Sellamuttu, S, S

Journal Article

Native fish losses due to water extraction in Australian rivers: Evidence, impacts and a solution in modern fish- and farm-friendly screens

Boys, C, A, Rayner, T, S, Baumgartner, L, J, Doyle, K, E

Journal Article

Priority knowledge needs for management of migratory fish species in Cambodia

Loury, E, K, Elliott, V, L, Ainsley, S, M, Baird, I, G, Baumgartner, L, J, Chhuoy, S, Lee, D, J, Ngor, P, B, Touch, B, Vu, A,V, Hogan, Z, S

Journal Article

Variability in water chemistry in the Lower Mekong Basin: Considerations for fish life history reconstruction

Vu, A, V, Baumgartner, L, J, Doran, G, S, Mallen-Cooper, M, Thiem, J, D, Howitt, J, A, Limburg, K, E, Gillanders, B, M, Cowx, I,G

Journal Article

Optimizing efforts to restore aquatic ecosystem connectivity requires thinking beyond large dams

Baumgartner, LJ, Marsden, T, Duffy, D, Horta, A, Ning, N

Journal Article

Assessment of the causes and solutions to the significant 2018-19 fish deaths in the Lower Darling River, New South Wales, Australia

Sheldon, F, Barma, D, Baumgartner, LJ, Bond, N, Mitrovic, SM, Vertessy, R

Journal Article

Balancing hydropower and freshwater environments in the global south

Baumgartner, LJ, Girard, P, Kaplan, D, Collischonn, W

Journal Article

A cone fishway facilitates lateral migrations of tropical river-floodplain fish communities

Baumgartner, L, Boys, C, Marsden, T, McPherson, J, Ning, N, Phonekhampheng, O, Robinson, W, Singhanouvong, D, Stuart, I, Thorncraft, G

Journal Article

Gambusia holbrooki survive shear stress, pressurization and avoid blade strike in a simulated pumped hydroelectric scheme

Doyle, K, E, Ning, N, Silva, L, G, M, Brambilla, E, M, Boys, C, A, Deng, Z, D, Fu, T, du Preez, J, A, Robinson, W, Baumgartner, L, J

Journal Article

Ten complementary measures to assist with environmental watering programs in the Murray–Darling river system, Australia

Baumgartner, L, J, Gell, P, Thiem, J, D, Finlayson, C, M, Ning, N

Journal Article

Diadromy in a large tropical river, the Mekong: More common than assumed, with greater implications for management

Vu, A, V, Baumgartner, L, J, Mallen-Cooper, M, Howitt, J, A, Robinson, W, A, So, N, Cowx, I, G

Journal Article

Dispersal of fish eggs and larvae in a cascade of small hydropower plants with fish ladders

Brambilla, E, M, Silva, L, Baumgartner, L, J, Bialetzki, A, Nogueira, M, G

Journal Article

Mortality events resulting from Australia's catastrophic fires threaten aquatic biota

Silva, L, G, M, Doyle, K, E, Duffy, D, Humphries, P, Horta, A, Baumgartner, L, J

Journal Article

Irrigation, fisheries and Sustainable Development Goals: the importance of working collaboratively to end world hunger and malnutrition

Baumgartner, LJ, Deng, ZD, Ning, N, Conallin, J, Lynch, A

Journal Article

Global advances in fish passage research and practice

Baumgartner, LJ

Journal Article

100 pressing questions on the future of global fish migration science, conservation, and policy

Lennox, RJ, Paukert, C, Aarestrup, K, Auger, MM, Baumgartner, LJ, Birnie-Gauvin, K, Boe, K, Brink, K, Brownscommbe, JW, Chen, Y, Davidsen, JG, Eliason, E, Filous, A, Gillanders, BM, Helland, I, Horodysky, AZ, Januchowski-Hartley, SR, Lowerre-Barbieri, S, Lucas, MC, Martins, E, Murchie, KJ, Pmopeu, PS, Power, M, Ragavan, R, Rahel, F, Secor, D, Thiem, JD, Thorstad, EB, Ueda, H, Cooke, SJ

Journal Article

Migratory fishes in Myanmar rivers and wetlands: challenges for sustainable development between irrigation water control infrastructure and sustainable inland capture fisheries

Conallin, J, Baumgartner, LJ, Lunn, Z, Akester, M,Tun, N N, Nyunt, MMM, Swe, AM, Chan, N, Cowx, IG

Journal Article

Challenges balancing fisheries resource management and river development in Indonesia

Utomo, AD, Wibowo, A, Suhaimi RA, Atminarso, D, Baumgartner, LJ

Journal Article

A cautionary tale about the inhibitory effects of gated culverts on fish passage restoration efforts

Baumgartner, L, Boys, C, Marsden, T, McPherson, J, Ning, N, Phonekhampheng, O, Robinson, W, Singhanouvong, D, Stuart, I, Thorncraft, G

Journal Article

Tolerable ranges of fluid shear for early life-stage fishes: implications for safe fish passage at hydropower and irrigation infrastructure

Navarro, A, Boys, CA, Robinson, W, Baumgartner, LJ, Miller, B, Deng, ZD, Finlayson, CM

Journal Article

Estimating benefits and costs: A case of fish passages in Lao PDR and the development of the Lower Mekong Fishway support tool

Cooper, B, Crase, L, Baumgartner, LJ

Journal Article

Achieving fish passage outcomes at irrigation infrastructure: A case study from the Lower Mekong Basin

Baumgartner, LJ, Barlow, C, Mallen-Cooper, M, Boys, C, Marsden, T, Thorncraft, G, Phonekhampheng, O, Singhanouvong, D, Rice, W, Roy, M, Crase, L, Cooper, B

Journal Article

Global advances in fish passage research and practice

Baumgartner, LJ

Journal Article

Addressing fish passage issues at hydropower and irrigation infrastructure projects in Indonesia

Baumgartner, L J, and Wibowo, A

Journal Article

Comparing fishway designs for application in a large tropical river system

Baumgartner, L J, Boys, C A, Marsden, T, McPherson, J, Ning, N, Phonekhampheng, O, Robinson, W A, Singhanouvong, D, Stuart, I G, and Thorncraft, G

Journal Article

Flexible and non-invasive passive integrated transponder (PIT) tagging protocols for tropical freshwater fish species

Grieve, B, Baumgartner, L J, Robinson, W, Silva, L G, Pomorin, K, Thorncraft, G, and Ning, N

Journal Article

Local perceptions of changes in the use and management of floodplain fisheries commons: the case of Pak Peung wetland in Lao PDR

Millar, J, Robinson, W, Baumgartner, L, Homsombath, K, Chittavong, M, Phommavong, T, and Singhanouvong, D

Journal Article

Evaluating the placement of PIT tags in tropical river fishes: a case study involving two Mekong River species

Grieve, B, Baumgartner, L J, Robinson, W, Silva, L G, Pomorin, K, Thorncraft, G, and Ning, N

Journal Article

Hydropower development and fish management: A food–water–energy nexus requiring international and multidisciplinary approach

Silva, L, Baumgartner, L, J, Deng, Z, D, Fjeldstad, H-P

Journal Article

Using strategic adaptive management to facilitate implementation of environmental flow programs in complex social-ecological systems

Conallin, J, Campbell, J, Baumgartner, L

Journal Article

Lower Mekong Fish Passage Conference: Applying innovation to secure fisheries productivity

Baumgartner, LJ, Boys, CA, Barlow, C, Roy M

Journal Article

High fluid shear strain causes injury in silver shark: Preliminary implications for Mekong hydropower turbine design

Baumgartner, LJ, Thorncraft, G, Boys, C, Singhanouvong, D, Phonekhampheng, O

Journal Article

Managing native fish communities during a long-term drought

Baumgartner, L, J, Wooden, I, J, Conallin, J, Robinson, W, Thiem, J

Journal Article

Using an in-situ experimental fishway to inform key fishway design criteria: a case study from the Mekong River

Baumgartner, LJ, Marsden, T, Singhanouvong, D, Phonekhampeng, O, Stuart, I, Thorncraft, G

Selected Reports

Report CSU

Reassessing Macquarie perch populations and habitat in Mannus Creek: Final Report

Doyle, K, Pearce, L, Ning, N, McGregor, C, Duffy, D, Weatherman, K & Baumgartner, L J

Report CSU and ACIAR

Quantifying biophysical and community impacts of improved fish passage in Lao PDR and Myanmar

Baumgartner, LJ, Collier, P, Conallin, J, Ning, N, Robinson, W, Cooper, B, Crase, L, Homsombath, K, Singhanouvong, D, Phonekhampeng, O, Thorncraft, G, Win, N, Htun, N, Swe, AM, Lunn, Z, Marsden, T

Report NSW DPI Fisheries

The practical guide to modern fish-protection screening in Australia

Boys, C, Rayner, T, Kelly, B, Doyle, K, Baumgartner, LJ

Report CSU

Training manual for the JEM of Mekong Mainstream Hydropower Projects: Acoustic tagging

Weatherman, K, Baumgartner, LJ, Wooden, I, Thiem, J, Robinson, W, Thorncraft, G, Pomorin, K, Ning, N

Report CSU

Training manual for the JEM of Mekong Mainstream Hydropower Projects: PIT tagging

Weatherman, K, Baumgartner, LJ, Robinson, W, Thorncraft, G, Pomorin, K, Ning, N, McPherson, J

Report CSU

Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management Project: Assessment of fisheries productivity and biodiversity changes following refurbishment of floodgates on floodplains of the lower Xe Beng Fei catchment

Robinson, W, Thorncraft, G, Baumgartner, L, Marsden, T, Ning, N

Report

Houay Mak Hiew Fishway: Design criteria and concept

Thorncraft, G, Baumgartner, L, Mallen-Cooper, M, Thew, P, Phonekhampeng, O, Phonekhampheng, T, Robinson, W, Vorsane, P

Report

Shan Gaing Sluice Fishway: Proposed design criteria and concept

Conallin, J, Baumgartner, L, Mallen-Cooper, M, Marsden, T, Mwint Swe, A, Lunn, Z, Tun, NN, Nyunt, MMM

Report

Improving the design of irrigation infrastructure to increase fisheries production in floodplain wetlands of the Lower Mekong and Murray-Darling Basins

Boys, C, Pflugrath, B, D, Singhanouvong, D, Phonekhampeng, O, Thorncraft, G, Phommavong, T, Vorsane, P, Homsombath, K, Baumgartner, L, J, Fowler, T, Kelly, B

Report

Masterclass in Fish Passage Engineering Design, Construction, Ecology and Monitoring

Baumgartner, LJ, Roy, M, Techasarin, KA

Report

International Conference on River Connectivity (Fish Passage 2018) and First Symposium on Hydropower and Fish Management

Baumgartner, LJ, Ning, N, Doyle, K

Report

ACIAR launch fund summary report: International Conference on River Connectivity (Fish Passage 2018) and First Symposium on Hydropower and Fish Management

Baumgartner, L, Ning, N, Doyle, K

Report

Independent assessment of the 2018-19 fish deaths in the Lower Darling: Final report

Vertessy, R, Barma, D, Baumgartner, L, Mitrovic, S, Sheldon, F, Bond, N

Report

Stung Pursat barrage fishway: Proposed fishway design criteria and concept for Damnak Chheukrom Irrigation Scheme

Marsden, M, Mallen-Cooper, M, Stuart, I, Rice, W, Thorncraft, G, Baumgartner, L

Report

An ecosystem approach to promote the integration and coexistence of fisheries within irrigation systems

Gregory, R, Funge-Smith, S, Baumgartner, LJ

Report

Finding forgotten fishes, the search for two endangered species in the NSW Murray Catchment

Pearce, L, Silva, L, G, M, Mabon, S, Horta, A, Duffy, D, Ning, N, Baumgartner, L, J

Report

Macca’s in the Mannus, Macquarie perch refuge in the Upper Murray

Silva, L, G, M, Pearce, L, Mabon, S, Horta, A, Duffy, D, Kopf, S, Ning, N, Baumgartner, L, J

Report

Clean-up procedures applied for global fish kill events: A review for the national carp control plan

Baumgartner, L, Marsden, T, Millar, M, Thorncraft, G, Phonekhampheng, O, Singhanouvong, D, Homsombath, K, Robinson, W, McPherson, J, Martin, K, Boys, C

Report

Development of fish passage technology to increase fisheries production on floodplains in the Lower Mekong Basin

Baumgartner, L, Marsden, T, Millar, M, Thorncraft, G, Phonekhampheng, O, Singhanouvong, D, Homsombath, K, Robinson, W, McPherson, J, Martin, K, Boys, C

Report

Guideline to prioritising fish passage barriers and creating fish friendly irrigation structures

Marsden, T, Peterken, C, Baumgartner, L, Thorncraft, G

Report

Prioritising barriers – Xe Champhone catchment

Marsden, M, Moore, M, O’Brien, A, McPherson, J, Baumgartner, L, Peterken, C, Thorncraft, G

Report

Lessons being learnt right now: Water infrastructure and fish passage in the Mekong. In Reports of Experts Meeting on Mekong Cooperation on Fisheries, Aquatic Resources and Wetlands: 20 years lessons learnt

Baumgartner, L

Report

Pilot study for development of fish friendly irrigation and mini hydro design criteria for application in the Mekong and Murray-Darling basins

Boys, C, Phonekhampeng, O, Singhanouvong, D, Thorncraft, G, Baumgartner, L

Report

Optomising fish friendly criteria for incorporation into the design of mini hydro schemes in the Lower Mekong Basin. Report MK15.

Thorncraft, G, Phonekhampeng, O, Baumgartner, L, Martin, K, Pflugrath, B, Brown, R, Deng, ZD, Boys, C, Navarro, A

Report

Development of fish passage criteria for floodplain species of Central Laos

Baumgartner, L, Thorncraft, G, Marsden, T, Phonekhampheng, O, Singhanouvong, D, Stuart, I, Suntornratana, U

Selected Media

28/01/2022 Media Article Mekong Sustainable Infrastructure Partnership

Fish-friendly irrigation

Delia Paul

14/06/2022 Media Article CSU News

Charles Sturt leads FishTech initiative to boost food security and climate resilience in the Mekong

Lee Baumgartner

14/06/2022 Media Article Australian Embassy, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Australia to scale-out fish-saving technology in Southeast Asia

Lee Baumgartner

11/04/2022 Media Article CSU News

International students welcomed back to Albury for graduation

Lee Baumgartner and Nyi Nyi Tun

22/12/2021 Media Article National Geographic

New megadams threaten world’s biggest fish

Stefan Lovgren

01/06/2021 Extension and Training Material IFRG

Concept design for Shan Gaing Fishway in the Bago-Sittaung region of Myanmar

IFRG

01/06/2021 Extension and Training Material IFRG

Concept design for Perjaya Dam Fishway, Indonesia

IFRG

01/06/2021 Extension and Training Material IFRG

Concept design for the Houay Mak Hiew Fishway in central Lao PDR

IFRG

Extension and Training Material

Acoustic tagging instructional movies

IFRG

Extension and Training Material

Sensor Fish instructional movies

IFRG

Media Article

Crayfish rescue and release video

IFRG

Media Article

Before and after: see how bushfire and rain turned the Macquarie perch’s home to sludge

Baumgartner, L, Doyle, K, Silva, LGM, Pearce, L, Ning, N

Media Article

Tagging fish from afar

Crawford Fund

Extension and Training Material

PIT tagging instructional movies

Baumgartner, L

Media Article

Connectivity of Mekong fishes between freshwater and marine habitats

Vu, A, Baumgartner, LJ, Howitt, J, Limburg, K, Reinhardt, J, Mallen-Cooper, M, Cowx, I

Media Article

Ladders of success

ACIAR

Media Article

Fish Passage Masterclass, Thailand

Crawford Fund

Media Article

A good plan to help Darling River fish recover exists, so let’s get on with it

Baumgartner, L, J, Finlayson, M

Media Article

We wrote the report for the minister on fish deaths in the lower Darling – here’s why it could happen again

Vertessy, R, Sheldon, F, Baumgartner, L, J, Bond, N, Mitrovic, S, M

Media Article

Global fish passage forum to include first symposium on hydropower and fish

Starr, P

Media Article

Fishways show the way in Mekong basin

CSU

Media Article

Does the economic benefit of building a fishway justify the cost?

Cooper, B, Starr, P

Media Article

Passage to prosperity

Barry, C

Media Article

Socio-economic study of fish harvesting and use at Pak Peung wetland in Laos

Mekong Fish Network

Media Article

Free-flowing fish for food security

ACIAR

Media Article

Lao fishway development takes shape

Baumgartner, L

Media Article

Fishways break down the barriers

ACIAR

Selected Fact Sheets

Poster

Quantifying biophysical and community impacts of improved fish passage in Lao PDR and Myanmar - Masterclass

Aung, ZT

Poster

Quantifying biophysical and community impacts of improved fish passage in Lao PDR and Myanmar

Aung, ZT

Poster

Poster on the Lao PDR fishway project presented at the poster session at Fish Passage 2018

ACIAR

Fact sheet

Elder knowledge of tranditional wetland management and concerns for Pak Peung wetland

Millar, J, Robinson, W

Fact sheet

Fish harvesting and use in Pak Peung wetland

Millar, J, Robinson, W

Fact sheet

Local knowledge of fish species in Pak Peung wetland

Millar, J, Robinson, W

Fact sheet

Quantifying biophysical and community impacts of improved fish passage in Laos

Baumgartner, L

Fact sheet

Improving fish passage in the Mekong and Murray-Darling basins

Baumgartner, L, McPherson, J, Boys, C, Singhanouvong, D, Phonekhampheng, O

Theses

24/06/2022 PhD thesis CSU

Diversity in migration patterns of selected Mekong River fishes

Vu, AV

Honours Thesis CSU

Retention of Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Tags in two species of selected Mekong River fishes

Grieve, B

Policy Briefs

Policy Brief

Diversion weirs and fish passages for smallscale irrigation Lao People's Democratic Republic

ADB

Policy Brief

Sustainable fisheries and irrigation expansion in Lao PDR

ACIAR

Books

Book

Climate change and fishes in estuaries

Gillanders, BM, McMillan, MN, Reis‐Santos, P, Baumgartner, LJ, Brown, LR, Conallin, J, Feyrer, FV, Henriques, S, James, NC, Jaureguizar, AJ, Pessanha, ALM, Vasconcelos, RP, Vu, AV, Walther, B, Wibowo, A

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