Dr John Porter

Visiting Senior Lecturer

Field of Research

Wetlands; macrophytes; seed banks; arid rivers; floodplains; waterbirds; aerial survey; water plants; charophytes

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Dr John Porter is a Senior Scientist at Office of Environment & Heritage and also and Research Fellow at the Centre for Ecosystem Science UNSW. Dr Porter has 25 years experience in plant community ecology in temporary and permanent wetlands. Dr Porter also has extensive experience in landscape scale monitoring of biodiversity including waterbirds in Australian rivers and wetlands

Phone

02 9385 8296

john.porter@unsw.edu.au

Office

Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Level 5, E26 Biological Science South, UNSW Australia, Sydney NSW 2052

Projects

National Waterbird Survey

Waterbirds

Eastern Australian Waterbird Survey

Waterbirds

Book Chapters

Capon S; Porter J; James C, 2016, 'Vegetation of Australia's desert river landscapes', in Capon S; James C; Reid M (ed.), VEGETATION OF AUSTRALIAN RIVERINE LANDSCAPES: BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. 239 - 258, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000401972000014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
2016
Kingsford R; Porter , 2012, 'Waterbird Monitoring in Australia', in Lindenmayer D; Gibbons P (ed.), Biodiversity Monitoring in Australia, CSIRO PUBLISHING, Melbourne
2012
Pellow BJ; Porter J, 2006, 'Disturbance of plant communities dependent on desert rivers', in Kingsford R (ed.), The ecology of Desert Rivers, edn. Original, Cambridge University Press, pp. 100 - 132
2006

Conference Presentations

Porter J, 2006, 'Aerial Surveys of Waterbirds & Wetlands: what have we learnt after 23 years ?', presented at Society of Wetland Scientists, International Conference, Cairns, Australia
2006
Porter J, 2005, 'Waterbird community dynamics in saline wetlands', presented at International Society for Salt Lake Research 2005 Conference, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
2005
Porter J, 2005, 'Macrophyte Biomass In Saline Wetlands– ‘Boom And Bust’ or Seasonal Patterns?', presented at International Society for Salt Lake Research 2005 Conference, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
2005
Porter J, 2004, 'Arid zone charophyte communities and their responses to disturbance', presented at International Research Group for Charophytes 2004 Conference, Robertson NSW
2004
Porter J, 2003, 'Spatial patterns in the seed banks of arid zone wetlands', presented at International Association of Landscape Ecologists, World Congress
2003
Porter J, 2003, 'Seed bank dynamics in an arid zone saline wetland', presented at Ecological Society of Australia 2003 National Conference, University of New England, Armidale
2003

Journal articles

Bino G; Brandis K; Kingsford RT; Porter J, 2020, 'Waterbird synchrony across Australia's highly variable dryland rivers – Risks and opportunities for conservation', Biological Conservation, vol. 243, pp. 108497 - 108497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108497
2020
Kingsford RT; Porter JL; Brandis KJ; Ryall S, 2020, 'Aerial surveys of waterbirds in Australia', Scientific Data, vol. 7, pp. 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0512-9
2020
Kingsford RT; Bino G; Porter JL, 2017, 'Continental impacts of water development on waterbirds, contrasting two Australian river basins: Global implications for sustainable water use', Global Change Biology, vol. 23, pp. 4958 - 4969, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13743
2017
Bino G; Kingsford RT; Porter J, 2015, 'Prioritizing wetlands for waterbirds in a boom and bust system: Waterbird refugia and breeding in the Murray-Darling Basin', PLoS ONE, vol. 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132682
2015
Porter JL; Kingsford R; Halse S, 2011, 'First National National Waterbird Survey', Wetlands Australia: National Wetlands Update, pp. 10 - 11
2011
Kingsford R; Roshier D; Porter J, 2010, 'Australian waterbirds – time and space travellers in dynamic desert landscapes', Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 61, pp. 875 - 884, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF09088
2010
Porter J, 2007, 'Contrasting emergence patterns of Lamprothamnium macropogon (Characeae, Charophyceae) and Ruppia tuberosa (Potamogetonaceae) from arid-zone saline wetlands in Australia', Charophytes, vol. 1, pp. 19 - 27
2007
Pellow BJ; Porter J, 2005, 'A new species of Goodenia (Goodeniaceae) from Nocoleche Nature Reserve, Far Western Plains, New South Wales', Telopea, vol. 11, pp. 31 - 41
2005
Kingsford R; Jenkins K; Porter JL, 2004, 'Imposed hydrological stability on lakes in arid Australia and effects on waterbirds', Ecology, vol. 85, pp. 2478 - 2492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/03-0470
2004
Casanova M; Garcia A; Porter J, 2003, 'Charophyte rediscoveries in Australia: What and why ?', Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, vol. 20, pp. 129 - 138
2003
Dorfman EJ; Kingsford RT; Porter J, 2002, 'Use of natural and artificial wetlands by Australian waterbirds: implications for population growth and management', INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LIMNOLOGY, VOL 28, PT 2, PROCEEDINGS, vol. 28, pp. 687 - 691, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03680770.2001.11901801
2002
Porter J, 2002, 'Effects of salinity, turbidity and water regime on seed banks of arid zone wetlands', INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LIMNOLOGY, VOL 28 PT 3, PROCEEDINGS, vol. 28, pp. 1468 - 1471, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03680770.2001.11902700
2002

Reports

Bino G; Brandis K; Kingsford R; Porter J, 2019, Waterbird expected outcomes modelling analysis – priority scenarios for 2019 BWS update
2019
Porter J; Kingsford R; Brandis K, 2019, Aerial Survey of Wetland Birds in Eastern Australia -October 2019 Annual Summary Report, University of NSW, Sydney, https://www.ecosystem.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/2020-03/2019-Eastern-Australia-Waterbird-Survey-Summary-Report.pdf
2019
Porter J; Kingsford R; Brandis K, 2018, Aerial Survey of Wetland Birds in Eastern Australia - October 2018 Annual Summary Report, University of New South Wales, Sydney
2018
Porter J; Kingsford R; Brandis K, 2017, Aerial Survey of Wetland Birds in Eastern Australia -October 2017 Annual Summary Report
2017
Porter J; Kingsford RT; Brandis KJ, 2016, Aerial Survey of Wetland Birds in Eastern Australia - October 2016 Annual Summary Report, NSW Office of Environment & Heritage, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18928.87049
2016
Porter J; Kingsford RT; Brandis KJ, 2015, Aerial Survey of Wetland Birds in Eastern Australia - October 2015 Annual Summary Report, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
2015
Porter J; Kingsford RT; Brandis KJ, 2014, Aerial Survey of Wetland Birds in Eastern Australia - October 2014 Annual Summary Report
2014
Kingsford R; Porter, J. L. , 2012, Survey of waterbird communities of the Living Murray icon sites - November 2010, Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA), Canberra, ACT, Report to Murray-Darling Basin Authority
2012
Spencer JA; Heagney EC; Porter JL, 2011, Final report on the Gwydir waterbird and fish habitat study, DECCWA, Sydney
2011
Porter JL; Kingsford R, 2010, Aerial Survey of Wetland Birds in Eastern Australia -October 2010 Annual Summary Report, UNSW, UNSW
2010
Kingsford R; Porter JL, 2010, Survey of waterbird communities of the Living Murray icon sites - November 2009, UNSW, UNSW
2010
Kingsford R; Porter, J. L. , 2008, Survey of waterbird communities of the Living Murray icon sites: November 2007, Canberra, ACT
2008
Kingsford RT; Halse, S. A. ; Porter, J. L. , 2008, Aerial surveys of waterbirds: assessing wetland condition, National Land & Water Resources Audit, Final report to the National Land and Water Resources Audit
2008

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