Dr Francis J Burdon
Lecturer
Qualifications: BSc, MSc, PhD University of Canterbury
Personal Website: https://www.francisburdon.com
About Francis
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, Feb 2017 – Feb 2021.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland, Jun 2013 – Dec 2016.
Papers Taught
Research Supervised
Research Interests
I am a freshwater ecologist interested in the response of biological systems to environmental change across multiple levels of organization. I work predominantly in stream and river ecosystems focusing on invertebrate communities, but also including other compartments (e.g., microbes and fish). My research has a strong applied component involving anthropogenic drivers (e.g., land-use change, pollution, warming) and their impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Within this wider framework, I have three core areas of freshwater ecology that I am interested in researching:
- Community structure and function - Determinants of biodiversity and how they contribute to food-web structure and ecosystem functioning
- Food web ecology - Using trophic biomarkers (e.g., stable isotopes, fatty acids) to measure how environmental change impacts food webs
- Land-water interactions - Aquatic-terrestrial linkages and the importance of ecosystem connectivity including riparian management
See my Google Scholar page for a full list of publications.
Research Supervised
Currently co-supervising:
Ze Hui Kong, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences PhD candidate. Thesis title: “Comparing microplastics and naturally occurring FPOM in freshwater food webs: Evaluation of properties, fate and individual to ecosystem level impacts”. Aug 2019 – present
Jasmina Sargac, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences PhD candidate. Thesis title: "How does altered connectivity between stream and riparian ecosystems impact biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and services". Feb 2018 – present
Recent Publications
Taddei, A., Räsänen, K., & Burdon, F. J. (2021). Size-dependent sensitivity of stream amphipods indicates population-level responses to chemical pollution. Freshwater Biology, 66(4), 765-784. doi:10.1111/fwb.13677
Kupilas, B., Burdon, F. J., Thaulow, J., Håll, J., Mutinova, P. T., Forio, M. A. E., . . . Friberg, N. (2021). Article forested riparian zones provide important habitat for fish in urban streams. Water (Switzerland), 13(6). doi:10.3390/w13060877
Popescu, C., Oprina-Pavelescu, M., Dinu, V., Cazacu, C., Burdon, F., Forio, M., . . . Rîșnoveanu, G. (2021). Riparian Vegetation Structure Influences Terrestrial Invertebrate Communities in an Agricultural Landscape. Water, 13(2), 188. doi:10.3390/w13020188
Forio, M. A. E., Burdon, F. J., De Troyer, N., Lock, K., Witing, F., Baert, L., . . . Goethals, P. (2021). A Bayesian Belief Network learning tool integrates multi-scale effects of riparian buffers on stream invertebrates. Science of The Total Environment, 152146. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152146
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Keywords
Biology; Ecology; Environmental Change
Freshwater ecology; Community ecology; Ecosystem ecology
Contact Details
Email: [email protected]Room: R.2.10
Phone: +64 7 838 9957
Cellphone: +64 21 091 66276