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James Hitchcock

@jameshitchcock.bsky.social
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I'm a Senior Lecturer in freshwater and marine ecology at the School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. My work specialises in revealing how humans are impacting ecosystems and what we can do to restore them.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
the endless warm drizzle of spring—the ice of Antarctica, falling softly on the heads of the children of those responsible for melting it.
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James Hitchcock @jameshitchcock.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Been having a great few winter days sampling with honours student Kristina Hilellis researching how floods and tidal barrages impact estuarine food webs
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James Hitchcock @jameshitchcock.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The UTS Freshwater and Estuarine Research Group are recruiting multiple PhD/Masters candidates for four projects on: environmental flows and food webs; cold water pollution; macrophytes; and algal blooms. Scholarships available. jameshitchcock.net/phdopportuni... #phdpositions #academicsky
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James Hitchcock @jameshitchcock.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Great to present our research on #foodwebs and floodplains at #ASLOSIL26 in Montreal. Lots of great talks in the session on trophic dynamics and new biomarker approaches
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James Hitchcock @jameshitchcock.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Patrick McSweeney presenting his poster on the use of fish screens to protect fish in from being sucked through irrigation pumps #aslosil26
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James Hitchcock @jameshitchcock.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Great start to #ASLOSIL26 in Montreal. Abigail Scarborough, UTS HDR, presenting on algal bloom formation, thermal stratification and the potential role of iron
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James Hitchcock @jameshitchcock.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Microplastics and algal blooms are prevaisve in urban rivers and coasts. Do alagal toxins adsorb to microplastics and increase exposure risk for animals? Research from UTS PhD candidate Sadia Sharman shows the risks may be minimal www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/18...
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James Hitchcock @jameshitchcock.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The UTS Freshwater and Estuarine Research Group is over in Aotearoa at the joint AFSS and NZFSS conference talking about diverse range of topics, cold water pollution, algal blooms, fish kills, cyanotoxins and fish screens. Learning about cool things and making new ones
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James Hitchcock @jameshitchcock.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Have a new paper out with Laura Michie (UTS/Fisheries) and colleagues revealing how large dams alter the temperature regime of rivers reuslting in less fish and population structures devoid of young fish. onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.lib.uts.edu.au/doi/10.1111/...
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James Hitchcock @jameshitchcock.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Check out the work by my colleague Prof Shauna Murray on the ongoing algal blooms and ecological crisis in South Australia
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Brad Murray @ecologybrad.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The final version is now available #AmJBot bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Toward a macroevolutionary understanding of live‐leaf flammability in plant species of fire‐prone forests
Premise The flammability of live leaves in canopies varies considerably among plant species. Identifying macroevolutionary processes that shape variation in leaf flammability contributes to an under.....
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James Hitchcock @jameshitchcock.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Had the pleasure to contribute to a new paper just published, led by Jo Bennett (CSU), on using environmental water to maintain wetland refugia and increase ecosystem resilience to severe drought www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Conservation planning for environmental water to climate refugia in the manageable Murray–Darling Basin
One mechanism for improving the resilience of freshwater systems affected by climate change is to use environmental water to support refugial habitats…
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James Hitchcock @jameshitchcock.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I recently completed work with my colleagues at CSIRO modelling the Murray River's food web
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From phytoplankton to the Murray cod: modelling the Murray River’s food web
I recently completed work with my colleagues at CSIRO modelling the Murray Rivers food web.
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