Caitlin Ward
I am a 26-year-old early-career professional, incredibly passionate about freshwater ecosystems, and interested in research on management actions and conservation strategies to mitigate the increasing impacts of climate change and anthropogenic activities on freshwater ecosystems globally.
Growing up in the NT, inland waters inevitably became intertwined with many of my favourite memories. Despite this, I came to freshwater research a little bit later, commencing a part-time Honours program at Murdoch University in 2024, two years after finishing my Undergraduate degree in Environmental Science & Climate Change Ecology from the University of Melbourne.
I hope to present the findings from my Honours research, which aimed to quantify the ability of artificial waterbodies in Southwestern Australia to sustain freshwater fish populations and meta-communities under the increasing pressures of climate and anthropogenic change and identify management interventions that could increase their ecological value.
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