Michele Burford

Experience

• 2013–present
  Professor, Griffith University

Education

• 2001 
  University of Queensland, PhD

Publications

• 2016
  Davies, C.H., Coughlan, A., Hallegraeff, G., Ajani, P., Armbrecht, L., Natalia Atkins, Prudence Bonham, Steve Brett, Richard Brinkman, Burford, M., et al. The Australian phytoplankton database - abundance and biovolume. Scientific Data, in press, Scientific Data
• 2016
  Burford, M.A., Beardall, J., Willis, A., Orr, P.T., Magalhaes, V.F., Rangel, L.M., Azevedo, S.M.F.O.E., Neilan, B.A. Understanding the winning strategies used by the bloom forming cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii. Harmful Algae, in press, Harmful Algae
• 2016
  Rothlisberg, P.C., Burford, M.A. Biological Oceanography of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia: A review. Aquatic Nutrient Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology: A Dual Perspective, (Eds. P.M. Glibert, T. Kana) in press., Aquatic Nutrient Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology: A Dual Perspective
• 2016
  Neilen, A.D., Chen, C.R., Faggotter, S.J., Ellison, T.L., Burford, M.A. 2016. Biotic and abiotic controls on nitrogen leaching losses into waterways during successive bovine urine application to soil. Journal of Environmental Management, 176, 11-20, Journal of Environmental Management
• 2016
  Burford, M.A., Valdez, D., Curwen, G., Faggotter S.J., Ward, D.P., O’Brien, K.R. 2016. Inundation of saline supratidal mudflats provides an important source of carbon and nutrients in an aquatic system. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 545, 29-33, Marine Ecology Progress Series
• 2016
  Hongmei Bu, Xianfang Song, Quanfa Zhang, Burford, M.A. Strontium concentrations and isotope ratios in a forest-river system in the South Qinling Mts., China. 2016. Water Research, 93, 91-97, Water Research
• 2015
  Pierangelini, M., Sinha, R., Willis, A., Burford, M., Orr, P.T., Beardall, J., Neilan, B.A. 2015. Constitutive cylindrospermopsin cellular pool size in Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii under different light and pCO2 conditions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81, 3069-3076, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• 2015
  Jardine, T.D., Bond, N.R., Burford, M.A., Kennard, M.J., Ward, D.P., Bayliss, P., Davies, P.M., Douglas, M.M., Hamilton, S.K., Melaks, J.M., Naiman, R.J., Pettit, N.E., Pusey, B.J., Warfe, D.M., Bunn, S.E. 2015. Does flood rhythm drive ecosystem responses in tropical riverscapes? Ecology, 96, 684-692, Ecology
• 2015
  Hong, Y., Burford, M.A., Ralph, P.J., Doblin, M.A. 2015. Subtropical zooplankton assemblage promotes the harmful cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii in a mesocosm experiment. Journal of Plankton Research, 37, 90-101, Journal of Plankton Research
• 2015
  Willis, A., Parks, M., Burford, M.A. 2015. Draft genome assembly of filamentous brackish cyanobacterium Limnoraphis robusta strain CS-951. Genome Announcements, 3(5). DOI:10.1128/genomeA.00846-15, Genome Announcements, 3(5)
• 2015
  Kehoe, M., O’Brien, K.R., Grinham, A., Burford, M.A. 2015. Primary production of lake phytoplankton, dominated by the cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, in response to irradiance and temperature. Inland Waters, 5, 93-100 , Inland Waters
• 2015
  Willis, A., Adams, M.P., Chuang, A.W., Orr, P.T., O’Brien, K.R., Burford, M.A. 2015. Constitutive toxin production and different optimal nitrogen concentrations leads to variation in toxin yield with three ecotypes of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii ((Woloszynska) Seenayya et Subba Raju). Harmful Algae, 47, 27-34, Harmful Algae
• 2015
  Prentice, M.J., O’Brien, K.R., Hamilton, D.P., Burford, M.A. 2015. High- and low-affinity phosphate uptake and its effect on phytoplankton dominance in a phosphate-depauperate lake. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 75, 139-153, Aquatic Microbial Ecology
• 2015
  Leigh, C., Watkinson, A., Burford, M.A. 2015. Effects of an extreme inflow event on the water quality and phytoplankton of reservoirs in subtropical Australia. Inland Waters, 5, 240 -252, Inland Waters
• 2014
  Duggan, M., Connolly, R.M., Whittle, M., Curwen, G., Burford, M.A. 2014. Effects of freshwater flow extremes on intertidal biota of a wet-dry tropical estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 502, 11-23, Marine Ecology Progress Series
• 2014
  Burford, M.A., Davis, T.W., Orr, P.T., Sinha, R., Willis, A., Neilan, B.A. 2014. Nutrient-related changes in the toxicity of field blooms of the cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii. 2014. FEMS Microbiology and Ecology 89, 135-148, FEMS Microbiology and Ecology
• 2014
  Davis, T.W., Orr, P.T., Boyer, G.L., Burford, M.A. 2014. Investigating the production and release of cylindrospermopsin and deoxy-cylindrospermopsin by Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii over a natural growth cycle. Harmful Algae, 31, 18-25, Harmful Algae
• 2014
  Sinha, R., Davis, T.W., Pearson, L., Muenchhoff, J., Pratama, R., Jex, A., Burford, M.A., Neilan, B. 2014. Comparative genomics of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii strains with differential toxicities. BMC genomics, 15:83, BMC genomics
• 2013
  Robson, B.J., Gehrke, P.C., Burford, M.A., Webster, I.T., Revill, A.T., Palmer, D.W. 2013. The Ord River estuary: a regulated wet-dry tropical river system. In: Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond. Ed. E. Wolanski, Springer, pp. 131-152., Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond

Grants and Contracts

• 2016
  Will catchment revegetation cause unintended consequences for waterways?

  Role:

  Lead Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Australian Research Council

• 2015
  A tradable permit scheme for cost effective reduction of nitrogen runoff in the sugarcane catchments of the Great Barrier Reef

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  National Environment Science Program, Tropical Water Quality Hub

• 2015
  New tracer methods for revealing the hidden connections between ecosystems

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  ARC Discovery

• 2015
  Adaptive ecotyping of the toxic cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii to predict its invasive capacity

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  ARC Linkage

• 2013
  Pelagic community metabolism in Australian coastal waters

  Role:

  Investigator

  Funding Source:

  CSIRO Marine & Coastal Carbon Cluster

• 2013
  Improving the sustainability of rice-shrimp farming systems in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Centre for Int. Agricultural Res. (ACIAR)