Role at Cawthron
Robin is a freshwater ecologist who is involved in a range of projects with a focus on river and stream restoration, freshwater fisheries management and community approaches to river heath improvement.
His other research interests include land-use impacts on aquatic ecology and understanding native fish and salmonid life-history and population dynamics.
Technical skills, experience and interests
Land-use effects on river health (agricultural stream stressors)
Freshwater fisheries
Physical stream habitat
Stream rehabilitation / restoration
Freshwater ecological impact assessment and monitoring
Freshwater macroinvertebrate ecology
Community-based river health management
Social-ecological systems analysis
Professional affiliations
New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society
Qualifications
PhD (Freshwater fisheries and restoration). University of Otago, 2019
MSc (Freshwater Ecology). University of Otago, 2007
BSc (Zoology). University of Otago, 2004
