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Professor David Hamilton

Role: Environment BOP Chair in Lakes Management & Restoration Qualifications: B.Sc. Otago, Ph.D Otago Email: d.hamilton@waikato.ac.nz Location: R.2.08 Contact: +64 7 858 5046

Research Interests:

1) Modeling of water quality in lakes and reservoirs
2) Sediment-water interactions and sediment resuspension in shallow lakes
3) Bloom-forming algae, particularly cyanobacteria
4) Ice cover in lakes

Research and postgraduate study are encouraged in the Department of Biological Sciences. All research students acquire basic research skills and a knowledge of techniques, as well as training in specialist disciplines.

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See current graduate students.

See complete list of publications -[compiled by the Department of Biological Sciences].

Selected Publications:

Recent Publications

Hawes Ian, Davies-Colley Rob, Hamilton David. 2004. Physical and chemical characteristics of lake water. Chapter 21 in Freshwaters of New Zealand, pp 21.1-21.19.

O’Brien, K.R., Meyer, D.L., Waite, A.M., Ivey, G.N. and Hamilton, D.P., (2004). Disaggregation of Microcystis aeruginosa colonies under turbulent mixing: laboratory experiments in a grid-stirred tank. Hydrobiologia 519 (1-3): 143-152.

Robson, B.J. and Hamilton , D.P., (2004). Three-dimensional modelling of a Microcystis bloom event in the Swan River estuary. Ecological Modelling 174/1-2: 203-222.

Ryan, E.F., Hamilton, D.P., and Barnes, G.E. 2003. Recent occurrence of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii in Waikato lakes of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol 37: pp829-836.

Davis, Jenny, A., McGuire, Megan., Halse, Stuart, A., Hamilton, David., Horwitz, Pierre., McComb, Arthur, J., Froend, Ray. H., Lyons, Michael., and Sim, Lien. 2003. What happens when you add salt: predicting impacts of secondary salinisation on shallow aquatic ecosystems by using an alternative-states model. Australian Journal of Botany, Vol 51: pp715-724.

Ostroumov, Sergei, A., Dodson, Stanley, I., Hamilton, David., Peterson, Spencer, A., and Wetzel, Robert, G. 2003. Medium-Term and Long-Term Priorities in Ecological Studies. Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum, Vol 96, pp327-332.

Robson, Barbara, J., and Hamilton, David, P. (2003). Summer flow event induces a cyanobacterial bloom in a seasonal Western Australian estuary. Marine and Freshwater Research, 54: pp139-151.

O’Brien, Katherine, R., Ivey, Gregory, N., Hamilton, David, P., and Waite, Anya, M. 2003. Simple mixing criteria for the growth of negatively buoyant phytoplankton. Limnol Oceanogr, 48(3), pp1326-1337.

Chan, T. U. and D. P. Hamilton, 2001. The effect of freshwater flow on biomass and succession of phytoplankton in a seasonal estuary. Marine and Freshwater Research 52: 869-884.

Hamilton, D. P. and J. V. Turner, 2001. Integrating research and management for an urban estuarine system: The Swan River, Western Australia. Hydrological Processes 13(15): 2383-2385.

Hamilton, D. P., T. Chan, M. S. Robb, C. B. Pattiaratchi and M. Herzfeld, 2001. The hydrology of the upper Swan River with focus on an artificial destratification trial. Hydrological Processes 13(15): 2465-2480.

Campos, H, D. Hamilton, L Villalobos, J. Imberger and A. Javam, 2001. A modelling assessment of potential for eutrophication of Lake Rinihue, Chile. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 151(1): 101-125.

Herzfeld, M., D. P. Hamilton and G. J. Douglas, 2001. Comparison of a mechanistic sediment model and a water column model for hindcasting oxygen decay in benthic chambers. Ecological Modelling 136: 255-267.

Hamilton, D. P., 2001. The Swan River: Water Quality. Water, Journal of the Australian Water Association 28(2): 36-37.

Griffin, S. L., M. Herzfeld and D. P. Hamilton, 2001. Modelling the impact of zooplankton grazing on phytoplankton biomass during a dinoflagellate bloom in the Swan River Estuary, Western Australia. Ecological Engineering 16(3): 373-394.

Hamilton, D. P. and C. E. Oldham, 2001. Integration of ecology and engineering in the aquatic environment. Ecological Engineering 16(3): 319-322.

Wallace, B. B., M. C. Bailey and D. P. Hamilton, 2000. Simulation of vertical position of buoyancy regulating Microcystis aeruginosa in a shallow eutrophic lake. Aquatic Science 62(4): 320-333.

Kurup, R., D. P. Hamilton and R.L. Phillips, 2000. Comparison of two 2-dimensional, laterally averaged hydrodynamic model applications to the Swan River Estuary. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 51: 627-638.

Wallace, B. B. and D. P. Hamilton, 2000. Simulation of water-bloom formation in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa. Journal of Plankton Research 22(6): 1127-1138.

Wallace, B. B. and D. P. Hamilton, 1999. The effect of variations in irradiance on buoyancy regulation in Microcystis aeruginosa. Limnology and Oceanography 44(2): 273-281.


In press

Chan, T. U., D. P. Hamilton, B. J. Robson, B. R. Hodges and C. Dallimore. Impacts of hydrological changes on phytoplankton succession in the Swan River, Western Australia. Estuaries.

Kurup, R. J. and D. P. Hamilton. Hypoxia and flushing of dense water in a cavity of the Swan River Estuary. Estuaries.

Robson, B. J. and D. P. Hamilton. Spatial variability of Microcystis aeruginosa in a shallow lake. Verhandlung Internationale Vereingung de Limnologie

Chan, T. U., D. P. Hamilton and B. J. Robson. Modelling phytoplankton succession and biomass in a seasonal west Australian estuary. Verhandlung Internationale Vereingung de Limnologie.

Hamilton, D. P., C. S. Spillman, K. Prescott, T. K. Kratz and J. J. Magnuson. Effects of atmospheric nutrient inputs on trophic status of Crystal Lake, Wisconsin. Accepted for publication in Verhandlung Internationale Vereingung de Limnologie.

Research Publications:

You may like to view publications from 1997 onwards for Professor David Hamilton