Jonathan Sutherland Harding (born 1958) is a freshwater

ecologist Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels. Ecology overlaps with the closely re ...

from

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

. He completed a doctorate at the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury (UC; ; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbur ...

in 1994, with a thesis on New Zealand's

lotic River ecosystems are flowing waters that drain the landscape, and include the biotic (living) interactions amongst plants, animals and micro-organisms, as well as abiotic (nonliving) physical and chemical interactions of its many parts.Angelier ...

ecoregions. He is a professor emeritus of the University of Canterbury. Harding completed a DSc in 2018 at the

. He served as Dean of Postgraduate Research at Canterbury and was President of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society. Harding is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a member of the Ako Aotearoa Academy and an Honorary member of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society.
Official web site at the University of Canterbury

Publications

*Harding JS, Benfield EF, Bolstad PV, Helfman GS, Jones EB. Stream biodiversity: the ghost of land use past.'' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.'' 1998 Dec 8;95(25):14843-7. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 1202 times *Harding JS, Young RG, Hayes JW, Shearer KA, Stark JD. Changes in agricultural intensity and river health along a river continuum. ''

Freshwater Biology Freshwater biology is the scientific biological study of freshwater ecosystems and is a branch of limnology. This field seeks to understand the relationships between living organisms in their physical environment. These physical environments may ...

''. 1999 Sep;42(2):345-57. According to

Google Scholar Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of Academic publishing, scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in Beta release, beta in November 2004, th ...

, it has been cited 272 times.
Google Scholar Author page, Accessed 29 July 2021 *Ewers RM, Kliskey AD, Walker S, Rutledge D, Harding JS, Didham RK. Past and future trajectories of forest loss in New Zealand.''

Biological Conservation Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions. It is an i ...

''. 2006 Dec 1;133(3):312-2. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 217 times *Buss DF, Carlisle DM, Chon TS, Culp J, Harding JS, Keizer-Vlek HE, Robinson WA, Strachan S, Thirion C, Hughes RM. Stream biomonitoring using macroinvertebrates around the globe: a comparison of large-scale programs. ''

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ''Environmental Monitoring and Assessment'', first published in 1981, is a weekly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal published by Springer. The managing editor is G.B. Wiersma (University of Maine).Ecological Applications The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a professional organization of ecological scientists. Based in the United States and founded in 1915, ESA publications include peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, fact sheets, and teaching resources. I ...

''. 2013 Jul;23(5):1036–47. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 176 times *Hogsden KL, Harding JS. Consequences of

acid mine drainage Acid mine drainage, acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD), or acid rock drainage (ARD) is the outflow of acidic water from metal mines and coal mines. Acid rock drainage occurs naturally within some environments as part of the rock weatherin ...

for the structure and function of benthic stream communities: a review. ''

Freshwater Science Limnology ( ; ) is the study of inland aquatic ecosystems. It includes aspects of the biological, chemical, physical, and geological characteristics of fresh and saline, natural and man-made bodies of water. This includes the study of lakes, ...

''. 2012 Mar;31(1):108-20.According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 172 times

References

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