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Dr Kirstie Fryirs - Publications

Books

Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K.A. (Eds.) 2008. River Futures: An Integrative Scientific Approach to River Repair. Island Press, Washinton, D.C. ( Abstract)

Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K.A. 2005. Geomorphology and River Management:Applications of the River Styles Framework. Blackwell Publications, Oxford, UK. 398pp. (Abstract)

 

E-books

Fryirs, K.A . and Brierley, G.J. 2005. Practical Applications of the River Styles Framework as a Tool for Catchment-wide River Management: A Case Study from Bega Catchment, NSW, Australia. E-book published on www.riverstyles.com

Refereed papers, book chapters and encyclopedia entries

Subm.

• Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K. subm. Don’t fight the site: Geomorphic considerations in catchment-scale river rehabilitation planning. Environmental Management.

• Dosseto, A., Hesse, P., Maher, K., Fryirs K. and Turner, S. subm. Climate control on continental erosion via climate-induced vegetation shifts. Nature GeoSciences.

• Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G. subm. Naturalness and Place in river restoration. Ecology and Society.

• Mika, S., Hoyle, J., Kyle, G., Howell, T., Wolfenden, B., Fryirs, K., Keating, D., Boulton, A., Brierley, G., Brooks, A., Leishman, M., Ryder, D., Arthington, A., Creese, R., Dahm, M., Miller, C., Pusey, B., Sanders, M., Spencer, J. subm. Targeting stressors and mechanisms in the rehabilitation of complex ecological systems: a conceptual modelling approach. Restoration Ecology.

• Preston, N.P., Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K. subm. The geographic basis of geomorphic enquiry. Geography Compass.

• Spink, A., Hillman, M., Fryirs, K., Brierley, G. and Lloyd, K. subm. Has river rehabilitation begun? Social perspectives on river management in the Upper Hunter catchment, NSW, Australia. Geoforum.
  

In press

• Brierley, G. and Fryirs, K . in press. Space, place and a healthy dose of realism: Grounding the process of river repair. Proceedings of the European Centre for River Restoration Conference , Venice, Italy, June 2008. (accepted 1st Sept 2008)

• Fryirs, K . and Brierley, G. in press. The importance of reach sensitivity and catchment connectivity in framing river rehabilitation planning. Proceedings of the European Centre for River Restoration Conference , Venice, Italy, June 2008. (accepted 1st Sept 2008)

• Fryirs, K., Spink, A. and Brierley, G. in press. The distribution and timing of river change across the upper Hunter catchment since European settlement: A response gradient of river sensitivity and recovery. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. (accepted Sept 24th 2008)

• Spink, A., Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. in press. The relationship between geomorphic river adjustment and management actions over the last 50 years in the upper Hunter catchment, NSW, Australia. River Research and Applications. (accepted Aug 23rd 2008)

2008

• Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K. 2008.Moves towards an era of river repair. In Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K.A. (Eds.) River Futures: An Integrative Scientific Approach to River Repair. Island Press, Washington DC. pp3-12.

• Brierley, G., Fryirs, K. and Hillman, M. 2008.River Futures. In Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K.A. (Eds.) River Futures: An Integrative Scientific Approach to River Repair. Island Press, Washington DC. pp275-284.

• Brierley, G., Fryirs, K., Cullum, C. and Boulton, A. 2008. Working with Change: The Importance of Evolutionary Perspectives in Framing the Trajectory of River Adjustment. In Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K.A. (Eds.) River Futures: An Integrative Scientific Approach to River Repair. Island Press, Washington DC. pp65-81.

• Fryirs, K., Arthington, A. and Grove, J. 2008. Principles of River Condition Assessment. In Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K.A. (Eds.) River Futures: An Integrative Scientific Approach to River Repair. Island Press, Washington DC. pp100-118.

• Fryirs, K., Chessman, B., Hillman, M., Outhet, D. and Spink, A. 2008. The Australian River Management Experience. In Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K.A. (Eds). River Futures: An Integrative Scientific Approach to River Repair. Island Press, Washington DC. pp149-169.

• Hillman, M., Brierley, G. and Fryirs, K. 2008. Social and Biophysical Connectivity of River Systems. In Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K.A. (Eds.) River Futures: An Integrative Scientific Approach to River Repair. Island Press, Washington DC. pp125-142.

• Hoyle, J., Brierley, G.J., Brooks, A. and Fryirs, K. 2008. Sediment organisation along the upper Hunter River, Australia: A multivariate statistical approach. In Habersack, H., Piégay, H. and Rinaldi, M. Gravel-Bed Rivers VI: From Process Understanding to River Restoration. Elsevier , New York . pp 409-441. ( Abstract)

• Hoyle, J., Brooks, A.P., Brierley, G.J., Fryirs, K. and Lander, J. 2008. Variability in the nature and timing of channel response to typical human disturbance along the Upper Hunter River, New South Wales, Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 33(6), 868-889. ( Abstract)

• Jain, V., Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G. 2008. Where do floodplains begin? The role of total stream power and longitudinal profile form on floodplain initiation processes. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 120(1/2), 127-141. ( Abstract)

2007

• Fryirs, K., Brierley, G. J., Preston, N. J. and Kasai, M. 2007 (a). The (dis)connectivity of catchment-scale sediment cascades. Catena, 70, 49-67. (Abstract)

• Fryirs, K., Brierley, G. J., Preston, N. J. and Spencer, J. 2007 (b). Catchment-scale (dis)connectivity in sediment flux in the upper Hunter catchment, New South Wales, Australia. Geomorphology, 84, 297-316. (Abstract)

• Gore, D., Preston, N.J. and Fryirs, K.A. 2007. Post-rehabilitation environmental hazard of Cu, Zn, As and Pb at the derelict Conrad Mine, eastern Australia. Environmental Pollution, 148(2), 491-500. (Abstract)

• Fryirs, K., Hillman, M. and Spink, A. 2007. Challenges faced in the integration of science in river management in Australia. In Wilson, A.L., Dehaan, R.L., Watts, R.J., Page, K.J., Bowner, K.H. and Curtis, A. Proceedings of the 5 th Australian Stream Management Conference: Australian Rivers, Making a Difference. 21-25 May, Thurgoona, New South Wales. Charles Sturt University, NSW. pp 103-108. Available at http://www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws/publications/5asm%20proceedings.html

• Spink, A. Fryirs, K., Brierley, G.J. and Lloyd, K. 2007. An interdisciplinary perspective on riverwork projects in the upper Hunter catchment, NSW: Has river rehabilitation begun?. In Wilson, A.L., Dehaan, R.L., Watts, R.J., Page, K.J., Bowner, K.H. and Curtis, A. Proceedings of the 5 th Australian Stream Management Conference: Australian Rivers, Making a Difference. 21-25 May, Thurgoona, New South Wales. Charles Sturt University, NSW. pp 378-383. Available at http://www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws/publications/5asm%20proceedings.html

2006

• Brierley, G.J., Fryirs, K. and Jain, V. 2006. Landscape connectivity: The geographic basis of geomorphic applications. Area. 38.2, 165-174. (Abstract)

• Brierley, G.J., Hillman, M. and Fryirs, K. 2006. Knowing your place: an Australasian perspective on catchment-framed approaches to river repair. Australian Geographer, 37(2), 131-145. (Abstract)

• Chessman, B.C., Fryirs, K.A. and Brierley, G.J. 2006. Linking geomorphic character, behaviour and condition to fluvial biodiversity: Implications for river rehabilitation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Research. 16, 267-288. (Abstract)

• Gorecki, V., Fryirs, K., and Brierley, G.J. 2006. The relationship between geomorphic structure and patterns of coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) storage along the Kangaroo River, NSW, Australia. Australian Geographer, 37(3): 285-311. (Abstract)

• Jain, V., Preston, N., Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 2006. Comparative assessment of three approaches for deriving stream power plots along long profiles in the upper Hunter River catchment, New South Wales, Australia. Geomorphology. 74, 297-317. (Abstract)

2005

• Brierley, G.J., Brooks, A.P., Fryirs, K. and Taylor, M.P. 2005. Did humid-temperate rivers in the Old and New Worlds respond differently to clearance of riparian vegetation and removal of woody debris. Progress in Physical Geography. 29(1), 27-49. (Abstract)

• Brierley, G., Miller, C., Brooks, A., Fryirs, K., Boulton, A., Ryder, D., Leishman, M., Keating, D. and Lander, J. 2005. Making integrative, cross-disciplinary research happen: Initial lessons from the Upper Hunter River Rehabilitation Initiative. In: Rutherfurd, I.D., Wiszniewski, I., Askey-Doran, M.J. and Glazik, R. (eds.) Proceedings of the 4 th Australian Stream Management Conference: Linking Rivers to Landscapes. Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Hobart, Tasmania. pp125-133.

• Fryirs, K . 2005. Linking landscape processes and river systems: Assessing implications of catchment-scale (dis)connectivity of sediment movement on river sensitivity, recovery and river management. In: Rutherfurd, I.D., Wiszniewski, I., Askey-Doran, M.J. and Glazik, R. (eds.) Proceedings of the 4 th Australian Stream Management Conference: Linking Rivers to Landscapes. Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Hobart, Tasmania. pp256-259.

• Fryirs, K . and Brierley, G. 2005. A catchment scale perspective on biophysical fluxes in the Upper Hunter: Constraints and limiting factors to river rehabilitation along the UHRRI study reach at Muswellbrook, NSW. In: Rutherfurd, I.D., Wiszniewski, I., Askey-Doran, M.J. and Glazik, R. (eds.) Proceedings of the 4 th Australian Stream Management Conference: Linking Rivers to Landscapes. Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Hobart, Tasmania. pp250-255.

• Gorecki, V., Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G. 2005. Geomorphic controls on Coarse Particulate Organic Matter (CPOM) distribution: implications for river rehabilitation. In: Rutherfurd, I.D., Wiszniewski, I., Askey-Doran, M.J. and Glazik, R. (eds.) Proceedings of the 4 th Australian Stream Management Conference: Linking Rivers to Landscapes. Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Hobart, Tasmania.

2004

• Fryirs, K. 2004. Point bar. In Goudie, A.S. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, Routledge, London, UK. Volume 2, J-Z, p800-801.

Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 2004. Bar, river. In Goudie, A.S. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, Routledge, London, UK. Volume 1, A-I, p56-58.

2003

• Fryirs, K. 2003. Guiding principles of assessing the geomorphic condition of rivers: Application of a framework in Bega catchment, South Coast, NSW, Australia. Catena. 53, 17-52. [Abstract]

2002

Brierley, G.J., Fryirs, K., Outhet, D., and Massey, C. 2002. Application of the River Styles framework to river management programs in New South Wales, Australia. Applied Geography, 21, 91-122. [Abstract]


• Fryirs, K. 2002. Antecedent landscape controls on river character, behaviour and evolution at the base of the escarpment in Bega catchment, South Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Zeitshrift fur Geomorphologie.46(4), 475-504. [Abstract]
  
  
• Fryirs, K. 2002. A Geomorphic Approach for assessing the Condition and Recovery Potential of Rivers: Application in Bega Catchment, South Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Physical Geography, Macquarie University.

2001

• Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K. 2001. Creating a catchment-framed biophysical vision for river rehabilitation programs. In Rutherfurd, I., Sheldon, F., Brierley, G.J. and Kenyon, C. (eds) Third Australian Stream Management Conference Proceedings: The Value of Healthy Rivers. Brisbane. Vol 1. 59-65.
  
  
• Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 2001. Variability in sediment delivery and storage along river courses in Bega catchment, NSW, Australia: Implications for geomorphic river recovery. Geomorphology. 38, 237-265. [Abstract]
  
  
• Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 2001. Bega River. Sediment source, transfer and accumulation zones. In: Marutani, T., Brierley, G., Trustrum, N. and Page, M. (Eds.). Source-to-Sink Sedimentary Cascades in Pacific Rim Geo-systems. Matsumoto Sabo Work Office, Ministry of Land, Infrastructre and Transport, Motomachi, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan. p112-119.
  
  
• Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 2001. Bega River. Impacts of European settlement on sediment transfer relationships. In: Marutani, T., Brierley, G., Trustrum, N. and Page, M. (Eds.). Source-to-Sink Sedimentary Cascades in Pacific Rim Geo-systems. Matsumoto Sabo Work Office, Ministry of Land, Infrastructre and Transport, Motomachi, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan. p119-131.
  
  
• Outhet, D., Fryirs, K. Massey, C. and Brierley, G.J. 2001. Application of the River Styles framework to river management programs in New South Wales. In: Rutherfurd, I., Sheldon, F. Brierley, G. and Kenyon, C. (Eds.). Third Australian Stream Management Conference proceedings: the value of Healthy Rivers, 27-29 August, 2001, Brisbane, Queensland. pp489-492.
  
  
• Thomson, J., Taylor, M.P., Fryirs, K.A. and Brierley, G.J. 2001. A geomorphic framework for river characterisation and habitat assessment. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Research, 11, 373-389. [Abstract]
  
  
• Fryirs, K.A. 2001. A Geomorphic Approach for Assessing the Condition and Recovery Potential of Rivers: Application in Bega Catchment, South Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Physical geography, Macquarie University.

2000

• Taylor, M.P., Thomson, J., Fryirs, K.A. and Brierley, G.J. 2000. Habitat assessment using the River Styles methodology. Ecological Management and Restoration. 1(3):223-226.
  
  
• Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 2000. A geomorphic approach for identification of river recovery potential. Physical Geography. 21(3), 244-277. [Abstract]
  
  
• Brierley G.J. and Fryirs, K. 2000. River Styles in Bega Catchment, NSW, Australia: Implications for river rehabilitation. Environmental Management. 25(6):661-679. [Abstract]

1999

• Brierley G.J. and Fryirs, K. 1999. Tributary-trunk stream relations in a cut-and-fill landscape: A case study from Wolumla catchment, N.S.W., Australia. Geomorphology 28, 61-73.[Abstract]
  
• Brierley, G.J., Cohen, T., Fryirs, K. and Brooks, A. 1999. Post-European changes to the fluvial geomorphology of Bega Catchment, Australia: Implications for river ecology. Freshwater Biology 41, 839-848. [Abstract]
  
• Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 1999. Slope channel decoupling in Wolumla catchment, South Coast, New South Wales, Australia : the changing nature of sediment sources since European settlement. Catena 35, 41-63. [Abstract]
  
• Fryirs, K. 1999. The recovery potential of river styles in Bega catchment, NSW: A catchment based framework for prioritorisation of river rehabilitation strategies. In Rutherfurd, I and Bartley, R. (eds) Proceedings of the Second Australian Stream Management Conference, Adelaide. Vol 1. p279-286.

1998

• Brierley G.J. and Fryirs, K. 1998. A fluvial sediment budget for upper Wolumla Creek, South Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Australian Geographer 29 (1), 107-124. [Abstract]
  
• Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 1998. The character and age structure of valley fills in upper Wolumla Creek catchment, South Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 23, 271-287. [Abstract]

Other research output

2004

• Brierley, G. and Fryirs, K. 2004. The River Styles® framework: The short course conceptual book. Macquarie Research Limited. 151pp.
  
• Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 2004. The River Styles® Short Course: Workbook and field guide. Macquarie Research Limited. 97pp.
  
• Spencer, J., Fryirs, K., Keating, D. and Brierley, G.J. 2004. River Styles® in the Upper Hunter Catchment. Report presented to the Upper Hunter River Rehabilitation Initiative. Macquarie University.

2003

• Fryirs, K. 2003. Sedimentary cascades in Australian river systems: Using examples from the Bega and Murrumbidgee catchments to demonstrate the connectivity of sediment movement and its implications for geomorphic river recovery. Proceedings of the international workshop for 'source to sink' sedimentary dynamics at the catchment scale. Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan.
  
• Fryirs, K., Spencer, J., and Brierley, G.J. 2003. River Styles® in the Upper Hunter Catchment: A geomorphic platform for river management and research applications. Report presented to the Upper Hunter River Rehabilitation Initiative. Macquarie University.
  
  Fryirs, K. 2003. Using the River Styles framework as a template upon which an anthropophysical layer can be developed for urban streams. In Water and Environment City Design and Earth Tech Engineering Pty. Ltd., Cedar Creek River Styles Pilot Study, Report prepared for Water Resources, Urban Management, Brisbane.
  
• Brierley, G. and Fryirs, K. 2003. The River Styles® framework: The short course conceptual book. Macquarie Research Limited. 151pp.
  
• Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 2003. The River Styles® Short Course: Workbook and field guide. Macquarie Research Limited. 97pp.

2002

• Brierley, G. and Fryirs, K. 2002. The River Styles® framework: The short course conceptual book. Macquarie Research Limited. 149pp.
  
• Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 2002. The River Styles® Short Course: Workbook and field guide. Macquarie Research Limited. 109pp.

2001

• Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K. 2001. An introduction to the River Stylesâ Framework. Workshops for the Department of Natural Resources, Queensland. Macquarie Research Limited.
  
  Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 2001. An introduction to fluvial geomorphology. Workshops for the Department of Natural Resources, Queensland. Macquarie Research Limited.

2000

• Brierley, G. and Fryirs, K. 2000. The River Styles® framework: A conceptual guide to the short course. Macquarie Research Limited. 163pp.
  
  
• Fryirs, K., Cracknell, E. and Brierley, G. 2000. The River Styles® Short Course workbook. Macquarie Research Limited. 125pp.

1999

• Brierley, G.J., Ferguson, R.J., Lampert, G., Cohen, T., Fryirs, K., Reinfelds, I., Goldrick, G., Crighton, P., Batten, P. and Jansen, J. 1999. Summary Overview of River Styles? in North Coast catchments of New South Wales. Macquarie Research Limited, 55pp.
  
  Goldrick. G, Brierley. G.J. and Fryirs. K. 1999. River Styles in the Richmond Catchment. A report to the Department of Land and Water Conservation, September, 1999. Macquarie Research Limited, 117pp.
  
• Brierley. G.J. and Fryirs. K. 1999. River Styles short course. Pappinbarra Field Studies Centre, April 19-23 1999. Supported by LWRRDC and DLWC. 105pp.
  
  Fryirs, K. 1999. Helping your river system to recover: Prioritorising efforts at river rehabilitation, Rip Rap, LWRRDC Publication, March issue.

1998

• Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 1998a. River Styles in Dry/Murrah catchment, South Coast, NSW, Macquarie Research Limited, ACN 003 849 198, 63pp.
  
• Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 1998b. The use of River Styles and their associated sediment storage in the development of a catchment-based river rehabilitation strategy for Bega/Brogo catchment, South Coast, NSW. NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation. Parramatta, 204 pp.
  
• Fryirs, K. and Brierley, G.J. 1998c. River Styles in Bega/Brogo catchment: Recovery potential and target conditions for river rehabilitation. NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation. Parramatta, 127 pp.
  
• Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K. 1998d. River Styles: A biophysical approach to prioritorisation of river rehabilitation strategies, Hobart/Launceston Workshops, 14th-18th December, 1998.
  
• Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K. 1998e. Research and Development needs for river restoration in Australia. Final report to the National River Health Program Management Committee of Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation, Canberra.

1997

• Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K. 1997. River Styles in Bega catchment: Implications for management. Workshop and Field Days, October 1-3 1997. Macquarie University. 24 pp.

1996

• Fryirs, K., Brierley, G.J. and Cohen, T. 1996. Application of the catchment characterisation procedure to Wolumla catchment, South Coast, New South Wales, In Brierley, G.J, Fryirs, K and Cohen T, Geomorphology and River Ecology in southeastern Australia : An approach to catchment characterisation, Graduate School of the Environment Working Paper 9603, Macquarie University.
  
• Brierley, G.J., Fryirs, K. and Cohen T. 1996. Fluvial Geomorphology and River ecology of coastal rivers in southeastern Australia, In Brierley, G.J, Fryirs, K and Cohen T, Geomorphology and River Ecology in southeastern Australia : An approach to catchment characterisation, Graduate School of the Environment Working Paper 9603, Macquarie University.
  
• Cohen, T., Brierley, G.J. and Fryirs, K. 1996. A Geomorphic Approach to catchment characterisation, In Brierley, G.J, Fryirs, K and Cohen T, Geomorphology and River Ecology in southeastern Australia : An approach to catchment characterisation, Graduate School of the Environment Working Paper 9603, Macquarie University.

1995

• Fryirs, K. 1995. The character, extent and evolution of valley fills in upper Wolumla Creek catchment, South Coast, New South Wales, Unpublished Honours Thesis, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University.

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