Melbourne School of Land and Environment Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science

• Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne
• Bachelor of Forest Science (Hons), University of Melbourne

• Process based modelling of the hydrological impacts of timber harvesting, bushfires, climate change and reafforestation on catchment water yield in state forest catchments supplying water to Melbourne, Victoria.
• Studying the impacts of forest wildfire, varying severity levels of prescribed burns, subsequent extreme rainfall events and climate conditions on soil infiltration-runoff dynamics and resulting capacity to predict sediment delivery rates and severe events such as debris flows and high magnitude floods.
• Exploring the environmental linkages between plant growth and varying scales of water transport dynamics in mixed canopies.
• Examining the ability to engage probabilistic modelling to predict soil properties, biophysical processes and water flow responses from varying scales and types of measurements.

Link to Forests and Water Research Group

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International peer-reviewed journals

• Sheridan G, Noske P. Lane P, Sherwin C.  Using rainfall simulation and site measurements to predict annual erodibility and phosphorus generation rates from unsealed roads; validation against in-situ erosion measurements.  Catena Volume 73, Issue 1, 15 March 2008, Pages 49-62.
• Lane PNJ, Sheridan PJ, Noske PJ, Sherwin CB. 2008.  Phosphorus and nitrogen exports from SE Australian forests following wildfire.  Journal of Hydrology 361: 186-198.
  
• Lane PNJ, Feikema PM, Sherwin CB, Peel MC, Freebairn A.  Modelling the long term water yield impact of wildfire and other forest disturbance.  Submitted to Environmental Modelling and Software.
  
• Sheridan GJ, Lane PNJ, Sherwin, CB Noske PJ. Development of a predictive model of post-fire catchment sediment exports.  Submitted to Journal of Hydrology.
  
• Smith HG, Sheridan GJ, Lane PNJ, Sherwin CB.  Paired Eucalyptus forest catchment study of prescribed fire effects on suspended sediment and nutrient exports in south-eastern Australia.  Submitted to International Journal of Wildland Fire.
  

Conference proceedings

• Lane, P.N.J., Feikema, P.M., Sherwin, C.B., Peel, M.C. and Freebairn, A. 2007. Physically-based prediction of water yield from disturbed forested water supply catchments. In Oxley, L. and Kulasiri, D. (eds) MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2007, Christchurch, NZ. pp. 2953-2959. ISBN : 978-0-9758400-4-7.
  
• Sheridan GJ, Lane PNJ, Sherwin CB, Noske PJ. Estimating increased sediment loads following wildfire: sampling strategies and stochastic uncertainty. In Oxley, L. and Kulasiri, D. (eds) MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2007, pp.2410-2416. ISBN: 978-0-9758400-4-7.  
  
• Sheridan GJ, Lane PNJ, Noske PJ, Sherwin CB, Nyman P.  Runoff generation from water repellent soils with high infiltration capacity. In Oxley, L. and Kulasiri, D. (eds) MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2007, pp.1245-1251. ISBN : 978-0-9758400-4-7. 
  

Reports

• Patrick Lane, Chris Sherwin, Murray Peel and Andrew Freebairn, 2008..  Impact of the 2003 Alpine Bushfires on Streamflow - Predicting the long-term impacts of bushfire on water yield.  MDBC Publication No. 24/08
  
• Feikema PM, Sherwin CB, Lane PNJ, 2008. Climate scenario simulations for the Thomson and Armstrong Creek (Main) catchments using the Macaque model.  SFES Consultancy Report for Melbourne Water, 24 p
  
• Gary Sheridan, Patrick Lane, Rodger Grayson, Philip Noske, Paul Feikema and Chris Sherwin, 2008. Impact of the 2003 Alpine Bushfires on Streamflow - Estimated changes in stream exports of sediment, phosphorus and nitrogen following the 2003 bushfires in Eastern Victoria.  MDBC Publication No. 22/08.
  
• Lane, P., Sherwin, C., Peel, M., Freebairn, A. 2007.  Predicting the long-term impacts of bushfire on water yield. Research Report for the Bushfire Recovery Program, Department of Sustainability and Environment.
  Feikema P.M., Lane P.N.J. and Sherwin C.B. 2007. Hydrological studies into the impact of timber harvesting on water yield in state forests supplying water to Melbourne – Part 2 of Hydrological Studies (Climate change and Bushfire).  eWater report to Department of Sustainability and Environment. pp 61.
  
• Feikema P.M., Lane P.N.J., Peel M.C., Sherwin C.B., Freebairn A., Salkin O. 2006.   Hydrological studies into the impact of timber harvesting on water yield in state forests supplying water to Melbourne – Part 1 of Hydrological Studies.  eWater report to Department of Sustainability and Environment. pp 119.
  
• Sheridan, G.J., Lane, P., Grayson, R., Noske, P., Feikema, P. and Sherwin C. 2006. Estimated changes in stream water quality following the 2003 bushfires in Eastern Victoria.  Research Report for the Bushfire Recovery Program, Department of Sustainability and Environment. Forest Science Centre, Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology, University of Melbourne.
  
• Sheridan GJ, Lane PH, Grayson R, Noske P and Feikema P and Sherwin C. (2006) Estimated changes in stream water quality following the 2003 bushfires in Eastern Victoria.  Research Report for the Bushfire Recovery Program, Department of Sustainability and Environment.
  
• Sheridan, G.J., Lane, P., Noske, P., and Sherwin, C. (2005), Quantification of the hillslope processes leading to elevated sediment and nutrient loads from burnt forested catchments. Unpublished Report for the Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria.
  
• Lane P, Sheridan G, Noske P, Costenaro J, Sherwin C.   The impact on wildfire on water quantity and water quality: runoff, sediment and nutrient exports. European Geosciences Union, Vienna April 2005
  
• Lane PNJ, Sheridan GJ, Noske PJ, Costenaro JL, Sherwin CB, 2004. The East Kiewa bushfire hydrology research catchments: first progress report. Report to Department of Sustainability and Environment.

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