Associate Professor Brendan Hicks
Leader of the Invasive Fish Group
Brendan has research interests in the biology of freshwater fish biology generally, and specifically in the use of stable isotopes to elucidate aquatic food webs, migrational history of fish through otolith microchemistry, and genomic techniques. Examples of publications on these topics include the influence of land use on fish distribution and diet, marine-derived nutrient inputs by coho salmon to coastal Alaskan environments, and the influence of forestry on fish. Brendan is Deputy Director of the Waikato Stable Isotope Unit, a successful mass spectrometry suite that provides analyses of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen to a wide variety of commercial and research clients. Brendan is the Chairperson of the Department of Biological Sciences, and acts as Expert Commissioner or the Auckland Regional Council for major consents involving fresh water.
E-mail: b.hicks@waikato.ac.nz
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Journal, book, and conference publications
Daniel, A.J., Hicks, B.J., Ling, N., and David, B.O. 2011. Movements of radio and acoustic-tagged adult koi carp in the Waikato River, New Zealand. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 31: 352—362. Read abstract.
Allan, M.G., Hamilton, D.P., Hicks, B.J. and Brabyn, L. 2010. Landsat remote sensing of chlorophyll a concentrations in central North Island lakes of New Zealand. International Journal of Remote Sensing DOI: 10.1080/01431161003645840.
Hicks, B.J, Ling, N. and Wilson, B. 2010. Introduced fish. Chapter 11. In: Waters of the Waikato: Ecology of New Zealand’s Longest River. K.J. Collier, D.P. Hamilton, W. Vant and C. Howard-Williams (Eds.) Environment Waikato/University of Waikato, pp. 209-228.
Matsuzaki, S.S., Mabuchi, K., Takamura, N., Hicks, B.J., Nishida, M. and Washitani, I. 2010. Stable isotope and molecular analyses indicate that hybridization with non-native domesticated common carp influence habitat use of native carp. Oikos. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18076.x Read abstract.
Matsuzaki, S.S., Mabuchi, K., Takamura, N., Hicks, B.J., Nishida, M. and Washitani, I. 2010. Stable isotope and molecular analyses indicate that hybridization with non-native domesticated common carp influence habitat use of native carp. Oikos. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18076.x Read abstract.
Ashraf, S., Brabyn, L., Hicks, B.J. and Collier. K. 2010. Satellite remote sensing for mapping vegetation in New Zealand freshwater environments: a review. New Zealand Geographer 66: 33-43. Read abstract.
Collier, K.J., B.M.T.A. Aldridge, B.J. Hicks, J.Kelly, A. Macdonald, B.J. Smith, J. Tonkin. In press. Ecological values of Hamilton urban streams (North Island, New Zealand): constraints and opportunities for restoration. NZ Journal of Ecology. Accepted 26 Mar 2009.
Entry, J.A., R.E. Sojka, and B.J. Hicks. 2009. Matrix-based fertilizers reduce nutrient and bacterial leaching after dairy manure application. In Nutrient management in a rapidly changing world. (Eds L.D. Currie and C.L. Lindsay). Occasional Report No. 22. Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. In press.
Osborne, M.W., N. Ling, B.J. Hicks, G.W. Tempero. 2009. Movement, social cohesion, and site fidelity in adult koi carp, Cyprinus carpio L. Fisheries Management and Ecology 16: 169-176.
Ellery, P.M., B.J. Hicks. 2009. Restoration of floodplain habitats for inanga (Galaxias maculatus) in the Kaituna River, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Natural Sciences 34: 39-48.
Daniel, A.J., B.J. Hicks N. Ling, and B. David. 2009. Acoustic and radio transmitter retention in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) in New Zealand. Marine and Freshwater Research 60: 328–333.
Stevens, M.I., B.J. Hicks. 2009. Mitochondrial DNA reveals monophyly of New Zealand’s Gobiomorphus (Teleostei: Eleotridae) amongst morphological complex. Evolutionary Ecology Research 11: 109-123. Reprint now available - email b.hicks at waikato.ac.nz.
Cary, S.C., B.J. Hicks, C.E.C. Gemmill, A. Rueckert, and K.J. Coyne. 2008. A sensitive genetic-based detection and enumeration method for Didymosphenia geminata. Pages 6-9 in M.L. Bothwell and S.A. Spaulding (co-editors). Proceedings of the 2007 International Workshop on Didymosphenia geminata. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2795, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, BC, Canada. Copy of the full report Download.
Collier, K.J., B.D. Clarkson, B.M.T.A. Aldridge, and B.J. Hicks. 2008. Can urban streams be restored? Linking vegetation restoration with urban stormwater mitigation. Proceedings of the NZWWA Stormwater Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand Water and Wastes Association. Download
August, S.M. and B.J. Hicks. 2008. Water temperature and upstream migration of glass eels in New Zealand: implications of climate change. Environmental Biology of Fishes 81(2): 195–205. Download
Michel, C., B.J. Hicks, K.N. Stölting, A.C. Clarke, M.I. Stevens, R. Tana, A. Meyer, and M.R. van den Heuvel. 2008. Distinct migratory and non-migratory ecotypes of an endemic New Zealand eleotrid (Gobiomorphus cotidianus McDowall 1975) — implications for incipient speciation in island freshwater fish species. BioMed Central Evolutionary Biology 8: 49. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-49. Articles in BMC Evolutionary Biology should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal, with one exception. Because articles in this journal are not printed, they do not have page numbers. Instead, they have a unique article number. This is article 49 in volume 8. See more
Entry, J.A., R.E. Sojka, and B.J. Hicks. 2008. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios can estimate anionic polyacrylamide degradation in soil. Geoderma 145: 8-16.
van den Heuvel, M.R., C. Michel, K.N. Stöltling, M.I. Stevens, L.A. Tremblay, and B.J. Hicks. 2007. Monitoring the effects of pulp and paper effluent is restricted in genetically distinct populations of common bully (Gobiomorphus cotidianus). Environmental Science and Technology 41: 2602-2608.
Tempero, G.W., N. Ling, B.J. Hicks, M.W. Osborne. 2006. Age composition, growth, and reproduction of koi carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) in the lower Waikato, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 40: 571-583.
Hicks, B.J., M.W. Osborne, and N. Ling. 2006. Quantitative estimates of fish abundance from boat electrofishing. Proceedings, Australian Society for Fish Biology annual conference, Darwin, NT, 11-15 July 2005. Download
Hicks, B.J., H.J. Bannon, and R.D.S. Wells. 2006. Fish and macroinvertebrates in lowland drainage canals with and without grass carp. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 44: 89-98.
West, D. W., N. Ling, B. J. Hicks, L. A. Tremblay, N. D. Kim, and M. R. van den Heuvel. 2006. Cumulative impacts assessment along a large river, using brown bullhead catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus) populations. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25(7): 1868-1880.
Dugdale, T.M., B.J. Hicks, M. de Winton, and A. Taumoepeau. 2006. Fish exclosures versus intensive fishing to restore charophytes in a shallow New Zealand lake. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 162(2):. DOI:10.1002/aqc.711
Hicks, B. J., D. W. West, B. J. Barry, A. Markwitz, C. F. Baker, and C. P. Mitchell. 2005. Chronosequences of strontium in the otoliths of two New Zealand migratory freshwater fish, inanga (Galaxias maculatus) and koaro (G. brevipinnis). International Journal of Particle Induced X-ray Emission 15(3-4): 95-101. DOI:10.1142/S0129083505000398.
Hicks, B.J., M.S. Wipfli, D.W. Lang, and M.E. Lang. 2005. Marine-derived nitrogen and carbon in freshwater-riparian food webs of the Copper River Delta, southcentral Alaska. Oecologia 144: 558-569. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0035-2.
Hicks, B.J., G.J. Glova, M.J. Duncan. 2004. Forestry interactions - New Zealand. Pages 654-677 in T.G. Northcote and G.F. Hartman [editors] Fishes and forestry - worldwide watershed interactions and management. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
Martínez-Capel, F., C. McCullough & B.J. Hicks. 2004. On a regional model for nocturnal habitat requirements of banded kokopu (Galaxias fasciatus) in the North Island, New Zealand. Pages 109-116 in D. García de Jalón Lastra, P. Vizcaíno Martínez (eds). Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, 12-17 September 2004, Madrid, Spain. Volume I. Aquatic habitats: analysis and restoration. International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research, Madrid. ISBN:90-805649-7-4. Download
Hicks, B.J. and J. D. Hall. 2003. Rock type and channel gradient structure salmonid populations in the Oregon Coast Range. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132: 468-482.
Hicks, B.J. 2003. Distribution and abundance of fish and crayfish in a Waikato stream in relation to basin area. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 30(2): 149-160.
Wells, R. D. S.; Bannon, H. J.; Hicks, B. J. 2003. Control of macrophytes by grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in a Waikato drain, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 85-93.
Baker, C.F. and B.J. Hicks. 2003. Attraction of migratory inanga (Galaxias maculatus) and koaro (Galaxias brevipinnis) juveniles to adult galaxiid odours. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 291-299.
Chisnall, B. L., M. L. Martin, and B. J. Hicks. 2003. Effect of harvest on size, abundance, and production of freshwater eels (Anguilla australis and A. dieffenbachii) in a New Zealand stream. In D. A. Dixon (Editor), Biology, management, and protection of catadromous eels. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 33, Bethesda, Maryland. pp 177-189.
Barnes, G.E. and B.J. Hicks. 2003. Brown bullhead catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus) in Lake Taupo. Pages 27-35 in Munro, R. (ed). Managing invasive freshwater fish in New Zealand. Proceedings of a workshop hosted by Department of Conservation, 10-12 May 2001, Hamilton. New Zealand Department of Conservation, Wellington. Download
Hicks, B.J. 2003. Biology and potential impacts of rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus L.) in New Zealand. Pages 49-58 in Munro, R. (ed). Managing invasive freshwater fish in New Zealand. Proceedings of a workshop hosted by Department of Conservation, 10-12 May 2001, Hamilton. New Zealand Department of Conservation, Wellington. Download
Hicks, B.J. 2002. Gravel galore: impacts of clear-cut logging on salmon and their habitats. Pages 97-118 In B. Harvey and M. MacDuffee, editors. Phantom runs: the future of wild salmon on north and central coasts of British Columbia. Raincoast Conservation Society, Victoria, British Columbia.
Lake, M.D., B.J. Hicks, R.D.S. Wells, and T.M. Dugdale. 2002. Consumption of submerged aquatic macrophytes by rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus L.) in New Zealand. Hydrobiologia 470:13-22.
Clements, S.P, B.J. Hicks, B.J., J.F. Carragher, and M. Dedual. 2002. The effect of a trapping procedure on the stress response of wild rainbow trout. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22:907-916.
Parkyn, S.M., K.J. Collier, and B.J. Hicks. 2002. Growth and population dynamics of crayfish Paranephrops planifrons in streams within native forest and pastoral land uses. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36: 847-861.
McCullough, C.D. and B.J. Hicks. 2002. Estimating the abundance of banded kokopu (Galaxias fasciatus Gray) in small streams by nocturnal counts under spotlight illumination. New Zealand Natural Sciences 27: 1-14.
Parkyn, S.M., K.J. Collier, and B.J. Hicks. 2001. New Zealand stream crayfish: functional omnivores but trophic predators? Freshwater Biology 46(5):641-652.
Greenwood T.L., Green, J.D., Hicks, B.J., Chapman, M.A. 1999. Seasonal abundance of small cladocerans in Lake Mangakaware, Waikato, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33(3): 399-415. See more
Hicks, B.J. and J.L. Laboyrie. 1999. Preliminary estimates of mass-loss rates, changes in stable isotope composition, and invertebrate colonisation of evergreen and deciduous leaves Waikato, New Zealand, stream. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33(2):221-232. See more
Hicks, B.J. 1997. Food webs in forest and pasture streams in the Waikato region: a study based on analyses of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen, and fish gut contents. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31: 651-664. See more
Hicks, B.J. and H.M.C. McCaughan. 1997. Land use, associated eel production, and abundance of fish and crayfish in streams in Waikato, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31: 635-650. See more
Rabeni, C.F., K.J. Collier, S.M. Parkyn, and B.J. Hicks. 1997. Evaluating techniques for sampling stream crayfish (Paranephrops planifrons). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31: 693-700. See more
Hicks, B.J., and R.F.G. Barrier. 1996. Habitat requirements of black mudfish (Neochanna diversus) in the Waikato region, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 30:135-151. See more
Barrier, R.F.G., and B.J. Hicks. 1994. Behavioural interactions between black mudfish (Neochanna diversus Stokell, 1949: Galaxiidae) and mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis Baird & Girard, 1854). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 3:93-99.
Hicks, B.J., and G.H. Reeves. 1994. Restoration of stream habitat for fish using in-stream structures. Pages 67-91 in K.J. Collier, editor. Restoration of aquatic habitats: selected papers from the second day of the New Zealand Limnological Society 1993 Annual Conference, 10-12 May 1993, Wellington, New Zealand. Department of Conservation, Wellington. Download
Chisnall, B. J. and B. J. Hicks. 1993. Age and growth of longfinned eels (Anguilla dieffenbachii) in pastoral and forested streams in the Waikato River basin, and in two hydro-electric lakes in the North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 27:317-332. See more
Hicks, B.J., J.D. Hall, P.A. Bisson, and J.R. Sedell. 1991. Responses of salmonids to habitat changes. Pages 483-518 in W. R. Meehan, editor. Influences of forest and rangeland management on salmonid habitat. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 19, Bethesda, Maryland.
Hicks, B.J., R.L. Beschta, and R.D. Harr. 1991. Long-term changes in streamflow following logging in western Oregon and associated fisheries implications. Water Resources Bulletin 27:217-226.
Hicks, B.J. and W.B. Silvester. 1990. Acetylene reduction associated with Zostera novazelandica Setch. and Spartina alterniflora Loisel., in Whangateau Harbour, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 24:481-486. See more
Hicks, B.J. and W.B. Silvester. 1985. Nitrogen fixation in the New Zealand mangrove (Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. var. resinifera (Forst f.) Bakh.). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 49:955 959.
Hicks, B.J. and N.R.N. Watson. 1985. The fish and fisheries of Rangitikei River. Fisheries Research Publication Occasional Publication No. 48, New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Wellington. 32p.
Hicks, B.J. and N.R.N. Watson. 1985. Seasonal changes in abundance of brown trout (Salmo trutta) and rainbow trout (S. gairdnerii) assessed by drift diving in the Rangitikei River, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 19:1-10. See more
Rounick, J.S. and B.J. Hicks. 1985. The stable carbon isotope ratios of fish and their invertebrate prey in four New Zealand rivers. Freshwater Biology 15:207-214.
Hicks, B.J. and N.R.N. Watson. 1983. Quinnat salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) spawning in the Rangitikei River. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 17:17-19. See more
Dormgoole, F.I., Silvester, W.B. and B.J. Hicks. 1978. Nitrogenase activity associated with Codium species from New Zealand marine habitats. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 12:17-22. See more
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