Wayne Robinson

Dr Wayne Robinson

Wildlife Ecologist, Research Fellow, ACIAR

Gulbali Institute

Biography

Wayne Robinson has a background in data analysis and natural resource management themes and aims to develop management, monitoring and research techniques that can be employed in an environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable manner. During the last three decades, he has developed a high level of expertise in the experimental design and analysis of long-term monitoring of Australia's ecological resources. Wayne has worked on multiple fisheries research projects in Lao PDR since 2012 and is currently employed as a specialist to monitor fish passage at current and future Mekong River mainstem hydropower stations.

Research
  • Fish passage
  • Large-scale ecosystem monitoring design
  • River health assessment
  • Sustainable Mekong River fisheries
Publications
Full publications list on CRO

Recent publications

  • Wibowo, A., Kurniawan, K., Prakoso, V. A., Ginanjar, R., Rochman, F., Zamroni, M., Atminarso, D., Sumarto, B. K. A., Chadijah, A., Irawan, D., Deniansen, T., Suriani, I., Syamsi, A. N., Achmadi, A., Surbani, I. L., Akbar, S. A., Hubert, N., Robinson, W., Stuart, I. G., & Baumgartner, L. J. (2025). Characterizing spatial patterns among freshwater fishes and shrimps of the Poso River (Sulawesi, Indonesia) using DNA barcoding. Aquatic Sciences, 87(1), Article 2.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-024-01128-0
  • Robinson, W., Baumgartner, L. J., Homsombath, K., Ning, N., Phommachanh, K., Phommavong, T., Poomchaivej, T., Pomorin, K., Simmanivong, D., Singhanouvong, D., & Vorasane, P. (2024). PIT tagging systems are suitable for assessing cumulative impacts of Mekong River hydropower plants on (upstream) fish migrations in Lao PDR. Fisheries Research, 274, Article 106995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.106995
  • Romero-Gomez, P., Poomchaivej, T., Razdan, R., Robinson, W., Peyreder, R., Raeder, M., & Baumgartner, L. J. (2024). Sensor Fish Deployments at the Xayaburi Hydropower Plant: Measurements and Simulations. Water, 16(5), Article 775. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16050775
  • Poomchaivej, T., Robinson, W., Ning, N., Baumgartner, L. J., & Huang, X. (2024). Suitability of tropical river fishes for PIT tagging: Results for four Lower Mekong species. Fisheries Research, 272, Article 106930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106930
  • Conallin, J., Tun, N. N., Swe, A. M., Baumgartner, L. J., Lunn, Z., Mallen-Cooper, M., Marsden, T., Ning, N., Robinson, W., Senevirathna, L., & Thew, P. (2023). Using fish swimming ability to refine criteria for fishway construction in Myanmar. Fisheries Research, 262, [106680].