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Les Basher

Research Associate
Soils & Landscapes
Les Basher
Phone
+64 3 321 9978
Location
Nelson
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Research interests

 

  • Sediment generation and sediment yield
  • Erosion modelling
  • Tracers for determining sediment sources
  • Hillslope and riparian hydrology
  • Soil and slope stratigraphy
  • Wetland ecology
  • Soil and vegetation history

Professional affiliations

  • New Zealand Society of Soil Science
  • New Zealand Hydrological Society
  • New Zealand Geological Society
  • New Zealand Association of Resource Management

Qualifications

Lincoln
PhD Soil Science
1986

Lincoln
DipAgSc Soil Science
1976

Canterbury
BSc Geology
1973

Publications

Dymond JR, Herzig A, Basher L, Betts HD, Marden M, Phillips CJ, Ausseil A-GE, Palmer DJ, Clark M, Roygard J 2016. Development of a New Zealand SedNet model for assessment of catchment-wide soil-conservation works. Geomorphology 257: 85–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.12.022

Vale SS, Fuller IC, Procter JN, Basher LR, Smith IE 2016. Characterization and quantification of suspended sediment sources to the Manawatu River, New Zealand. Science of The Total Environment 543: 171–186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.003

Vale SS, Fuller IC, Procter JN, Basher LR, Smith IE 2016. Application of a confluence-based sediment-fingerprinting approach to a dynamic sedimentary catchment, New Zealand. Hydrological Processes 30(5): 812–829. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10611

Phillips C, Marden M, Basher L 2015. Forests and erosion protection - getting to the root of the matter. New Zealand Journal of Forestry 60(2): 11–15.

Basher L, Harrison D, Phillips C, Marden M 2015. What do we need for a risk management approach to steepland plantation forests in erodible terrain? New Zealand Journal of Forestry 60(2): 7–10.

Payn T, Phillips C, Basher L, Baillie B, Garrett L, Harrison D, Heaphy M, Marden M 2015. Improving management of post-harvest risks in steepland plantations. New Zealand Journal of Forestry 60(2): 3–6.

Marden M, Basher L, Phillips C, Black R 2015. Should detailed terrain stability or erosion susceptibility mapping be mandatory in erodible steep lands? New Zealand Journal of Forestry 59(4): 32–42.

Marden M, Herzig A, Basher L 2014. Erosion process contribution to sediment yield before and after the establishment of exotic forest: Waipaoa catchment, New Zealand. Geomorphology 226: 162–174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.08.007

Fuller IC, Basher LR, Hicks DM 2014. Towards understanding river sediment dynamics as a basis for improved catchment, channel, and coastal management: the case of the Motueka catchment, Nelson, New Zealand. International Journal of River Basin Management 12(3): 175–192. https://doi.org/10.1080/15715124.2014.885437

Fuller IC, Basher LR 2013. Riverbed digital elevation models as a tool for holistic river management: Motueka River, New Zealand. River research and applications 29(5): 619–633. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.2555

Basher LR 2013. Erosion processes and their control in New Zealand. In: Dymond JR ed. Ecosystem services in New Zealand: conditions and trends. Lincoln, New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Press. Pp. 363–374

Gusyev MA, Toews MW, Daughney CJ, Hong T, Minni G, Fenemor A, Ekanayake J, Davie T, Basher L, Thomas J 2012. Modelling groundwater abstraction scenarios using a groundwater-river interaction model of the Upper Motueka River catchment. Journal of hydrology, New Zealand 51(2): 85–110.

Fuller IC, Richardson JM, Basher L, Dykes RC, Vale SS 2012. Responses to river management? Geomorphic change over decadal and annual timescales in two gravel-bed rivers in New Zealand. In: Molina DA ed. River channels: types, dynamics and changes. New York, Nova Science. Pp. 137–164

Langridge RM, Basili R, Basher L, Wells AP 2012. Late Holocene landscape change history related to the Alpine Fault determined from drowned forests in Lake Poerua, Westland, New Zealand. Natural hazards and earth systems science 12: 2051–2064.

Phillips C, Marden M, Basher L 2012. Plantation forest harvesting and landscape response - what we know and what we need to know. New Zealand journal of forestry 56(4): 4–12.

Basher LR, Hicks DM, Clapp B, Hewitt T 2011. Sediment yield response to large storm events and forest harvesting, Motueka River, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research 45(3): 333–356. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2011.570350

Fuller IC, Basher L, Marden M, Massey C 2011. Using morphological adjustments to appraise sediment flux. Journal of hydrology, New Zealand 50(1): 59–80. CABI:20113289094

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