Dr Wendy Merritt

Contacts

Contact email:wendy.merritt@anu.edu.au
Contact phone:+61 2 612 57762
Location:Robertson Building (46)
Centre:The Integrated Catchment Assessment and Management Centre (iCAM)
Link:ANU Researchers profile
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Research interests

My research interests are natural resource assessment and modelling, focussing on using models to inform the management of land and water resources. I have considerable experience in the design and development of models and Decision Support Systems (DSS) within a participatory environment and have worked extensively and collaboratively with Commonwealth, State/Territory and local government agencies in Australia and also with researchers and consultants working across a range of disciplines (including ecologists, hydrologists, and social scientists).

  • Merritt, W, Hamilton, S, Bagchi, N et al. 2022, 'Reflecting on an Integrated Approach to Understanding Pathways for Socially Inclusive Agricultural Intensification', Journal of Development Studies, vol. 58, no. 8, pp. 1569-1587.
  • Zare, F, Guillaume, J, Elsawah, S et al. 2021, 'A formative and self-reflective approach to monitoring and evaluation of interdisciplinary team research: An integrated water resource modelling application in Australia', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 596.
  • Hamilton, S, Merritt, W, Das, M et al. 2020, 'Integrated Assessment-How Does It Help Unpack Water Access by Marginalized Farmers?', Water, vol. 12, no. 12.
  • Fu, B, Merritt, W, Croke, B et al. 2019, 'A review of catchment-scale water quality and erosion models and a synthesis of future prospects', Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 114, pp. 75-97.
  • Fu, B, Merritt, W, Cuddy, S et al. 2019, 'What do we need from catchment water quality models in Australia?', 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2019), ed. S Elsawah, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc (MSSANZ), Australia.
  • Merritt, W, Hamilton, S, Carter, L et al. 2019, 'Reflecting on integrated assessment in the Socially Inclusive Agricultural Intensification (SIAGI) project', 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2019), ed. S Elsawah, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc (MSSANZ), Australia, pp. 918-924.
  • Hamilton, S, Merritt, W, Lim-Camacho, L et al. 2019, 'Integrated assessment frameworks for understanding pathways for socially inclusive agricultural intensification', 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2019), ed. S Elsawah, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc (MSSANZ), Australia, pp. 898-904.
  • Badham, J, Hunt, R, Guillaume, J et al 2019, 'Effective modeling for Integrated Water Resource Management: a guide to contextual practices by phases and steps and future opportunities', Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 116, pp. 40-56.
  • Croke, B, Merritt, W, Cornish, P et al 2018, 'An integrated approach to improving rural livelihoods: Examples from India and Bangladesh', IAHS Scientific Assembly 2017, ed. Croke B. Jewitt G., Copernicus Publications, Online, pp. 45-50pp.
  • Iwanaga, T, Zare, F, Croke, B et al 2018, 'Development of an integrated model for the Campaspe catchment: A tool to help improve understanding of the interaction between society, policy, farming decision, ecology, hydrology and climate', 8th International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management, IWRM 2018, ed. Z. Xu, D. Peng, W. Sun, B. Pang, D. Zuo, A. Schumann, and Y. Chen, Copernicus Publications, TBC, pp. 1-12.
  • Fu, B, Dyer, F, Kravchenko, A et al 2017, 'A note on communicating environmental change for non-market valuation', Ecological Indicators, vol. 72, pp. 165-172.
  • Merritt, W, Fu, B, Ticehurst, J et al 2017, 'Realizing modelling outcomes: A synthesis of success factors and their use in a retrospective analysis of 15 Australian water resource projects', Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 94, pp. 63-72pp.
  • Hamilton, S, Merritt, W, Carter, L et al. 2017, 'Developing a common language for transdisciplinary modelling teams using a generic conceptual framework', 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2017), ed. Syme, G., Hatton MacDonald, D., Fulton, B. and Piantadosi, J, The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., Australia, pp. 1447-1453.
  • Merritt, W, Patch, B, Reddy, V et al 2016, 'Modelling livelihoods and household resilience to droughts using Bayesian networks', Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 315-346pp.
  • Merritt, W, Patch, B, Reddy, V et al 2015, 'Modeling Livelihood Indicators and Household Resilience using Bayesian Networks', in V.R. Reddy and G.J. Syme (ed.), Integrated Assessment of Scale Impacts of Watershed Intervention: assessing hydrogeological and bio-physical influences on livelihoods, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Kidlington and Waltham, pp. 287-316.
  • Syme, G, Reddy, V, Ahmed, S et al 2015, 'Analytical Framework, Study Design, and Methodology', in V.R. Reddy and G.J. Syme (ed.), Integrated Assessment of Scale Impacts of Watershed Intervention: assessing hydrogeological and bio-physical influences on livelihoods, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Kidlington and Waltham, pp. 23-54.
  • Merritt, W, Rao, K, Patch, B et al 2015, 'Exploring Implications of Climate, Land Use, and Policy Intervention Scenarios on Water Resources, Livelihoods, and Resilience', in V.R. Reddy and G.J. Syme (ed.), Integrated Assessment of Scale Impacts of Watershed Intervention: assessing hydrogeological and bio-physical influences on livelihoods, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Kidlington and Waltham, pp. 379-407.
  • Merritt, W, Fu, B, Ticehurst, J et al 2015, 'Synthesising and evaluating the criteria of successful decision support models to support water resource assessment and management', 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2015), ed. Weber, T., McPhee, M.J. and Anderssen, R.S., The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., Australia, pp. 498pp.
  • Fu, B, Dyer, F, Scarpa, R et al 2015, 'Valuing environmental water – lessons from a
    transdisciplinary ecological-economic study', 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2015), ed. Weber, T., McPhee, M.J. and Anderssen, R.S., The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., Australia, p. 594.
  • Akter, S, Grafton, R.Q. & Merritt, W 2014, 'Integrated hydro-ecological and economic modeling of environmental flows: Macquarie Marshes, Australia', Agricultural Water Management, 145, 98-109.
  • Jakeman, A, Merritt, W, Fu, B et al 2013, 'Decision support systems: experiences, lessons and recommendations', 22nd NSW Coastal Conference, 22nd NSW Coastal Conference, Australia, pp. 1-15pp.
  • Patch, B, Merritt, W, Reddy, V & Rout, S 2013, 'Evaluating watershed development impacts on physical capital using household surveys and Bayesian networks', 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, ed. Piantadosi, J., Anderssen, R.S. and Boland J., Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., Australia, pp. 2959-2965. (http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2013/L16/patch.pdf)
  • Fu, B & Merritt, W 2012, 'The Impact of Uncertain Ecological Knowledge on a Water Suitability Model of Riverine Vegetation', International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2012), ed. R. Seppelt, A.A. Voinov, S. Lange, D. Bankamp, International Environmental Modelling & Software Society, Leipzig Germany, pp. 917-924.
  • Ticehurst, J, Pollino, C & Merritt, W 2012, 'Bayesian networks as integration tools in collaborative research', in Ted Lefroy, Allan Curtis, Anthony Jakeman & James McKee (ed.), Landscape Logic, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, pp. 239-254.
  • Race, D, Curtis, A, Kyle, G et al 2012, 'Exploring landscape history through integrated participatory research: experiences from Victoria', in Ted Lefroy, Allan Curtis, Anthony Jakeman & James McKee (ed.), Landscape Logic, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, pp. 145-156.
  • Merritt, W, Reddy, V, Tallapragada, C et al 2012, 'Modelling social and environmental impacts of watershed development in Andhra Pradesh, India', International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2012), ed. R. Seppelt, A.A. Voinov, S. Lange, D. Bankamp, International Environmental Modelling & Software Society, Leipzig Germany, pp. 451-458.
  • Fu, B, Pollino, C, Merritt, W et al 2011, 'Coupled Bayesian Networks and recursive partitioning method for wetland and ecological modelling', MODSIM 2011 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, ed. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S., Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., Australia, pp. 2451-2457.
  • McIntosh, B, Ascough II, J, Twery, M, Chew, J, Elmahdi, A, Haase, D, Harou, J, Hepting, D, Cuddy, S, Jakeman, A, Chen, S, Kassahun, A, Lautenbach, S, et al. 2011, 'Environmental decision support systems (EDSS) development - Challenges and best practices', Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 1389-1402.
  • Merritt, W, Reddy, V, Rao, K et al 2011, 'Integrated modelling for understanding watershed development impacts on social and biophysical systems', MODSIM 2011 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, ed. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S., Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., Australia, pp. 2887-2893.
  • Ticehurst, J, Curtis, A & Merritt, W 2011, 'Using Bayesian Networks to complement conventional analyses to explore landholder management of native vegetation', Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 52-65.
  • Merritt, W, Ticehurst, J, Pollino, C et al 2010, 'The value of using Bayesian Networks in Environmental Decision Support Systems to support natural resource management', International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2010), ed. David A. Swayne, Wanhong Yang, A.A. Voinov, A. Rizzoli, T. Filatova, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, Canada, pp. 2080-2088.
  • Merritt, W, Powell, S, Pollino, C et al 2010, 'IBIS: a decision support system for managers of environmental flows into wetlands', in N. Saintilan and I. Overton (ed.), Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray-Darling Basin, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, pp. 119-135.
  • Kelly, R & Merritt, W 2010, 'The Role of Decision Support Systems (DSS) in Planning for Improved Water Quality in Coastal Lakes', in B. Manos, K. Paparrizos, N. Matsatsinis, J. Papathanasiou (ed.), Decision Support Systems in Agriculture, Food and the Environment: Trends, Applications and Advances, Information Science Reference, Hershey, USA, pp. 47-73.
  • Merritt, W, Pollino, C, Powell, S et al. 2009, 'Integrating hydrology and ecology models into flexible and adaptive decision support tools: the IBIS DSS', 18th World IMACS Congress and International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, MODSIM 2009, ed. R S Anderssen, R D Braddock & L T H Newham , Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., Australia, pp. 3858-3864.
  • Merritt, W, Duncan, D, Kyle, G et al. 2009, 'Using local knowledge to identify drivers of historic native vegetation change', 18th World IMACS Congress and International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, MODSIM 2009, ed. R S Anderssen, R D Braddock & L T H Newham , Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., Australia, pp. 2392-2398.
  • Ticehurst, J, Curtis, A & Merritt, W 2009, 'Analysing social data on adoption of conservation practices: Exploring Bayesian networks', 18th World IMACS Congress and International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, MODSIM 2009, ed. R S Anderssen, R D Braddock & L T H Newham , Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., Australia, pp. 2450-2456.
  • Merritt, W, Herron, N & Letcher, R 2007, 'Scoping the Functionality of a DSS for Water Quality Improvement in the Great Lakes Region of NSW', International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM 2007), ed. Les Oxley & Don Kulasiri, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., New Zealand, pp. 664-670.
  • Merritt, W, Cohen, S, Neilsen, D et al. 2006, 'Learning with Local Help: Expanding the Dialogue on Climate Change and Water Management in the Okanagan Region, British Columbia, Canada', Climatic Change, vol. 75, no. 3, pp. 331-358.
  • Letcher, R, Croke, B, Jakeman, A et al 2006, 'An integrated modelling toolbox for water resources assessment and management in highland catchments: Model description', Agricultural Systems, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 106-131.
  • Letcher, R, Croke, B, Merritt, W et al 2006, 'An integrated modelling toolbox for water resources assessment and management in highland catchments: Sensitivity analysis and testing', Agricultural Systems, vol. 89, pp. 132-164.
  • Merritt, W, Alila, Y, Barton, M et al 2006, 'Hydrologic response to scenarios of climate change in sub watersheds of the Okanagan basin, British Columbia', Journal of Hydrology, no. 326, pp. 79-108.
  • Merritt, W, Croke, B & Pratummintra, S 2005, 'Determining crop yield and water use', in A Jakeman, R Letcher, S Rojanasoonthon, S Cuddy (ed.), Integrating knowledge for river basin management: Progress in Thailand, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, Australia, pp. 129-139.
  • Merritt, W, Croke, B, Saifuk, K et al 2005, 'Estimating the effects of changed land use and management on soil loss', in A Jakeman, R Letcher, S Rojanasoonthon, S Cuddy (ed.), Integrating knowledge for river basin management: Progress in Thailand, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, Australia, pp. 141-156.
  • Merritt, W, Letcher, R, Croke, B et al 2005, 'Using the Integrated Water Resource Assessment and Management project decision support system to understand trade-offs and improve decision-making', in A Jakeman, R Letcher, S Rojanasoonthon, S Cuddy (ed.), Integrating knowledge for river basin management: Progress in Thailand, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, Australia, pp. 177-202.
  • Ekasingh, B, Merritt, W & Scott, A 2005, 'Natural resource management policies in Thailand and their use in the Mae Chaem Catchment', in A Jakeman, R Letcher, S Rojanasoonthon, S Cuddy (ed.), Integrating knowledge for river basin management: Progress in Thailand, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, Australia, pp. 29-54.
  • Croke, B, Merritt, W, WittawHatchutikul, P et al 2005, 'Simulating the effects of land-cover change on streamflows', in A Jakeman, R Letcher, S Rojanasoonthon, S Cuddy (ed.), Integrating knowledge for river basin management: Progress in Thailand, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, Australia, pp. 109-127.
  • Ticehurst, J, Rissik, D, Newham, L et al 2005, 'Development of a decision support tool for the integrated management of NSW coastal lake catchments', NSW Coastal Conference 2005, Conference Organising Committee, unknown.
  • Merritt, W, Croke, B & Jakeman, A 2005, 'Sensitivity testing of a model for exploring water resources utilisation and management options', Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 20, pp. 1013-1030.
  • Merritt, W, Croke, B, Jakeman, A et al 2004, 'A biophysical toolbox for assessment and management of land and water resources in rural catchments in northern Thailand', Ecological Modelling, vol. 171, pp. 279-300.
  • Croke, B, Merritt, W & Jakeman, A 2004, 'A dynamic model for predicting hydrologic response to land cover Changes in gauged and ungauged catchments', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 291, pp. 115-131.
  • Perez, P, Ardlie, S, Kuneepong, P et al 2002, 'CATCHCROP: modeling crop yield and water demand forintegrated catchment assessment in Northern Thailand', Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 17, pp. 251-259.
  • Letcher, R, Croke, B, Jakeman, A et al 2002, 'IWRAM: An integrated toolbox for considering impacts of development and land use change in Northern Thailand', Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society 2002, ed. A.E. Rizzoli and A.J. Jakeman, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, Switzerland, pp. III 97-102.
  • Merritt, W, Croke, B & Jakeman, A 2002, 'Sensitivity Testing of a Biophysical Toolbox for Exploring Water Resources Utilisation and Management Options', Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society 2002, ed. A.E. Rizzoli and A.J. Jakeman, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, Switzerland, pp. 311-316.
  • Schreider, S, Jakeman, A, Gallant, J et al 2002, 'Prediction of monthly discharge in ungauged catchments under agricultural use in the Upper Ping Basin, Northern Thailand', Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, vol. 59, pp. 19-33.
  • Merritt, W, Croke, B, Jakeman, A et al 2001, 'Predicting flows in unguaged catchments and catchments subject to forest cover changes', International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM 2001), ed. Ghassemi, F. et. al, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., Canberra, pp. 59-64.

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