Jon Harding

Jonathan Sutherland Harding (born 1958) is a freshwater ecologist from New Zealand. He completed a doctorate at the University of Canterbury in 1994, with a thesis on New Zealand's lotic ecoregions. He is a professor emeritus of the University of Canterbury. Harding completed a DSc in 2018 at the University of Canterbury. He served as Dean of Postgraduate Research at Canterbury and was President of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society. Harding is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a member of the Ako Aotearoa Academy and an Honorary member of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society.

Publications Harding JS, Benfield EF, Bolstad PV, Helfman GS, Jones EB. Stream biodiversity: the ghost of land use past. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 1998 Dec 8;95(25):14843-7. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 1202 times Ewers RM, Kliskey AD, Walker S, Rutledge D, Harding JS, Didham RK. Past and future trajectories of forest loss in New Zealand. Biological Conservation. 2006 Dec 1;133(3):312-2. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 217 times Buss DF, Carlisle DM, Chon TS, Culp J, Harding JS, Keizer-Vlek HE, Robinson WA, Strachan S, Thirion C, Hughes RM. Stream biomonitoring using macroinvertebrates around the globe: a comparison of large-scale programs. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 2015 Jan;187(1):1–21 According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 201 times Burdon FJ, McIntosh AR, Harding JS. Habitat loss drives threshold response of benthic invertebrate communities to deposited sediment in agricultural streams. Ecological Applications. 2013 Jul;23(5):1036–47. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 176 times Hogsden KL, Harding JS. Consequences of acid mine drainage for the structure and function of benthic stream communities: a review. Freshwater Science. 2012 Mar;31(1):108-20.According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 172 times