{{Short description|New Zealand ecologist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}

'''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.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Harding |first=Jon |year=1994 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Lotic ecoregions of New Zealand |publisher=UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury |hdl=10092/4754 |doi=10.26021/8665 |url=https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/4754}}</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/contact-us/people/jonathan-harding.html] Official web site at the University of Canterbury</ref>

==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 <ref name=GS /> *Harding JS, Young RG, Hayes JW, Shearer KA, Stark JD. Changes in agricultural intensity and river health along a river continuum. ''Freshwater Biology''. 1999 Sep;42(2):345-57. According to Google Scholar, it has been cited 272 times.<ref name="GS">[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Jon+S+Harding&btnG=] Google Scholar Author page, Accessed 29 July 2021</ref> *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 <ref name=GS /> *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 <ref name=GS /> *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 <ref name=GS /> *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 <ref name=GS />

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