Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0214145
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Assessment of the potential consequences of large-scale eradication of rice grass from the Tamar Estuary, Tasmania. Introduced Rice grass has trapped large volumes of intertidal sediment, yet reduced amenity values of the Tamar Estuary, transforming beaches into muddy rice grass meadows, threatening aquaculture industries, and silting up coastal developments. This project will investigate the consequences of rice grass eradication, by determination of sediment volume trapped, contaminants contained, and monitoring of processes active after removal. The outcomes of this research will enable informed decisions on management of the Tamar rice grass infestation, and provide an understanding the impacts of large scale eradication to management authorities of similar infestations in Victoria, New Zealand, Europe, China and the USA.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2002
End Date: 08-2005
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $67,635.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Physical Geography | Geology | Sedimentology | Environmental Chemistry (Incl. Atmospheric Chemistry)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Physical and chemical conditions | Estuarine and lagoon areas |
