Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0561563
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Mining, irrigation, and groundwater: Towards a reliable protocol for assessing the impacts of extraction on groundwater fauna and ecology. Groundwater fluctuations associated with mining and increased irrigation demands, potentially threaten many of Australia's unique groundwater invertebrates (stygofauna) with extinction. Stygofauna represent a hidden store of biodiversity and are thought to have a critical, but poorly understood, role in enhancing groundwater quality. Environmentally sustainable development of groundwater resources is hampered by a dearth of information on the ecological needs of stygofauna and how they respond to human-induced change. Using field and laboratory experiments, we aim to determine how water table fluctuations threaten stygofauna. From our results we will develop sampling and management protocols to monitor and protect stygofauna communities.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2005
End Date: 11-2008
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $342,977.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Impact Assessment | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Freshwater Ecology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Primary mining and extraction processes | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management |
