Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP140100087
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Linking flow, nutrients, seagrass and fish: an integrated approach to estuary management. Estuaries are iconic recreational areas providing both ecological habitat and millions of dollars in revenue to the tourism and fisheries industries. How estuaries respond to human pressures is highly variable with some such as the Gippsland Lakes succumbing to algal blooms, whilst other heavily nutrient laden systems such as the Werribee Estuary support extremely high fish populations. This project aims to lead to an understanding of the links between freshwater flow, blue-green algal blooms, and recruitment of a key fishery species, black bream. The outcome of the project aims to give catchment managers greater confidence in setting levels of environmental flows that will both support fish populations but also mitigate against algal blooms.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 12-2014
End Date: 12-2018
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $736,754.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Management | Conservation and Biodiversity
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Coastal and Estuarine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |
