Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP140100054
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Restoring functional links between riparian zones and streams by enhancing structural retention. This project aims to test whether structural retention, whereby plant detritus (logs, bark, leaves) is trapped and retained within river channels, can offset the impacts caused by widespread clearance of vegetation along river banks, a widespread problem in Australia and the world. Theoretically, retention is a major environmental driver of ecosystem change in rivers, but this has rarely been tested, particularly in a restoration context. The aim of this project is to show that increasing retention results in higher species diversity, thus providing managers with a relatively straightforward method for improving the environmental conditions of rivers, while simultaneously testing three hypotheses about rectifying ecosystem degradation caused by human impacts.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2015
End Date: 12-2018
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $298,513.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Environmental Rehabilitation (excl. Bioremediation) | Ecology | Freshwater Ecology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Rehabilitation of Degraded Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Water Management |
