Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0345101

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0345101

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Testing the Flood Pulse Concept for rivers with variable flow regimes. For floodplain rivers the major unifying conceptual model linking hydrology, biogeochemistry and ecology is the Flood Pulse Concept (FPC). The model is based on rivers that have a seasonally predictable and long duration inundation of floodplain habitats. Recent reviews of the FPC indicate that the model needs to be broadened to describe the function of rivers with more variable flow regimes. This project will test some of the predictions of the FPC for variable dryland rivers by investigating how food webs in the channels of a floodplain reach respond to flows of different magnitude, seasonal timing and duration.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-06-2003

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $575,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecology | Ecosystem Studies And Stock Assessment | Freshwater Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Land and water management |

Other Keywords

Ecology | Ecosystem Studies And Stock Assessment | Freshwater Ecology | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Land and water management

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