Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0455133

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0455133

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Developing strategies for rehabilitating floodgated coastal wetlands: linking wetland hydrology, vegetation dynamics and waterbird communities. Along the Australian eastern seaboard, historical installation of floodgates on coastal wetlands has altered the hydrology and biogeochemistry of these systems with subsequent deterioration in their ecological integrity. This project will investigate structural and functional links between hydrology, vegetation and threatened waterbirds in wetlands of the New South Wales north coast. We will develop GIS-based ecological models to identify how these links are spatially and temporally altered by floodgate manipulation. Our overarching aim is to develop scientifically-validated protocols for floodgate manipulations that will aid managers in conserving the ecological integrity of coastal floodplain wetlands.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2004

End Date: 28-08-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $141,336.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Ecology | Wildlife And Habitat Management | Freshwater Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (flora and fauna) | Land and water management | Rehabilitation of degraded coastal and estuarine areas |

Other Keywords

Ecology | Freshwater Ecology | Land and water management | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Rehabilitation of degraded coastal and estuarine areas | Wildlife And Habitat Management

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