Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0455476

Funded Activity Summary

Riparian rehabilitation and ecohydraulics: interactions between flow, sediment, vegetation and bank erosion in longstem tubestock rehabilitation works. Riparian lands are important for maintaining viable ecosystems, improving water quality and reducing sediment yields in rivers and streams. Research in Australia has shown that streambank erosion is the most significant processes in the continuing physical and ecological degradation of riparian zones. The recently developed longstem tubestock system has shown promise in controlling streambank erosion using native vegetation. However, rehabilitation practices rely on ad-hoc recipes without a thorough scientific understanding of near-bank processes. This research will fill this gap by combining field and laboratory experiments on tubestock plantings in order to develop guidelines and predictive tools for riparian zone management.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 14-02-2005

End Date: 13-02-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $100,668.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering Modelling | Applied Hydrology (Drainage, Flooding, Irrigation, Quality, Etc.) | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Land and water management | Land and water management |

Other Keywords

Applied Hydrology (Drainage, Flooding, Irrigation, Quality, Etc.) | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering Modelling | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Land and water management

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