Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP140100054

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/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: 03-06-2015

End Date: 31-12-2018

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 |

Other Keywords

Ecology | Environmental Rehabilitation (excl. Bioremediation) | Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Water Management | Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Freshwater Ecology | Rehabilitation of Degraded Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments

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