Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP140100225

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP140100225

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Designing effective fish-friendly waterway culverts: integration of hydrodynamics and swimming performance. Man-made in-stream structures (for example, dams and road crossings) have contributed to major declines in native fish numbers, with more than 6,000 barriers to fish migration occurring in New South Wales alone. Recognising this, Fisheries New South Wales led the development of national guidelines for the design and construction of fish friendly road crossings. Unfortunately, these guidelines have little empirical backing. This project will integrate data on the swimming ability of Australian fish species with culvert hydrodynamic modelling to better understand fish requirements in and around road crossings. These data will strengthen national design guidelines and provide the tools engineers and planners need to balance fish migration with effective water management.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 05-03-2015

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $527,824.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Rehabilitation (excl. Bioremediation) | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Management | Conservation and Biodiversity

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and Water Management of environments not elsewhere classified | Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |

Other Keywords

Conservation and Biodiversity | Environmental Management | Environmental Rehabilitation (excl. Bioremediation) | Environmental Science and Management | Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Land and Water Management of environments not elsewhere classified

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