Utilisation of Restored Wetlands by Fish and Invertebrates

Funding Activity

Website
https://www.frdc.com.au/project/1995-150

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Objectives:
1. To demonstrate whether fish and invertebrates use 'restored' wetlands.
2. To determine if the changed habitat within the wetlands sustains fish and invertebrate communities similar to other sites within the Macleay and Hunter estuaries and at sites within comparable reference estuaries.
3. To determine appropriate mechanisms for minimising the impacts of releasing low dissolved oxygen and low pH water to the estuary when the levees and floodgates are initially breached.
4. To identify the initial rate of recovery following opening / removal of the flood mitigation works and to determine whether additional intervention is required to assist the regeneration of fish habitat.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-1995

End Date: 01-07-2000

Funding Scheme: Funding Scheme not available

Funding Amount: $148,336.12

Funder: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

Research Topics

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Other Keywords

Biology | Commercial Species | Ecosystem restoration | Ecosystem | Estuarine | Habitat | Population Dynamics | Recreational Fishing | Risk reduction | Water quality

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