5.5: Flow-ecology relationships for biodiversity and ecosystem processes

Peter Davies — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:55:34 +0000

Project Number:

5.05

Proj Number:

505

Leader:

Peter Davies

Abstract

<p>Water managed and 'allocated' to the environment is commonly known as 'environmental flows'.  The critical step in determining appropriate environmental flows is predicting how particular changes in river flows might affect natural ecological assets.  This project will investigate the relationships between flow and several specific assets of tropical rivers.</p>

Outcomes

The research will provide river managers with an improved understanding of relationships between flow, habitat, food resources, fish diversity and ecosystem processes. The project will also develop models and tools which evaluate the ecological consequences of flow alteration. Decision-makers, water planners and managers will then be in a better position to undertake the protection and maintenance of important ecological assets.

Environmental flows and ecological assets

TRaCK Project 505 Updates

5.5: Flow-ecology relationships for biodiversity and ecosystem processes

Outcomes