Evaluating riparian buffer zones in temperate streams

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PROJECT DETAILS


  • Project No 4548
  • Project Name Evaluating riparian buffer zones in temperate streams
  • Lead Organisation Barwon Water
  • Research Lead Deakin University
  • Main Researcher Mariah Sampson

Status: In Progress

Focus Area: Source & Catchments

National Research Priority: Liveability

Topics: chemical dosing, ecological impact, ecology, microbial, water quality

Project Description

 

This project aims to assess changes before and after completion of restoration works and in comparison to other nearby streams in:
1.  Physico-chemical (dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity and temperature) and water quality (nitrogen and phosphorous);
2.  Assessment of changes in microbial assemblages (including E. coli); and
3. Other biological assemblages (fish, macroinvertebrate or riparian vegetation) and/or other physical characteristics (channel morphology).

PhD Thesis underway by Mariah Sampson.

 

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