Importance of Flood Flows to the Productivity of Dryland Rivers and Their Floodplains
Final Report
Prof P.M. Davies, Prof S. E. Bunn and Ms F. Balcombe
Environment Australia, 2003
Contents
- Project Objectives
- Background
- Study Approach
- Primary Production on the Floodplain
- Controlled Experiment Simulating Floodplain Inundation
- Dry season Research on Dryland River Ecosystems
- Algal Growth on Floodplain Soils
- Assessing the Importance of Phytoplankton
- Floodplain Food Webs
- Comparison of Aquatic and Terrestrial Rates of Production
- Predictive Model Development
- Environmental Flows
- Outcomes
- Publication and Communication of Findings
- Workshop for Agency Partners
- References
- Acknowledgements
Maps
- Cooper Creek Inundation Area - 29th February 2000
- Cooper Creek Inundation Area - 16th March 2000
- Cooper Creek Inundation - Area 1st April 2000
Key
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