Research Grant
[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP0560552]Researchers: Dr Peter Gell (Chief Investigator)
Brief description Sediment-derived scenarios of wetland status and change, the Lower River Murray, SA. River Murray wetlands changed early in European settlement so the pre-impact conditions are invisible to managers relying on anecdote or monitoring. Baseline conditions of wetlands can be derived from ecological archives preserved in sediments. Fossil diatom assemblages, reflective of past water quality, and other fossils, will be exhumed from sediment sequences to reconstruct wetland conditions. The integration of multiple indicators of the past will generate graphic re-enactments of natural wetland dynamics. These will provide a vision for community and government on-ground managers enabling them to perceive appropriate targets for wetland state and so generate measures to work towards sustainable conditions.
Funding Amount $187,953
Funding Scheme Linkage Projects
- ARC : LP0560552
- PURL : http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP0560552
