New Technical Report - River Restoration Program
June 30, 2005
CRC Technical Report 05/3 'The Role of Riparian Vegetation In Controlling Stream Temperature In A Southeast Queensland Stream' by Nick Marsh,
Christopher Rutherford and Stuart Bunn has now been published.
This report will be available for downloading shortly. Printed copies can be purchased from the Centre Office for $27.50 (Includes 10% GST and postage and handling within Australia).
Preface
Despite the considerable government and private resources invested in the rehabilitation of damaged environments, little is known about the success of such projects. The Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Catchment Hydrology conducted a project (2000-2003) in collaboration with the CRC for Freshwater Ecology and the Moreton Bay and Catchments Healthy Waterways Partnership to assess the impact of stream rehabilitation on a few key elements of stream health. The project aimed to quantify the effects of a commonly adopted stream rehabilitation strategy on a small stream in southeast Queensland. The stream rehabilitation strategy was to exclude stock by fencing the stream, provide offstream stock watering and to revegetate the riparian zone using endemic native species for a 1.5 km2 catchment (Echidna Creek) near Nambour in southeast Queensland.
Four key elements were monitored through the life of the project:
1. Suspended sediment load;
2. Channel morphology;
3. Water temperature;
4. Aquatic macrophyte growth.
The results of the water temperature response to revegetation are presented in this report. The other key research areas are presented in separate CRC for Catchment Hydrology technical reports.
Mike Stewardson, Program Leader
River Restoration
CRC for Catchment Hydrology
This report is available for downloading below. Printed copies can be purchased from the Centre Office for $27.50 (Includes 10% GST and postage and handling within Australia).
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