Utilisation of Restored Wetlands by Fish and Invertebrates
Project number:
1995-150
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$148,336.13
Principal Investigator:
Philip Gibbs
Organisation:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Project start/end date:
29 Jun 1995
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30 Jun 2000
Contact:
FRDC
1. To demonstrate whether fish and invertebrates use 'restored' wetlands.
2. To determine if the changed habitat within the wetlands sustains fish and invertebrate communities similar to other sites within the Macleay and Hunter estuaries and at sites within comparable reference estuaries.
3. To determine appropriate mechanisms for minimising the impacts of releasing low dissolved oxygen and low pH water to the estuary when the levees and floodgates are initially breached.
4. To identify the initial rate of recovery following opening / removal of the flood mitigation works and to determine whether additional intervention is required to assist the regeneration of fish habitat.
