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  • Mechanical harvester removes invasive aquatic weeds to restore water quality and fish habitat values on the Burdekin floodplain

    Author(s)
    Waltham, Nathan J
    Pyott, Merv
    Buelow, Christina
    Wearne, Lynise
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Buelow, Christina A.
    Year published
    2020
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    Abstract
    Removal of approximately 5 ha of an aquatic weed in late 2016 rapidly improved water quality in a 7 km section of creek on the Burdekin floodplain, northern Queensland – one of many creeks feeding into the Bowling Green Bay RAMSAR wetland. Numbers of native fish species found in the creek increased from one species prior to treatment to 15 species within 2 years. This project concluded that removal of weed blocks to re‐oxygenate water and improve fish passage is one important action towards improving environmental conditions of floodplains in the Great Barrier Reef catchments, as long as there is ongoing weed follow up.Removal of approximately 5 ha of an aquatic weed in late 2016 rapidly improved water quality in a 7 km section of creek on the Burdekin floodplain, northern Queensland – one of many creeks feeding into the Bowling Green Bay RAMSAR wetland. Numbers of native fish species found in the creek increased from one species prior to treatment to 15 species within 2 years. This project concluded that removal of weed blocks to re‐oxygenate water and improve fish passage is one important action towards improving environmental conditions of floodplains in the Great Barrier Reef catchments, as long as there is ongoing weed follow up.
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    Journal Title
    Ecological Management & Restoration
    Volume
    21
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.12427
    Subject
    Environmental Sciences
    Biological Sciences
    Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
    Science & Technology
    Life Sciences & Biomedicine
    Ecology
    coastal restoration
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/400851
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