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  • Modelling wetland connectivity during overbank flooding in a tropical floodplain in north Queensland, Australia

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    Karim, Fazlul
    Kinsey-Henderson, Anne
    Wallace, Jim
    Arthington, Angela H
    Pearson, Richard G
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Arthington, Angela H.
    Year published
    2012
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    Hydrological connectivity between floodplain wetlands and rivers is one of the principal driving mechanisms for the diversity, productivity and interactions of the major biota in river-floodplain systems. This article describes a method of quantifying floodinduced overbank connectivity using a hydrodynamic model (MIKE 21) to calculate the timing, the duration and the spatial extent of the connections between several floodplain wetlands and rivers in the Tully-Murray catchment, north Queensland, Australia. Areal photogrammetry and field surveyed stream cross data were used to reproduce floodplain topography and rivers in the ...
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    Hydrological connectivity between floodplain wetlands and rivers is one of the principal driving mechanisms for the diversity, productivity and interactions of the major biota in river-floodplain systems. This article describes a method of quantifying floodinduced overbank connectivity using a hydrodynamic model (MIKE 21) to calculate the timing, the duration and the spatial extent of the connections between several floodplain wetlands and rivers in the Tully-Murray catchment, north Queensland, Australia. Areal photogrammetry and field surveyed stream cross data were used to reproduce floodplain topography and rivers in the model. Laser altimetry (LiDAR)-derived fine resolution elevation data, for the central floodplain, were added to the topography model to improve the resolution of key features including wetlands, flow pathways and natural and artificial flow barriers. The hydrodynamic model was calibrated using a combination of in-stream and floodplain gauge records. A range of offstream wetlands including natural and artificial, small and large were investigated for their connectivity with two main rivers (Tully and Murray) flowing over the floodplain for flood events of 1-, 20- and 50-year recurrence intervals. The duration of the connection of individual wetlands varied from 1 to 12 days, depending on flood magnitude and location in the floodplain, with some wetlands only connected during large floods. All of the wetlands studied were connected to the Tully River for shorter periods than they were to the Murray River because of the higher bank heights and levees on the Tully River and wetland proximity to the Murray River. Other than hydrology, land relief, riverbank elevation and levee banks along the river were found key factors controlling the degree of connectivity. These variations in wetland connectivity could have important implications for aquatic biota that move between rivers and off-stream habitats during floods.
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    Journal Title
    Hydrological Processes
    Volume
    26
    Issue
    18
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.8364
    Copyright Statement
    © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Modelling wetland connectivity during overbank flooding in a tropical floodplain in north Queensland, Australia, Hydrological Processes, Vol. 26(18), 2012, pp. 2710-2723, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.8364.
    Subject
    Physical geography and environmental geoscience
    Environmental management
    Freshwater ecology
    Civil engineering
    Environmental engineering
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/48617
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