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dc.contributor.authorPollard, Peter
dc.contributor.authorBagraith, Sam
dc.contributor.editorAndrew o'Neil
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:03:54Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:03:54Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-04-22T04:57:02Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/58729
dc.description.abstractWater flow controls down stream ecosystem processes and health. The challenge here was to determine the impacts of flow events on the ecological processes in a creek within an urban (modified) catchment. For two years we studied the health of Moggill Creek, a lowland freshwater creek that flowed through the western suburbs of Brisbane Qld, Australia. Water column dissolved oxygen concentrations and Creek health relied on flow during rain events to physically re-aerate the water to counter the high input of dissolved organic carbon that drove very rapid bacterial consumption of oxygen. A combination of organic load and aeration through storm flow events dictated the health of the system. The project showed the importance of understanding the relationship between the dissolved organic carbon loads, re-aeration rate and water flow in water sensitive urban design to re-create the health of urban streams.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherInstitution of Engineers Australia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.wsud2013.org/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameWSUD 2013
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitle8th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference 2013
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2013-11-25
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2013-11-28
dc.relation.ispartoflocationGold Coast, Australia
dc.rights.retentionN
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode050205
dc.titleUrban Creek Flow, Re-aeration and Microbial Processes Determine Ecological Health
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.date.issued2013
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPollard, Peter C.


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