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The Role of Riparian Vegetation In Controlling Stream Temperature In A Southeast Queensland Stream
Nick Marsh
Christopher Rutherford
Stuart Bunn
Publication Type:
Technical Report
This is a publication of the current CRC for Catchment Hydrology
CRC Program:
River Restoration
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Publication Keywords:
Water temperature
Revegetation
River management
Rivers
Riparian vegetation
Temperature profile
Seasonal variation
Rehabilitation
Modelling
Aquatic environment
Solar radiation
Shading
Channels
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Abstract / Summary:
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
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CRC for Catchment Hydrology
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