Publication (Media): Smarter flows to stem river's woes
| Publication Type: | Media Release |
| Publication Name: | Smarter flows to stem river's woes |
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| Jones, Gary (2002) Smarter flows to stem river's woes - May 29 2002, CRCFE, Canberra - Media Release. |
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Smarter flows to stem river's woes
The CRC for Freshwater Ecology, has partnered with regional industry to improve the health of the Campaspe River in Victoria. The study looks at the effects of releasing environmental flows on river health, including the plants and animals that rely on it.
Ecological in-sights from the Campaspe Project will be used to inform e-flows allocation decisions across the Murray-Darling Basin, providing national benefits well beyond the health of the Campaspe River.
Many of the native fish CRC researchers expected to find have vanished from the river and introduced fish such as carp and redfin out-compete native species like the Murray cod.
The Campaspe, like many of Australia's inland rivers has been dammed and the normal high winter flows are now released during summer to provide water for irrigation.
The Campapse research aims to restore more normal winter flows, which are critical for the health of the river and the animals that rely on it, whilst still maintaining a reliable supply of water for irrigation.
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Contact: Professor Gary Jones Director of Knowledge Exchange of the CRC for Freshwater Ecology, 0408 411-033 or email: gjones@enterprise.canberra.edu.au URL: http://freshwater.canberra.edu.au |
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