Flow requirements and resource delivery to the lower Murray lakes and northern Coorong

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This project is being completed by Justin Brookes and Kane Aldridge of the University of Adelaide.

IDs and People

Program:

Program Theme:

Improving, demonstrating and evaluating the benefits of environmental management of stressed rivers

Research Type:

Research Project

LWA Project Code:

UAD26

Host Organisation:

University of Adelaide

Researchers:

Dr Justin Brookes

Subjects

Subjects:

Environmental Flows

Rivers and Wetlands

Keywords:

flow

Murray

Lakes

Northern

Coorong

Project Information

Outcomes:

Determine nutrient budgets for the Lower Lakes as a function of riverine inputs, sedimentation, resuspension and recycling
Determine the contribution of sediment resuspension and riverine inputs to the turbidity of the Lower Lakes
Develop a material transport model predicting organic matter and nutrient delivery from the Lower Lakes to the Coorong and Murray Mouth during environmental flow manipulations
Using the concept of ecological stoichiometry (the study of quantities of chemical substances produced by chemical reactions), examine how resource delivery from the Lower Lakes could impact primary and secondary production in the Coorong and Murray Mouth region

Current Activities

Status:

Complete

All in Murray