Full Title
Impacts of constituents on in-stream processes and food webs
Contact Person
Gavin Rees
Project Team
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Funding Body
eWater CRC
Duration
January 2006 to February 2009
Outcomes
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Summary
Human activities in catchments have altered the quantity, composition and timing of nutrient inputs to streams. Development of ecological response models for aquatic ecosystems is currently limited by a lack of knowledge about the impact of these changes on in-stream ecological and biogeochemical processes.
This aim of this project is to determine how changes in the type and concentrations of key constituents (primarily carbon and nitrogen) alter in-stream processes. Main research question is: "What impacts do changes in inputs of carbon and nitrogen (amount and type) have on in-stream cycling of these constituents and food web processes?"
