Full Title
Aquatic fungi in alpine streams
Student
Stephanie Suter
Supervisors
Gavin Rees, Roger Croome (La Trobe University)
Funding Body
Details
Duration
Completed July 2009
Outcomes
Honours
Summary
Aquatic fungi play an important part in decomposing leaf litter that falls into streams and rivers, particularly in upland sections of rivers where water conditions allow diverse populations of aquatic fungi to grow. Only very few studies have examined the diversity of aquatic fungi in Australian streams and non on sub-alpine or alpine streams. This project will examine the role of aquatic fungi in upland streams, concentrating on sections of a stream where there is a transition from heath lands in alpine sections to mountain ash in the sub-alpine regions of the stream.
