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How Does Riparian Revegetation Affect Suspended Sediment in a Southeast Queensland Stream?
Nick Marsh
Ian Rutherfurd
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:
Riparian vegetation
Revegetation
Sedimentation
Streams
Rehabilitation
Sediment yield
Erosion control
Runoff
River management
Land use
Hydrology
Grasses
Trees
Channels
Hydraulics
Turbidity
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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 affect 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 suspended sediment 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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