How effective are environmental flows? Novel approaches for monitoring and assessing ecological responses to large-scale flow alteration

环境流动的效果如何？

• 批准号: LP100200170
• 负责人: Prof Michael Stewardson
• 金额: $ 30.4万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2011-03-22 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP100200170
• 关键词: How; effective; environmental; flows; Novel; How; effective; environmental; flows; Novel

Australia has begun a multi-billion dollar program to return water to stressed rivers as environmental flows. However, during times of unprecedented water scarcity, such an investment in the environment can be controversial because the ecological benefits of released water are mostly poorly understood. This project will demonstrate the effectiveness of environmental flows, and promote greater understanding of the links between flow patterns and river health. The project will build upon existing knowledge to create a sound framework for planning, monitoring, and evaluation of environmental watering decisions across regional Australia, greatly improving our ability to sustainably manage rivers into the future.

澳大利亚已经开始了一项数十亿美元的计划，以将水归还给压力的河流作为环境流动。但是，在史无前例的水稀缺时期，这种对环境的投资可能会引起争议，因为释放水的生态益处大多是了解的。该项目将证明环境流的有效性，并提高人们对流程模式与河流健康之间的联系的更多了解。该项目将建立在现有知识的基础上，以创建一个合理的框架，以计划，监视和评估整个澳大利亚地区的环境浇水决策，从而大大提高了我们可持续地将河流融入未来的能力。