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Title: Stage 2: Grazing / Landuse in the Macquarie Marshes and Gwydir Wetlands: Final Report to the New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change
Contributor(s): Wilson, Geoffrey  (author); Berney, Peter (author); Ryder, Darren  (author); Price, Jodi Nicole  (author)
Corporate Author: NSW Department of Planning and Environment, NSW Wetland Recovery Program (WRP)
Publication Date: 2008
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6057
Abstract: The Gwydir Wetlands and Macquarie Marshes are both examples of variable and dynamic floodplain wetland ecosystems. Both systems have experienced a major alteration to their hydrology as a result of river regulation, and the two regions have a long history of floodplain grazing. As efforts are made to address the hydrological issues in these wetlands, there is also a need to better understand how other disturbances such as grazing may be impacting on the ecological functioning of these ecosystems. This study investigated five areas of wetland condition, namely vegetation composition, soil seed bank, soil chemistry, water quality and aquatic invertebrates, to determine the nature and the magnitude of any impacts that grazing by domestic stock may be having on these two wetland ecosystems.
Publication Type: Report
Publisher: University of New England
Place of Publication: Armidale, Australia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060204 Freshwater Ecology
050205 Environmental Management
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960505 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments
HERDC Category Description: R1 Report
Publisher/associated links: http://www.wetlandrecovery.nsw.gov.au/
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School of Environmental and Rural Science

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