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

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，将水作为环境流量返回到受压力的河流。然而，在前所未有的缺水时期，这种环境投资可能会引起争议，因为人们对释放的水的生态效益知之甚少。该项目将展示环境水流的有效性，并促进对水流模式与河流健康之间联系的更好理解。该项目将建立在现有知识的基础上，为规划，监测和评估整个澳大利亚地区的环境灌溉决策建立一个健全的框架，大大提高我们未来可持续管理河流的能力。