Ecological monitoring of the Townsville Field Training Area 2022-24 (Old ID 27715)
Role
Collaborator
Description
This project continues the long standing monitoring that TropWATER has undertaken for Defence that incorporates monitoring of water quality and aquatic ecology on the Townsville Field Training Area. Remnant Waterholes are the most important aquatic ecosystem in the TFTA providing a critical dry season refugia for aquatic biota. Aquatic ecological monitoring allows an assessment to be made of the trends in water quality through time. If these trends in areas of high Defence activities are similar to trends in areas with minimal Defence impact, this demonstrates the lack of impact of Defence operations on the local aquatic environment.
Date
01 Jun 2022 - 30 Sep 2025
Project Type
CONTRACT_RESEARCH
Keywords
Defence;Freshwater Ecology;Monitoring;Freshwater biodiveristy;Water Quality;Weeds
Funding Body
Downer Defence
Amount
751889
Project Team
Glenn Morgan;Mellissa Elliman;Antony Squires;Shelley Templeman