Ecological monitoring of the Townsville Field Training Area 2022-24 (Old ID 27715)

Downer Defence
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 - 31 Oct 2024

Project Type

CONTRACT_RESEARCH

Keywords

Defence;Freshwater Ecology;Monitoring;Freshwater biodiveristy;Water Quality;Weeds

Funding Body

Downer Defence

Amount

343049

Project Team

Glenn Morgan;Mellissa Elliman;Antony Squires;Shelley Templeman