10.26180/5c6b2b9f6ad01
Caitlyn Elizabeth McNaughton
Caitlyn Elizabeth
McNaughton
Link flow, nutrients and fish: an integrated approach to estuary management
Monash University
2019
Estuary
Environmental flows
Nutrients
Food web
Black bream
Environmental Chemistry
2019-03-01 02:50:50
Thesis
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Link_flow_nutrients_and_fish_an_integrated_approach_to_estuary_management/7732937
Estuaries are important coastal ecosystems that support a diverse food web and are important nursery habitats for fish. However, estuaries are increasingly impacted by freshwater flow diversions for human use and nutrient inputs from agriculture and wastewater sources. This thesis investigates how these human impacts affect hydrological and biogeochemical processes controlling the estuarine food web and particularly the larvae of black bream, which are endemic to Australia. It also investigates how these affects can be mitigated through the use of an environmental flow release.