- Title
- Community response to shading a Phragmites australis reedbed
- Creator
- Colville, Sonia
- Date
- 2005
- Type
- Text; Thesis; PhD
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/54866
- Identifier
- vital:1005
- Abstract
- The consequences of introducing riparian shade on in-stream community structure has not been well explored in south-eastern Australia. With catchment managers focusing on revegetation of riparian zones, there is a need to understand, monitor, and predict changes in ecological patters and processes that may take place as a system shifts from an open to a shaded stream community. Presented in this thesis is a conceptual model portraying possible responses of a macrophyte community to light reduction as a result of the introduction of riparian vegetation. This model was tested in the field by artificially shading sites (three shade treatments) to observe the direct effects of light reduction on Phragmites australis growth and structure and flow-on effects to associated in-stream biota."; Doctor of Philosphy
- Publisher
- University of Ballarat
- Rights
- Copyright Sonia Colville Library tried to contact author for permission to load digital version. Please contact repository staff if you don't wish thesis to be publicly available
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Algae; Freshwater ecology; Limnology; Microalgae; Stream ecology
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