A common result of human activity in catchments is an increase in the amount of sediment and nutrients (phosphorus and nitrogen) found in rivers. This project answered questions about how changes to the sediments and nutrients found in rivers affect the processes and plant growth in rivers.
Scientific Paper
July 2013
Factors controlling primary productivity in a wet–dry tropical river (journal article)
Faggotter, S., Webster, I., & Burford, M. (n.d.). Factors controlling primary productivity in a wet–dry tropical river. Marine and Freshwater Research, 64(7), 585-598. doi: 10.1071/MF12299
Scientific Paper
July 2011
Metabolism in a groundwater-fed river system in the Australian wet/dry tropics: tight coupling of photosynthesis and respiration (journal article)
Townsend, S., Webster, I., & Schult, J. (n.d.). Metabolism in a groundwater-fed river system in the Australian wet/dry tropics: Tight coupling of photosynthesis and respiration. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 30(3), 603-620. doi: 10.1899/10-066.1
Report
March 2011
Nutrients and primary production in the Flinders River
Report
November 2010
Towards understanding the impacts of land management on productivity in the Daly River
Scientific Paper
April 2010
A dynamic model of primary production and plant coverage in an oligotrophic tropical river (scientific paper)
Robson, B. (2010). A Dynamic Model of Primary Production and Plant Coverage in an Oligotrophic Tropical River.
July 2010 Conference: iEMSS 2010 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and SoftwareVolume: S29
Scientific Paper
July 2009
Phytoplankton composition and constraints to biomass in the middle reaches of an Australian tropical river during base flow (journal article)
Townsend, SA., Przybylska, M., & Miloshis, M. (2011). Phytoplankton composition and constraints to biomass in the middle reaches of an Australian tropical river during base flow. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63(1), 48-59. doi: 10.1071/MF11111
Scientific Paper
July 2009
A model to predict the response of the benthic macroalga Spirogyra to reduced base flow in tropical Australia (journal article)
Townsend, S., & Padovan, A. (2009). A model to predict the response of the benthic macroalga Spirogyra to reduced base flow in the tropical Australia. River Research and Applications, 25(9), 1193-1203. doi: 10.1002/rra.1230
Info Sheet
February 2008
Nutrients in rivers
The project was led by Dr Barbara Robson from CSIRO Land and Water in Canberra. Other researchers in the team came from a broad range of agencies and institutions including CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research (Hobart), Griffith University (Queensland), Charles Darwin University (Darwin), Geosciences Australia (Canberra) and the NT government.
