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| Project | Title & Description | Researcher | Outputs |
| SKP8 | Evaluating the efficacy of engineering options (July 1999 - June 2001) Collate & assess information, literature & guidelines on engineering techniques to manage dryland salinity, document & analyse Australian case studies to identify in which regions engineering options may have potential, including on & offsite impacts and needs for further research. | Project Leader: Martin Robinson Sinclair Knight Merz Tel: (03) 9248 3100 Fax: (03) 9248 3364 Email: mrobinson@skm.com.au | TechNote Media Release Focus on salt Article 41Kb Report 2.14Mb Decision Support Tool |
| UMU12 | Understanding the recruitment biology of vegetation communities on saline soils (January 1999 - December 2001) Compile a report based on a literature search, lab and field work on seed viability and rates of germination, natural recruitment and ultimate establishment under a range of saline conditions, to establish germination requirements of key indicator species within plant communities subject to salinisation. | Project Leader: Michelle Carey (PG), Murdoch Uni Tel: 08 9360 6077 Fax: 08 9310 4997 Email: mcarey@central.murdoch.edu.au | TechNote |
| CLW29 | Predicting the combined environmental impact of catchment management regimes on dryland salinity (July 2000 - December 2002) Improved understanding of the cumulative environmental impacts of dryland salinity on salt loads, water yield and flooding at the catchment scale and enhanced capacity to predict the impact of differing management regimes on long-term average water yield. | Lu Zhang, CSIRO Tel: (02) 6246 5802 Email: lu.zhang@cbr.clw.csiro.au | TechNote |
| VCE17 | Assessment of a system to predict the loss of aquatic biodiversity from changes in salinity (August 2000 - May 2002) With the likelihood of continuing and increasing areas of dryland salinity, determine if the predicted changes will result in acceptable or unacceptable changes in aquatic biodiversity. | Ben Kefford, DNRE Email: ben.kefford@rmit.edu.au | TechNote Final Report 123Kb Fact Sheet |
| CLW27 | Biogeochemical and physical processes in saline soils and potential reversibility (July 2000 - May 2002) Develop an advanced understanding of the biogeochemical and physical processes in saline soils in 11 Australian agricultural regions and potential for reversibility for decision making on management. Rob Fitzpatrick, CSIRO | Telephone: (08) 8303 8511 Email: rob.fitzpatrick@csiro.au | TechNote Fact sheet Short Report 1.3Mb Technical Report - link to CSIRO |
| CLW28 | Generation and delivery of salt and water to streams on a catchment scale (July 2000 - May 2002) Develop an understanding of landscape processes and ecosystem functions in areas affected by or at risk from high watertables and dryland salinity. | Hamish Cresswell, CSIRO Tel: (02) 6246 5833 Email: hamish.cresswell@cbr.clw.csiro.au | TechNote Final Report 84Kb |
| UMU16 | Risk and restoration potential for remnant vegetation in salinising landscapes (July 2000 - June 2003) To determine conservation priorities in salinising landscapes from assessments of risk from water table rise, and to develop strategies for protection and restoration of vegetation cover. | Richard Hobbs, Murdoch University Tel: (08) 9360 2462 Email: R.Hobbs@murdoch.edu.au | TechNote Final Report 123Kb |
The projects have been allocated an alphanumeric code. More information on projects in progress or recently completed can be located in the AANRO database