Eco-hydrology as a driver for tidal restoration: Observations from a Ramsar wetland in eastern Australia.

ABSTRACT: Land reclamation projects and the installation of drainage infrastructure has impacted coastal wetlands worldwide. By altering water levels and inundation extent, these activities have changed the viable ecosystems onsite and resulted in the proliferation of freshwater species. As more than 50% of tidal wetlands have been degraded globally over the last 100 years, the importance of this issue is increasingly being recognised and tidal wetland restoration projects are underway worldwide. However, there are currently limited sites where large-scale reintroduction of tidal flushing has been implemented with the explicit aim to foster the growth of a threatened ecosystem. In this study, the tidal restoration of an internationally recognised Ramsar listed wetland in eastern Australia is describ

SUBMITTER: Glamore W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8341630 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature