Impacts of stream salinisation on ecosystem function

Key research

• Effects of stream salinisation on the resilience of riparian plant communities
• Effects of stream salinisation on the structure and function of riparian invertebrate communities
• Freshwater fish and their parasites as bioindicators of stream salinisation

Funding bodies

Australian Flora Foundation

Australia and Pacific Science Foundation

Related publications

Doupé, R.G., Lymbery, A.J. and Pettit, N.D. 2006. Stream salinisation is associated with reduced taxonomic, but not functional diversity in a riparian plant community. Austral Ecology 32: 388-393.

Lymbery, A.J., Doupé, R.G. and Pettit, N.E. 2003. Effects of salinisation on riparian plant communities in experimental catchments on the Collie River, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 51: 667-672.

Morgan, D.L., Thorburn, D.C. and Gill, H.S. 2003. Salinization of south-western Western Australian rivers and the implications for the inland fish fauna – the Blackwood River, a case study. Pacific Conservation Biology 9: 161-171.