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Flora, Flow & Floodplains is always engaged in exciting new projects!
Our current focus is on the potential of environmental watering provisions to benefit not only the inundated vegetation but also to indirectly enhance the condition of deep-rooted vegetation outside the inundation zone through increased lateral bank recharge.
Lateral bank recharge plays a crucial role in replenishing soil and groundwater reserves, which is vital for maintaining the health of vegetation along river channels.
Our projects aim to deepen our understanding of the interactions between plants, soil, and water flow—a subject we're truly passionate about.
With our array of gadgets, we hope to discover the rate at which vegetation responds to different environmental watering provisions, the duration of these benefits, and the scope of possible improvements. By understanding how vegetation reacts to various watering scenarios across different catchments, we improve our confidence in achieving positive outcomes through river flow restoration and other restorative actions.
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Recent Publications
Campbell CJ, James CS, Morris K, Nicol JM, Thomas RF, Nielsen DL, Gehrig SL, Palmer GJ, Wassens S, Dyer F, Southwell M, Watts RJ, Bond NR, Capon SJ (2021) Blue, green and in-between: objectives and approaches for evaluating wetland flow regimes based on vegetation outcomes Marine and Freshwater Research 73, 1212 - 1224
Fernando Dr, Dyer F, Gehrig S, Capon S, Fernando AE, George A, Campbell C, Tschierschke A, Palmer G, Davies M, Kinsela AS, Collins RN, Nolan M, Doody T, Venn S (2021) Nutritional traits of riverine eucalypts across lowland catchments in southeastern Australia Australian Journal of Botany 69, 565-584
Doody TM, Gehrig SL, Vervoort RW, Colloff MJ and Doble R (2021) Determining water requirements of Black Box (Eucalyptus largiflorens) floodplain woodlands of high conservation value using drip irrigation Hydrological Processes 35 (7) e14291
Wallace TA, Gehrig S, Doody TM, Davies MJ, Walsh R, Fulton C, Cullen R, Nolan M (2021) A multiple-lines-of-evidence approach for prioritising environmental watering of wetland and floodplain trees Ecohydrology 14 (e2272)
Wallace TA, Gehrig S and Doody TM (2020) A standardised approach to calculating floodplain tree condition to support environmental watering decisions. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 28, 315 - 340.
Gehrig SL (2018) Assessments of the responses of littoral and riparian vegetation to weir pool manipulations in Weir Pools: 7, 8, 9 and 15 of the River Murray. Final report prepared for the Murray–Darling Basin Authority by the School of Life Sciences Albury–Wodonga and Mildura, SLS Publication 196/2018, July, 55pp.