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Ecological restoration of a severely degraded coastal acid sulfate soil: a case study of the East Trinity wetland, Queensland
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posted on 2017-05-01, 00:00 authored by H Luke, M A Martens, Ellen MoonEllen Moon, D Smith, N J Ward, R T BushA severely degraded acid sulfate soil wetland near Cairns, Queensland, has been returned to a functional estuarine habitat using a cost-effective, low-technology method based on the reintroduction of tidal water. Gradual increases in tidal inundation, combined with targeted liming of the tidal stream, restored conditions that promoted chemical and microbial processes leading to the rapid recolonisation of mangrove communities and other estuarine flora and fauna. Protocols and understanding developed at East Trinity can be readily applied to other coastal acid sulfate soil sites.
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Ecological Management and RestorationVolume
18Issue
2Pagination
103 - 114Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing AsiaLocation
Richmond, Vic.Publisher DOI
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1442-7001eISSN
1442-8903Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2017, Ecological Society of Australia and John Wiley & Sons AustraliaUsage metrics
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