A new frontier in tracking waterbird movements and wetland health
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Date
2015-07-08
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University of New South Wales and Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Abstract
The utility of stable isotope analysis in environmental studies is well established, particularly in the fields of animal tracking (Hobson and Wassenaar, 2008) and the development of isoscapes (West et al., 2010). Key to the success of these international studies is knowledge of the distribution of variability in δ2H and δ18O isotopes. In Australia, the availability of isotopic data with sufficient variability in δ2H and δ180 isotopes is insufficient to produce robust isoscapes. Given the potential utility of isoscapes to contribute to environmental management and policy, such as the management of environmental flows for wetland health and waterbird breeding, a rigorous sampling effort is needed to bolster current knowledge. To address this need this project will deliver, for the first time, an isoscape identifying relative importance of wetlands for waterbirds at a landscape scale.
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Australia, Water, Birds, Floods, Wetlands, Habitat
Citation
Brandis, K., Mazumder, D., Kingsford, R., & Hollins, S. (2015). A new frontier in tracking waterbird movements and wetland health. Poster presented to the 13th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference, Sydney, Australia, 8-10th July 2015. In 13th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference, Sydney, Australia, 8-10th July 2015, Programme and Abstracts, (pp. 97.)