Removal of approximately 5 ha of an aquatic weed in late 2016 rapidly improved water quality in a 7 km section of creek on the Burdekin floodplain, northern Queensland – one of many creeks feeding into the Bowling Green Bay RAMSAR wetland. Numbers of native fish species found in the creek increased from one species prior to treatment to 15 species within 2 years. This project concluded that removal of weed blocks to re‐oxygenate water and improve fish passage is one important action towards improving environmental conditions of floodplains in the Great Barrier Reef catchments, as long as there is ongoing weed follow up.

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机械收割机清除了入侵性水草以恢复Burdekin洪泛区的水质和鱼类栖息地价值

2016年底清除了约5公顷的水生杂草，从而迅速改善了昆士兰州北部Burdekin洪泛区7公里小河段的水质-这是进入鲍林格林贝RAMSAR湿地的许多小溪之一。在小河中发现的本地鱼类物种的数量从处理前的一种增加到两年内的15种。该项目的结论是，只要对杂草进行持续的跟踪，去除杂草块即可为水补充氧气并改善鱼的通过是改善大堡礁流域洪泛区环境条件的一项重要行动。