Creek Life - Oxley Creek

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Creek Life - Oxley Creek - 2002

Creek Life was a subsection of the Oxley Creek web site that recorded material collected by the catchment association's Waterwatch program.

Oxley Creek Waterwatch has developed a biological assessment program which involves the collection in the field of fish and macroinvertebrates and the visual assessment of creek habitat. With the assistance of Dr Ngaire Phillips, Oxley Creek Waterwatch has assessed creek life over a number of wet and dry seasons. Prior to this work, knowledge of the creek life of Oxley Creek was poor.

Dr Phillips’ statistical analysis of the data collected by Oxley Creek Waterwatch revealed the link between creek bank (riparian) vegetation and the abundance of creek life. Degraded riparian vegetation coincides with low levels of creek life.

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