School of Environmental Sciences
Stacey Kopf
BSc MSc Nebraska
Campus Wagga Wagga Campus
Office David Morrell Labs Room 213
Phone (02) 6933 2354
EMAIL STACEY KOPF 
Student Member of ILWS, Member of Australian Society for Limnology, Student Member of Australian Society for Fish Biology
Is it possible to restore the health of anabranches in the Murrumbidgee River while at the same time finding more efficient ways to deliver water from upstream dams to irrigators downstream? This research will examine the relationship between fish community, hydrology and in-stream habitat to predict how updating or replacing the Beavers Creek weir may affect fish habitat and populations. Data collected will be used to model the available habitat quality and quantity for adult and larval fish under different flows and inundation levels. This research may lead to a better understanding of the role of anabranch systems as fish refuges or nurseries.
Thesis topic
Fish assemblage and in-stream habitat in the Beavers Creek / Old Man Creek anabranch of the Murrumbidgee River, NSW.
Supervisors
- Dr Robyn Watts
- Dr Paul Humphries