Centre for Ecosystem Management

The Centre for Ecosystem Management is one of ECU’s most productive research centres. Our researchers have diverse research interests that include freshwater ecosystems, ecological water requirements, conservation biology, ecophysiology, semi-arid environments, the ecology of forests and woodlands and the cultural ecology of wetlands and other landscapes.

Projects

The Centre for Ecosystem Management is involved in diverse research activities across our specialised research groups and key research areas.

• Point Fraser monitoring and evaluation program
• Temporal variability and ecosystem function of the aquatic macroinvertebrate communities of seasonal south-western Australian wetlands
• Monitoring strategies for Australian pit lakes and connected waters