The use of stressor-response relationships for freshwater management
This is a project funded under the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge as part of the Land Use Suitability Programme. This work aims to develop a national spatial tool that indicates land use capability, but is constrained by contaminant limits set to safeguard receiving environments. The work we are doing specifically involves accounting for ecological resistance and resilience in receiving environments to help manage land use within boundaries to safeguard aquatic ecosystems. We are working with Scott Larned (NIWA), Ton Snelder (Land, Water, People) and Richard McDowell (AgResearch).