Bulimba creek comprises of 122 km2 and is located in the eastern and south-eastern areas of Brisbane. The catchment area extends from “southern suburbs of Kuraby and Runcorn to Hemmant and Murarrie in the north” (Bulimba creek catchment, 2015). It contains seven freshwater swamplands and ten significant riparian remnants. Bulimba creek generally flows northwards into the Brisbane River (refer to the map) and is an example of a riparian zone, which by definition is “the interface between land and a river or creek” (Dictionary.com, 2015).
Freshwater creeks such as Bulimba creek are an optimum habitat where fish, invertebrates, plants and birds thrive in it. They provide “feeding, spawning and/or nursery areas for many species of freshwater fish” and support a diversity of plant communities including “trees, rushes, or floating and submerged aquatic plants” (Fishing and agriculture, 2015). …show more content…
These factors or conditions may include “temperature, humidity, and pH, availability of light, water and nutrients” (Huxely, 2005). Therefore, the ability of an organism to adapt or “the process of change by which an organism or species become better suited to its environment” (Dictionary.com, 2015) is vital. Some of the adaptations exhibited by water plants may include an “extensive root system” where it enables the roots to take up ground water or the leaves may be “coated with fine hairs, increasing the humidity around the leaf and so reducing water loss” (Huxely,
Freshwater creeks such as Bulimba creek are an optimum habitat where fish, invertebrates, plants and birds thrive in it. They provide “feeding, spawning and/or nursery areas for many species of freshwater fish” and support a diversity of plant communities including “trees, rushes, or floating and submerged aquatic plants” (Fishing and agriculture, 2015). …show more content…
These factors or conditions may include “temperature, humidity, and pH, availability of light, water and nutrients” (Huxely, 2005). Therefore, the ability of an organism to adapt or “the process of change by which an organism or species become better suited to its environment” (Dictionary.com, 2015) is vital. Some of the adaptations exhibited by water plants may include an “extensive root system” where it enables the roots to take up ground water or the leaves may be “coated with fine hairs, increasing the humidity around the leaf and so reducing water loss” (Huxely,