Artificial tidal lakes: Built for humans, home for fish Author Waltham, Nathan J, Connolly, Rod M Published 2013 Journal Title Ecological Engineering DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.09.035 Copyright Statement © 2013 Elsevier Inc. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version. Downloaded from http://hdl.handle.net/10072/57047 Griffith Research Online https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au Cite As: NJ Waltham, RM Connolly (2013) Artificial tidal lakes: Built for humans, home for fish. Ecological Engineering 60:414-420 Artificial tidal lakes: built for humans, home for fish Nathan J. Waltham1,2*, Rod M. Connolly2 1Gold Coast City Council, PO Box 5042, Gold Coast Mail Centre, Queensland, 9729, Australia 2Australian Rivers Institute – Coasts and Estuaries, and School of Environment, Griffith University, Gold Coast campus, Queensland, 4222, Australia *Present Address. Australian Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University, Queensland, 4811, Australia Tel.: +61 7 4781 4262; fax +61 7 4781 5589 e-mail address:
[email protected] Abstract The construction of artificial, residential waterways to increase the opportunities for coastal properties with waterfrontage is a common and widespread practice. We describe the fish community from the world’s largest aggregation of artificial, estuarine lakes, the Burleigh Lake system that covers 280 ha on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Fish were collected from 30 sites in winter and spring of one year, and water salinity was measured 3-monthly for a 10 year period.