Water-dependent ecosystems
Investments to achieve more effective and efficient management of environmental water, including the conservation of high value water ecosystems.
Announced projects include:
This sub-project, funded under the $641,000 Water Dependent Ecosystems Discussion Starters Part 1 project, reviewed the application of Bayesian models for use in the determination and management of environmental flow allocations.
Tying together ecological and flow data, creating predictive models to help provide a more accurate assessment of ecologically sustainable levels of extraction in the Murray Darling Basin.
Contributing to the evaluation of the FARWH and its relationship to existing state and territory river health monitoring and assessment programs.
Contributing to the evaluation of the FARWH and its relationship to existing state wetland health monitoring and assessment programs.
Contributing to the development of the Australian Water Resources Information System (AWRIS) national framework for the assessment of river and wetland health and improve its national applicability.
Contributing to the evaluation of the FARWH and its relationship to existing State and Territory river health monitoring and assessment programs.
Contributing to the evaluation of the FARWH and its relationship to existing state and territory river and wetland health monitoring and assessment programs and provide important coordination of the jurisdictional trials of the FARWH.
Studying hydro-ecological relationships for selected unregulated rivers of coastal and inland Queensland and New South Wales.
Designed to progress understanding of high-priority issues relating to aquatic ecosystems in Australia.
Progressing understanding of high-priority issues relating to aquatic ecosystems in Australia.
Creating an opportunity for interested environmental water managers to meet and discuss common issues and explore a range of mechanisms for ongoing engagement.
Highlighting the complexities and the localised nature of management of different groundwater-dependent ecosystems in different jurisdictions.
Determining appropriate wetting and drying strategies in inland wetlands to minimise formation of sulfidic sediments, and providing environmental water managers with tools and guidelines on how to best manage inland wetlands to prevent the buildup of acid sulfate soils, and how to remediate affected systems.
Developing national methodologies, guidelines and assessment protocols to measure conservation value and success of environmental water delivery to water-dependent ecosystems using assessment and monitoring of waterbirds as an indicator of ecosystem health.
Evaluating the fish community response to inundation in a series of actively managed wetlands on the Murray River.
Helping build knowledge and capacity for environmental water managers and water planners by more effectively delivering water dependent ecosystems knowledge and products.
Improving knowledge of low flows including flow rates, surface and groundwater drivers, spatial distribution, pool persistence, ecosystem responses, modelling, and predictive tools. This project is also listed under the water planning and management theme.
Establishing a national inventory of stressed catchments and aquifers, based on a nationally consistent set of criteria and published data. This project is also listed under the national assessment and water planning and management themes.
Supporting a research call by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) into climate change adaption to conserve aquatic biodiversity.