Full Title
Drought contingency monitoring of disconnected wetlands: Back Creek & Tumudgery Creek
Contact Person
Bernard McCarthy
Project Team
Rebecca Durant, Matthew Vogel
Funding Body
Murray Darling Basin Commission
Duration
September 2007 - August 2009
Outcomes
Monitoring information is regularly provided to managers as the wetlands undergo their drying phases in response to their isolation as part of drought water recovery.
Summary
Water levels, water quality, blue-green algae, fish, vegetation (river red gum and understorey communities) and waterbirds are being monitored regularly by MDFRC at Back and Tumudgery Creeks as the wetlands undergo a management-induced drying phase. These wetlands were selected for water recovery as part of the drought contingency measures in response to the current drought.
