Full Title
Drought contingency monitoring of disconnected wetlands: Tareena Billabong
Contact Person
Bernard McCarthy
Project Team
Danielle Chapman, Rohan Rehwinkel
Funding Body
Murray Darling Basin Commission
Duration
September 2007 - August 2009
Outcomes
Monitoring information is regularly provided to managers as the wetland undergoes its drying phase in response to its 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 Tareena Billabong as the wetland undergoes a management-induced drying phase. The wetlands were selected for water recovery as part of the drought contingency measures in response to the current drought.
