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Assessment
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Drought - Back Creek & Tumudgery Creek
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.
August 2009
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Drought - Euston Lakes
Water levels, water quality, blue-green algae, fish, vegetation and waterbirds are being monitored regularly by MDFRC at four wetlands of the Euston Lakes system as the wetland system undergoes a management-induced drying phase.
August 2009
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Drought - Tareena Billabong
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.
August 2009
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Drought monitoring
To describe the effects of drought on aquatic communities of the Broken, Ovens, King, Kiewa and Murray Rivers and identify potential survival strategies.
duration?
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Intervention monitoring of Hattah Lakes
This project will assess ecological risks and benefits of pumping water to icon sites. Pumping is currently being undertaken at a large number of sites as an emergency measure to maintain existing river red gums and is also expected to be a long-term management measure at Hattah Lakes.
October 2007
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Lake Caringay Rehabilitation
Objectives: Gauge the condition of Washpen Creek. Collect baseline data looking at the diversity and abundance of aquatic fauna (fish and frogs) and water quality present in a permanently inundated creek within the Lower Murray-Darling region; and Provide advice and recommendations to assist future management of the section of focus of Washpen Creek.
completed June 2007
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Land use on the Murrumbidgee River
This project proposes to determine the organic matter dynamics of wetlands on floodplains of differing land uses, and the community structure of primary consumers which rely on these resources. The major land use types within the lower Murrumbidgee River floodplain will be identified, and wetlands within these land use types will be selected along with reference sites in relatively undisturbed areas. These wetlands will be assessed to determine the differences in the quality (C:N:P ratio) and quantity of organic matter and nutrients available to the aquatic food web, and the community structure of primary consumers. Links between the diversity of these biota and organic matter dynamics will enable us to develop a model of energy transfer in these systems according to land use type.
May 2009
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Margooya Lagoon sampling
MCMA are looking at restoring a more natural water regime at Margooya lagoon which is currently permanently inundated by the Euston Weir Pool. MCMA are interested in knowing if there are any iron sulfides (potential acid sulfate soils) in the lagoon before considering progressing any further with this water management option.
September 2007
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Mitta Mitta River Monitoring
The Mitta Mitta Monitoring project will monitor the macroinvertebrate communities in the Mitta Mitta Valley below Dartmouth Dam in order to detect and assess changes in river health resulting from either the operation of Dartmouth Dam or local catchment related impacts.
February 2008
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Monitoring Mallee Wetlands
Objectives: To provide scientifically rigorous monitoring programs for key Living Murray Icon Site wetlands.
To date ecological and flow objectives have been developed for each wetland. These have been incorporated into conceptual response models from which testable hypotheses have been formulated and scientifically robust monitoring programs designed.
completed June 2007
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Murray Irrigation Monitoring
The project aims to detect and track changes in the condition of the aquatic environment over an extended timeframe and is expected to be an important part of MIL’s commitment to ensuring decisions about river management are knowledge based.
2015
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Murray River monitoring
The long-term Biological Monitoring Program funded by the MDBC was previously divided into 2 parts;Upper Murray (MDBC) and Lower Murray (GMW).MDFRC has been monitoring the Upper Murray River sites since 1980 and added the Lower Murray River sites in 2005.
ongoing
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Norske Skog Baseline Survey 2008
River monitoring surveys will be conducted to assess the effect of Norske Skog’s effluent on the receiving environment of the Murray River at Albury.
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Sulfidic sediments in Lagoons
To apply analytical framework to at least six samples from each site of Croppers Lagoon, Quatt Quatta Lagoon and Kings lagoon. The results of this assessment will be used to assess the likelihood of acidification in each of the wetlands if a drying regime is imposed.
September 2007
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Sulfidic sediments in lower Basin
An assessment of sulfidic sediments on three wetlands. The three wetlands are currently permanently inundated, however, there may be opportunity to either draw the wetland down (Cowra Rooks and Butlers Creek), or the wetland is naturally drying due to more efficient irrigation techniques and drought conditions (Lake Hawthorn). Signs of an acid sulphate event have already been reported at Lake Hawthorn, and results are urgently required for this lake.
2008
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Vegetation response in wetlands
The data to be analysed is: A. Comparing vegetation response in wetlands that have been inundated more than once B. Comparing wetland condition prior to inundation to current condition (a number of years after inundation).
November 2007
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Weir pool manipulation
Weir pool drawdowns are one of the ten interventions identified as part of the TLM Intervention Monitoring Assessment Framework. The major impacts of weir pool draw down identified by the IMAF process were effects on aquatic vegetation that were thought to then provide additional habitat and food for invertebrates fish and potentially birds. The proposed weir pool draw downs of locks 8 & 9 provide an opportunity to see if weir pool manipulation can achieve vegetation benefits. If this is found to be the case then future monitoring may examine the effect on invertebrates fish or birds.
2008
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