Full Title
Development of Barmah Wetland System Environmental Monitoring Program
Contact Person
Darren Baldwin or Daryl Nielsen
Project Team
Bernard McCarthy, Shaun Meredith, Jane Roberts, Alison King, J. Reid, Keith Ward
Funding Body
Goulburn-Broken Catchment Management Authority
Duration
completed April 2006
Outcomes
McCarthy, B., Nielsen, D., Baldwin, D. and Meredith, S. (2005). Barmah Wetland System Environmental Monitoring Program Part A: Background Information. Report prepared for Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, 7 November, 57pp.
McCarthy, B., Nielsen, D., Baldwin, D., Meredith, S., Roberts, J., King, A., Reid, J. and Ward, K. (2006). Barmah Wetland System Environmental Monitoring Program Part B: Monitoring Program. Report prepared for Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, May, 79pp.
Summary
The purpose of the project is to develop a comprehensive and flexible environmental monitoring program for Barmah Wetland.
The Monitoring Program will be developed by addressing five tasks sequentially:
- Undertake a literature search to identify current policy and management requirements for environmental monitoring at Barmah Wetland and to rank these in importance at appropriate scales.
- Critique past and current monitoring programs at Barmah Wetland.
- Define the scope of the Program and its ecological objectives and targets, and compare the suitability of different scientific monitoring options to achieve these objectives and targets.
- Convene a scientific panel to review the Barmah Wetland Environmental Monitoring Program.
- Develop an ongoing Barmah Wetland Environmental Monitoring Program.
