BDBSA Project Metadata Detail

Survey/Project Number: 1078          Total No. of Sites: 513
Survey/Project Name: Coorong -CLLMM Recovery Project emergent aquatic vegetation mapping
Abstract: This project aims to undertake revegetation activities throughout the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth (CLLMM). As part of the CLLMM Recovery Project, the Vegetation Program undertook revegetation of the shoreline using the aquatic River Club-rush (Schoenoplectus validus). The CLLMM Recovery Project (2011-16) is a $137 million investment by the Government of South Australia's Murray Futures program and the Australian Government, to enhance the resilience of this Ramsar-listed Wetland of International Importance. This revegetation aims to reduce shoreline erosion, and create a low energy breakwater environment where aquatic plant communities can establish. In order to prioritise sites for S. validus revegetation, large emergent vegetation was mapped along the shorelines of Lakes Alexandrina and Albert, and the Goolwa Channel. REFERENCES: Nicol, J.M., Gehrig, S.L. and Strawbridge, A.D. (2014). Mapping Large Emergent Plant Communities in Lakes Alexandrina and Albert - Data Summary and Recommendations. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. SARDI Publication No. F2014/000629-1. SARDI Research Report Series No. 809 23 pp.
 
Start Date: 01/01/2014      End Date: 31/12/2014
Survey Type: Vegetation Only
   
Study Area Description: All works undertaken as part of the CLLMM Recovery Project were within a 5 km radius of Lakes Alexandrina and Albert, the Finnis River, Tookayerta Creek, Currency Creek, the Murray Mouth and the Coorong.
Objectives
         Vegetation: Refer to Abstract.
         Fauna: *** No fauna survey objectives recorded
Methodology
         Vegetation: Emergent vegetation stands around the edges of lakes Alexandrina and Albert and Goolwa Channel were mapped by boat using a hand held GPS. The ends of a section of shoreline, which had a distinct emergent plant community, were marked and the percentage cover of Schoenoplectus validus, Phragmites australis, Typha domingensis, Duma florulenta, Salix babylonica, modified shoreline (e.g. jetties, wharves, boat ramps) and bare soil (areas not occupied by the aforementioned species) were visually estimated. See the following report for further details: Nicol, J.M., Gehrig, S.L. and Strawbridge, A.D. (2014). Mapping Large Emergent Plant Communities in Lakes Alexandrina and Albert - Data Summary and Recommendations. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. SARDI Publication No. F2014/000629-1. SARDI Research Report Series No. 809 23 pp.
         Fauna: *** No vertebrate methodology recorded

Data Distribution Rules: Public Dataset
Project Basis: Vegetation : Fauna reintroduction or plant translocation/revegetation program.
Vegetation : Baseline Survey of flora and/or fauna - Standard Biol Survey of SA survey methodology not used.
Information Authority: Department for Environment and Heritage (BDBSA:Adelaide)
Department of Primary Industries and Resources SA
Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Department for Environment and Heritage (BDBSA:Misc) - CLLMM Group