BDBSA Project Metadata Detail

Survey/Project Number: 1177          Total No. of Sites: 47
Survey/Project Name: Securing Low Flows ecological monitoring and evaluation program
Abstract: The Securing Low Flows program is an infrastructure program that seeks to implement the low flows policies of the Western Mt Lofty Ranges Water Allocation Plans. As part of the program, there is an environmental monitoring and evaluation process to assess the effectiveness of returning low flows to achieving ecological outcomes. The monitoring component of this program includes both aquatic macroinvertebrates and aquatic vegetation collected at sites both sites that will be impacted by low flows and sites that will not. In the future this will enable a true Before After Control Impact assessment of the impact of low flows to be shown. This program is linked closely with the Flows for the Future Project in the Eastern Mt Lofty Ranges.
 
Start Date: 01/06/2016      End Date: 30/06/2020
Survey Type: Vegetation and Fauna
   
Study Area Description: The work is mainly taking place in the Carrickalinga Catchment with two sites current established in the Inman Catchment.
Objectives
         Vegetation: Refer to Abstract.
         Fauna: Refer to Abstract.
Methodology
         Vegetation: The monitoring framework and associated information is available from Maxwell, S., Greenwood, A., Green, D., & Savadamuthu, K. (2017). Hydro-ecological monitoring, evaluation and reporting plan for the Flows for the Future program, DEWNR Technical report 2017/24, Government of South Australia, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Adelaide.
         Fauna: see vegetation methodology

Data Distribution Rules: Public Dataset
Project Basis: Vegetation : Monitoring - Vegetation/Ecosystem (ie species records - usually re-visited for ongoing monitoring) NOTE:NON Std Svy methodology may have been used.
Fauna : Monitoring - Fauna/Ecosystem (ie species records - usually re-visited for ongoing monitoring) NOTE:NON Std Svy methodology may have been used.
Information Authority: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management (NRM) Region
Department for Environment and Water
SA Research and Development Institute