BDBSA Project Metadata Detail

Survey/Project Number: 1178          Total No. of Sites: 85
Survey/Project Name: Flow for the Future Ecological Monitoring and Evaluation Program
Abstract: The Flows for the Future program is an infrastructure program that seeks to implement the low flows policies of the Eastern Mt Lofty Ranges and Marne Saunders 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 Securing Low Flows program in the Western Mt Lofty Ranges. The F4F eco monitoring program (1178) and the Angas River Bioblitz (1088) do have some overlap, both in sites visited and in the methods used. The F4F eco monitoring program uses two methods for Macroinvertebrate collection (Rapid and Detailed). The BioBlitz program only uses the Rapid method. At sites where the projects overlap, the F4F project does not sample using the Rapid method, that is likely to be done by the BioBlitz program.
 
Start Date: 17/08/2016      End Date: 30/11/2019
Survey Type: Vegetation and Fauna
   
Study Area Description: The project is mainly confined to the Angas River Catchment, with a single site in the Finniss River Catchment and three sites in the Bremmer River 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: Department for Environment and Water - Major Projects
Australian Water Quality Centre (AWQC)
SA Research and Development Institute