Table 1. Summary of major sources used to inform assessments of hydrology, water quality, fish and waterbirds for the Lake Eyre Basin State of the Basin Report 2016. Theme Data sources Spatial extent Temporal Key references extent Hydrology A review of Basin’s hydrology was prepared to inform Basin-wide All Unpublished report^1 prepared by Justin Costelloe this report and comprised a comprehensive examination available (Melbourne University). of available data including Lake Eyre Basin Rivers Assessment monitoring data. Australian Water Availability project Basin-wide 20082015 State gauging stations Representative/available stations from 20072015 https://water- Cooper, Diamantina, Georgina, Finke, Macumba and Neales Refer to Appendix 1: Table 1 and Figure 1 for location details of gauging stations Longer-term State gauging station Cullyamurra, Cooper 19732015 trends Groundwater High Ecological Value Aquatic Ecosystems sub-project MidFinke waterholes Duguid 2013 interactions Published study Neales 20112015 Costelloe et al. 2005 Waterhole Lake Eyre Rivers Assessment program 53 waterholes across Basin (see Figure 1) 20112015 Cockayne et al. 2012; Cockayne et al. 2013; Duguid et al. 2016; Mathwin 2015; Schmarr et al. 2017; hydrology Sternberg et al. 2014 Queensland waterhole modelling Published studies Water Basin water quality review to inform this report involved Basin wide Northern No integrated report produced, multiple contributors quantitative analysis of nutrient and associated data for Territory ^2. quality* South Australia and Queensland, analysis of Lake Eyre records Basin Rivers Assessment data for Northern Territory, and (2011 2016) consideration of summary findings from annual plus see monitoring reports. Analysis was not comprehensive due below to resource and data limitations State datasets (from gauging stations); only datasets Multiple sites in Cooper, 1970s2015 including nutrient data used GeorginaDiamantina catchments to Appendix 1: Tables 2, 3 and 4 for a summary of water quality statistics Monitoring Health Initiative; Australian Rivers Multiple sites in Cooper, 19941999 Assessment Program GeorginaDiamantina catchments Theme Data sources Spatial extent Temporal Key references extent Aquatic Ecosystem Condition Report (SA Arid Multiple in Cooper, 2012 Water quality* Neales and Macumba GeorginaDiamantina, Published studies Cooper 20012004 Sheldon & Fellows 2010
Table 1. Summary of major sources used to inform assessments of hydrology, water quality, fish and waterbirds for the Lake Eyre Basin State of the Basin Report 2016. Theme Data sources Spatial extent Temporal extent Key references Hydrology A review of Basin’s hydrology was prepared to inform this report and comprised a comprehensive examination of available data including Lake Eyre Basin Rivers Assessment monitoring data. Basin-wide All available Unpublished report^1 prepared by Justin Costelloe (Melbourne University). Australian Water Availability project Basin-wide 20082015 State gauging stations Representative/available stations from Cooper, Diamantina, Georgina, Finke, Macumba and Neales 20072015 https://water- Refer to Appendix 1: Table 1 and Figure 1 for location details of gauging stations Longer-term trends State gauging station Cullyamurra, Cooper 19732015 Groundwater interactions High Ecological Value Aquatic Ecosystems sub-project MidFinke waterholes Duguid 2013 Published study Neales 20112015 Costelloe et al. 2005 Waterhole hydrology Lake Eyre Rivers Assessment program 53 waterholes across Basin (see Figure 1) 20112015 Cockayne et al. 2012; Cockayne et al. 2013; Duguid et al. 2016; Mathwin 2015; Schmarr et al. 2017; Sternberg et al. 2014 Queensland waterhole modelling Published studies Water quality* Basin water quality review to inform this report involved quantitative analysis of nutrient and associated data for South Australia and Queensland, analysis of Lake Eyre Basin Rivers Assessment data for Northern Territory, and consideration of summary findings from annual monitoring reports. Analysis was not comprehensive due to resource and data limitations Basin wide Northern Territory records (2011 2016) plus see below No integrated report produced, multiple contributors ^2. State datasets (from gauging stations); only datasets including nutrient data used Multiple sites in Cooper, GeorginaDiamantina catchments 1970s2015 to Appendix 1: Tables 2, 3 and 4 for a summary of water quality statistics Monitoring Health Initiative; Australian Rivers Assessment Program Multiple sites in Cooper, GeorginaDiamantina catchments 19941999 Theme Data sources Spatial extent Temporal extent Key references Water quality* Aquatic Ecosystem Condition Report (SA Arid Multiple in Cooper, GeorginaDiamantina, Neales and Macumba 2012 Published studies Cooper 20012004 Sheldon & Fellows 2010