minor changes in hydrology. Increased rates of patterns and rates of GPP and ER were associated with higher discharge, decomposition? suggesting ewater in the Darling River contributes to patterns and rates of improved water clarity and/or increase inorganic primary productivity? nutrients that promote pelagic primary production (Frazier et al 2016). Microinvertebrates What did CEW contribute to: understand why vegetation is in the KEQ to do Don’t with microinvertebrates? microinvertebrate productivity? understand why there are separate treatments microinvertebrate Don’t of water quality and stream metabolism in this community composition? section of the Appendices. microinvertebrate and vegetation communities in There was no significant temporal pattern in floodplain watercourse? Shannon diversity during the sampling period. The two rivers had different communities and successional turnover was observed however the – conclusion that this is attributable to connectivity and CEW is questionable. Further technical review is required and links to expected outcomes (when drafted as SMART) should be made clearer. Macroinvertebrates What did CEW contribute to First year of data not monitored in 2014-15. Too – macroinvertebrate diversity? early to make conclusions re contribution of CEW. Ecosystem type No watering on the Western floodplain only in What did Commonwealth channel, so limited number of ecosystem types environmental water influenced. contribute to sustainable ecosystem diversity? Were ecosystems to which Commonwealth environmental water was allocated sustained?
patterns and rates of decomposition? patterns and rates of primary productivity? minor changes in hydrology. Increased rates of GPP and ER were associated with higher discharge, suggesting ewater in the Darling River contributes to improved water clarity and/or increase inorganic nutrients that promote pelagic primary production (Frazier et al 2016). Microinvertebrates What did CEW contribute to: microinvertebrate productivity? microinvertebrate community composition? microinvertebrate and vegetation communities in floodplain watercourse? Don’t understand why vegetation is in the KEQ to do with microinvertebrates? Don’t understand why there are separate treatments of water quality and stream metabolism in this section of the Appendices. There was no significant temporal pattern in Shannon diversity during the sampling period. The two rivers had different communities and successional turnover was observed – however the conclusion that this is attributable to connectivity and CEW is questionable. Further technical review is required and links to expected outcomes (when drafted as SMART) should be made clearer. Macroinvertebrates What did CEW contribute to macroinvertebrate diversity? First year of data – not monitored in 2014-15. Too early to make conclusions re contribution of CEW. Ecosystem type What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to sustainable ecosystem diversity? Were ecosystems to which Commonwealth environmental water was allocated sustained? No watering on the Western floodplain only in channel, so limited number of ecosystem types influenced.