individual survival and Gingham, lower Gwydir wetlands than in the 2014-15 (Southwell et al. condition and Mallowa wetlands? 2016). Provide baseflows and Ecosystem diversity Only SA with an expected outcome for ecosystem What did CEW contribute freshes to increase diversity. to sustainable ecosystem lateral and longitudinal diversity? hydrological Not sure what is meant by sustainable ecosystem Were ecosystems to connectivity diversity in KEQ. which CEW was allocated Allow for sediment sustained? transport, nutrient and No conclusion in the Appendix. Was CEW delivered to a carbon cycling. representative suite of Mallowa wetlands ecosystem types? the Selected Area, a total of 122 sites, “Within Support hydrological accounting for 82% of all sites were inundated connectivity between during the 2015-16 water year. All ecosystem wetlands types except F1.11: River cooba woodland Support further floodplain and Lt2.2: Temporary floodplain lake recovery of vegetation were et al. (2016). This inundated.” Southwell extent and condition indicate that CEW was delivered to a representative suite of the 149 sites that were Provide habitat for waterbirds and native sampled and probably also of all ecosystem – aquatic species types in the Gywdir SA, but the whole of the area-scale evaluation is not included easy to Contribute to improved – address. habitat quality and increased within Water quality (Cat What did CEW contribute to: Expected outcomes for carbon and nutrient ecosystem diversity to II) cycling are given but not for the parameters with temperature regimes? support survival of KEQ for water quality per se. pH levels? native birds fish and turbidity regimes? other fauna Describes how CEW affected the various water salinity regimes? quality indicators in Appendix C, sampled at one dissolved oxygen levels? Mehi River location in the Gwydir. The argument made is that single station has permanent surface water To support in-stream “this connectivity in a defined channel and all ecological function and environmental water delivered to the lower Gwydir nutrient cycling, must pass through this Southwell et al. contributing to the reach” (2016). health of in-stream habitat and maintaining water quality. understand why there are separate Don’t treatments of water quality and stream
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