The Lowbidgee floodplain supports one of Australia’s most significant populations of Southern bell frog (Vulnerable EPBC A). Pictured from Avalon in the Nimmie-Caira zone (February 2014) Ecosystem type The Australian National Aquatic Ecosystem (ANAE) Classification Framework has been developed the best available mapping and attribute data. Wetland polygons, riverine polygons, and river centre lines were attributed with the majority coverage of each attribute without dividing them further. In the Murrumbidgee Selected Area, the ANAE database currently has good coverage of riverine habitats and some coverage of the wetlands through the mid-Murrumbidgee but very limited coverage of wetland habitats through the Lowbidgee (see Figure 1 and ). Validation of wetlands already classified in the ANAE database is proposed as in-kind with no additional cost to the M&E Plan. However, as per the standard method, the “If ecosystem is not mapped then record coordinates (GDA94) of the centre of the ecosystem and either locate compatible GIS mapping or delineate the boundary of As the majority of wetlands across the the ecosystem using remote sensed data”. Lowbidgee floodplain are currently unmapped, we proposed to classify boundaries for key wetlands as part of the M&E Plan. Short-term (one year) and long-term (five year) questions: What did Commonwealth environmental contribute to sustainable ecosystem diversity? Were ecosystems to Commonwealth environmental water was allocated sustained? Was Commonwealth environmental water delivered to a representative suite of ecosystem types? Relevant protocols for the Murrumbidgee Selected Area LTIM Project Standard Protocol: Fish (River)
The Lowbidgee floodplain supports one of Australia’s most significant populations of Southern bell frog (Vulnerable EPBC A). Pictured from Avalon in the Nimmie-Caira zone (February 2014) Ecosystem type The Australian National Aquatic Ecosystem (ANAE) Classification Framework has been developed the best available mapping and attribute data. Wetland polygons, riverine polygons, and river centre lines were attributed with the majority coverage of each attribute without dividing them further. In the Murrumbidgee Selected Area, the ANAE database currently has good coverage of riverine habitats and some coverage of the wetlands through the mid-Murrumbidgee but very limited coverage of wetland habitats through the Lowbidgee (see Figure 1 and ). Validation of wetlands already classified in the ANAE database is proposed as in-kind with no additional cost to the M&E Plan. However, as per the standard method, “If the ecosystem is not mapped then record coordinates (GDA94) of the centre of the ecosystem and either locate compatible GIS mapping or delineate the boundary of the ecosystem using remote sensed data”. As the majority of wetlands across the Lowbidgee floodplain are currently unmapped, we proposed to classify boundaries for key wetlands as part of the M&E Plan. Short-term (one year) and long-term (five year) questions: What did Commonwealth environmental contribute to sustainable ecosystem diversity? Were ecosystems to Commonwealth environmental water was allocated sustained? Was Commonwealth environmental water delivered to a representative suite of ecosystem types? Relevant protocols for the Murrumbidgee Selected Area LTIM Project Standard Protocol: Fish (River)
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