sites in Reach 4. environmental water are to be Do implemented environmental Permanent pool depth No sites in Reach assessed in isolation. flows increase volume of and volume 5. permanent pool habitats? Inundation of representative physical See also native habitat features fish monitoring (below). Do implemented environmental See conceptual model flows result in sustained for Aquatic and Riparian inundation of in-channel Vegetation macrophytes, channel edge Cover of submerged macrophytes, tree roots, woody and amphibious species debris, branch piles, in channel bars, overhanging or undercut banks? Do implemented environmental Cover of submerged flows increase abundance of and amphibious species macrophytes? Do implemented environmental Number of invertebrate flows improve macroinvertebrate families index community structure? AUSRIVAS score SIGNAL biotic index EPT biotic index Presence/absence and number of taxa Do implemented environmental Fish species flows improve fish assemblages composition and/or population structure? Relative abundance of adult/sub-adult native and exotic fish species Population structure and size class distribution of native and exotic fish species.
Do implemented environmental flows increase volume of permanent pool habitats? Do implemented environmental flows result in sustained inundation of in-channel macrophytes, channel edge macrophytes, tree roots, woody debris, branch piles, in channel bars, overhanging or undercut banks? Do implemented environmental flows increase abundance of macrophytes? Do implemented environmental flows improve macroinvertebrate community structure? Do implemented environmental flows improve fish assemblages and/or population structure? Permanent pool depth and volume Inundation of representative physical habitat features See conceptual model for Aquatic and Riparian Vegetation Cover of submerged and amphibious species Cover of submerged and amphibious species Number of invertebrate families index AUSRIVAS score SIGNAL biotic index EPT biotic index Presence/absence and number of taxa Fish species composition Relative abundance of adult/sub-adult native and exotic fish species Population structure and size class distribution of native and exotic fish species. sites in Reach 4. No sites in Reach 5. See also native fish monitoring (below). environmental water are to be assessed in isolation.
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