Winter/spring Two physical Annually As above Do implemented environmental Riffle and/or run area freshes habitat sites in flows increase area of riffle each of Reach 4 and/or run habitat? and Reach 5. Do implemented environmental Permanent pool depth flows increase volume of pool and volume Four habitats? macroinvertebrate Do implemented environmental Inundation of higher sites in Reach 4. flows result in temporary elevation representative No sites in Reach inundation of higher-level physical habitat features 5. channel edge macrophytes, tree Number of invertebrate roots, woody debris, bars, families index See also native benches, overhanging/undercut AUSRIVAS score fish monitoring banks? SIGNAL biotic index (below). EPT biotic index Presence/absence and number of taxa Do implemented environmental Fish species flows improve macroinvertebrate composition community structure? Relative abundance of Do implemented environmental adult/sub-adult native flows improve fish assemblages and exotic fish species and/or population structure? Population structure and size class distribution of native and exotic fish species. Aquatic & riparian vegetation
Winter/spring freshes Do implemented environmental flows increase area of riffle and/or run habitat? Do implemented environmental flows increase volume of pool habitats? Do implemented environmental flows result in temporary inundation of higher-level channel edge macrophytes, tree roots, woody debris, bars, benches, overhanging/undercut banks? Do implemented environmental flows improve macroinvertebrate community structure? Do implemented environmental flows improve fish assemblages and/or population structure? Riffle and/or run area Permanent pool depth and volume Inundation of higher elevation representative physical habitat features 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. Two physical habitat sites in each of Reach 4 and Reach 5. Four macroinvertebrate sites in Reach 4. No sites in Reach 5. See also native fish monitoring (below). Annually As above Aquatic & riparian vegetation
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