sediment mobilisation and macroinvertebrates. diverse food webs. deposition. Planktonic algae production Pre-spawning and movement rates, biomass levels and cues for some native fish community composition more species (e.g. golden perch). Supplementing (piggy-backing) resembling un-impacted sites, Maintain natural rates of catchment inflows to ensure bankfull and overbank events to promoting dynamic and sediment mobilisation and diverse food webs. deposition. inundate riparian and floodplain Pre-spawning and movement assets (25,000 40,000 ML/d, – cues for some native fish minimum 4-5 days duration, 7-10 Supplementing (piggy-backing) species (e.g. golden perch). years out of 10***). catchment inflows to ensure Maintain natural rates of bankfull and overbank events to sediment mobilisation and inundate riparian and floodplain Bank any excess water for deposition. assets (25,000 40,000 ML/d, subsequent years. – minimum 4-5 days duration, 7-10 Supplementing (piggy-backing) years out of 10***). catchment inflows to ensure bankfull and overbank events to Bank any excess water for inundate riparian and floodplain subsequent years. assets (25,000 40,000 ML/d, – minimum 4-5 days duration, 7-10 years out of 10***). Banking of water to supplement catchment inflows for bankfull and overbank events in subsequent years. *An upper limit is applied to summer freshes to avoid increased rates of sediment deposition in pools. See Cottingham et al. (2007) for further explanation. **Information on the frequency, magnitude and duration of freshes is contained in Cottingham et al. (2003). ***For further details, see DSE (2011).
sediment mobilisation and deposition. Supplementing (piggy-backing) catchment inflows to ensure bankfull and overbank events to inundate riparian and floodplain assets (25,000 – 40,000 ML/d, minimum 4-5 days duration, 7-10 years out of 10***). Bank any excess water for subsequent years. macroinvertebrates. Planktonic algae production rates, biomass levels and community composition more resembling un-impacted sites, promoting dynamic and diverse food webs. Pre-spawning and movement cues for some native fish species (e.g. golden perch). Maintain natural rates of sediment mobilisation and deposition. Supplementing (piggy-backing) catchment inflows to ensure bankfull and overbank events to inundate riparian and floodplain assets (25,000 – 40,000 ML/d, minimum 4-5 days duration, 7-10 years out of 10***). Banking of water to supplement catchment inflows for bankfull and overbank events in subsequent years. diverse food webs. Pre-spawning and movement cues for some native fish species (e.g. golden perch). Maintain natural rates of sediment mobilisation and deposition. Supplementing (piggy-backing) catchment inflows to ensure bankfull and overbank events to inundate riparian and floodplain assets (25,000 – 40,000 ML/d, minimum 4-5 days duration, 7-10 years out of 10***). Bank any excess water for subsequent years. *An upper limit is applied to summer freshes to avoid increased rates of sediment deposition in pools. See Cottingham et al. (2007) for further explanation. **Information on the frequency, magnitude and duration of freshes is contained in Cottingham et al. (2003). ***For further details, see DSE (2011).
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