to ensure that water is delivered as planned to help manage such as unintended inundation. Over the period from 2011–12 to 2019–20 the office is investing around $35 million in monitoring projects in the From 2014–15 will be a transition from short (one-year) monitoring projects to longer-term (five-year) monitoring projects. This longer-term intervention monitoring is consistent with our reporting obligations under the Water Act and the Basin Plan. The office is committed to publishing the results of its monitoring. Table 3 gives examples of outcomes by catchment. Table 2: Summary of Commonwealth environmental water short-term ecological monitoring projects in 2013–14 (results expected to be published in early 2015) Catchment Site Indicators of ecological Organisation response to Lead Partner environmental water (2013–14) Goulburn Primary productivity, University of Monash River and fish, Melbourne University, Arthur Broken Creek macroinvertebrates, Rylah Institute, habitat, sediment, Goulburn Murray vegetation and water Catchment quality. Management Authority Murray quality, organic Charles NSW Office of River matter, University Environment and system macroinvertebrates, Heritage, Monash wetland vegetation, University, NSW biofilms, fish and frogs. Department of Primary Industries, Murray Land Services, Wakool Landholders Murrumbidgee Murrumbidgee Wetland vegetation, Charles Sturt NSW Office of River and macroinvertebrates, University Environment and adjacent fish, water quality, Heritage, wetlands zooplankton and University of carbon/nutrients. NSW, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority
to ensure that water is delivered as planned to help manage such as unintended inundation. Over the period from 2011–12 to 2019–20 the office is investing around $35 million in monitoring projects in the From 2014–15 will be a transition from short (one-year) monitoring projects to longer-term (five-year) monitoring projects. This longer-term intervention monitoring is consistent with our reporting obligations under the Water Act and the Basin Plan. The office is committed to publishing the results of its monitoring. Table 3 gives examples of outcomes by catchment. Table 2: Summary of Commonwealth environmental water short-term ecological monitoring projects in 2013–14 (results expected to be published in early 2015) Catchment Site Indicators of ecological response to environmental water (2013–14) Organisation Lead Partner Goulburn River and Broken Creek Primary productivity, fish, macroinvertebrates, habitat, sediment, vegetation and water quality. University of Melbourne Monash University, Arthur Rylah Institute, Goulburn Murray Catchment Management Authority Murray River system quality, organic matter, macroinvertebrates, wetland vegetation, biofilms, fish and frogs. Charles University NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Monash University, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Murray Land Services, Wakool Landholders Murrumbidgee Murrumbidgee River and adjacent wetlands Wetland vegetation, macroinvertebrates, fish, water quality, zooplankton and carbon/nutrients. Charles Sturt University NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, University of NSW, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority
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