Basin Plan 5 year Expected 1 year Expected Related Cause and Effect Basin Outcomes Objectives Outcomes Outcomes Diagram (Reference only) Landscape Ecosystem Diversity Ecosystem diversity diversity • Species Within Ecosystem Diversity Landscape Vegetation diversity • Vegetation Diversity • Reproduction Vegetation Condition and Vegetation • Condition Reproduction • Germination Vegetation Recruitment and Growth and survival • • Dispersal Extent Macroinvertebrate • Within Ecosystem Macroinvertebrates diversity Macroinvertebrate Diversity Fish diversity • Landscape Fish Diversity • Condition Fish Condition Biodiversity • Larval abundance Species Fish Fish Reproduction • Reproduction diversity (Basin Plan S. Larval and juvenile • Fish Larval Growth and 8.05) recruitment Survival Waterbird diversity • Landscape Waterbird Diversity Waterbird diversity • and population Waterbird Survival and condition (Abundance • Survival and condition Condition and Population Waterbirds structure) • Chicks Waterbird Reproduction Waterbird Recruitment and • Fledglings Fledging Other Vertebrate • Young Reproduction Other vertebrate diversity Other Vertebrate Growth and Adult abundance • Survival • Hydrological Hydrological Connectivity connectivity including (including end of system flows) end of system flows Connectivity • Biotic dispersal and Ecosystem Biotic Dispersal movement Function • Sediment transport Sediment Transport (Basin Plan S. • Primary productivity Primary Production 8.06) (of aquatic ecosystems) Process • Decomposition Decomposition Nutrient and carbon • Nutrient and Carbon Cycling cycling • Individual survival and Population condition • condition (Individual Individual Refuges (individual refuges) refuges) Resilience Population condition • Landscape Refuges Ecosystem (landscape refuges) (Basin Plan S. resilience • Individual condition 8.07) Ecosystem Resistance (Ecosystem resistance) Population condition • Ecosystem Recovery (Ecosystem recovery) • Salinity Salinity • Dissolved oxygen Dissolved Oxygen Water quality Chemical • pH pH (Basin Plan S. • Dissolved organic Dissolved Organic Carbon 9.04) carbon Biological • Algal blooms Algal Blooms
Basin Plan Objectives Basin Outcomes 5 year Expected Outcomes 1 year Expected Outcomes Related Cause and Effect Diagram (Reference only) Biodiversity (Basin Plan S. 8.05) Ecosystem diversity Landscape Ecosystem Diversity • Species diversity Within Ecosystem Diversity Species diversity Vegetation • Vegetation diversity Landscape Vegetation Diversity • Reproduction • Condition Vegetation Condition and Reproduction • Growth and survival • Germination • Dispersal Vegetation Recruitment and Extent Macroinvertebrates • Macroinvertebrate diversity Within Ecosystem Macroinvertebrate Diversity Fish • Fish diversity Landscape Fish Diversity • Condition Fish Condition • Larval abundance • Reproduction Fish Reproduction • Larval and juvenile recruitment Fish Larval Growth and Survival Waterbirds • Waterbird diversity Landscape Waterbird Diversity • Waterbird diversity and population condition (Abundance and Population structure) • Survival and condition Waterbird Survival and Condition • Chicks Waterbird Reproduction • Fledglings Waterbird Recruitment and Fledging Other vertebrate diversity • Young Other Vertebrate Reproduction • Adult abundance Other Vertebrate Growth and Survival Ecosystem Function (Basin Plan S. 8.06) Connectivity • Hydrological connectivity including end of system flows Hydrological Connectivity (including end of system flows) • Biotic dispersal and movement Biotic Dispersal • Sediment transport Sediment Transport Process • Primary productivity (of aquatic ecosystems) Primary Production • Decomposition Decomposition • Nutrient and carbon cycling Nutrient and Carbon Cycling Resilience (Basin Plan S. 8.07) Ecosystem resilience • Population condition (individual refuges) • Individual survival and condition (Individual refuges) Individual Refuges • Population condition (landscape refuges) Landscape Refuges • Individual condition (Ecosystem resistance) Ecosystem Resistance • Population condition (Ecosystem recovery) Ecosystem Recovery Water quality (Basin Plan S. 9.04) Chemical • Salinity Salinity • Dissolved oxygen Dissolved Oxygen • pH pH • Dissolved organic carbon Dissolved Organic Carbon Biological • Algal blooms Algal Blooms
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