1: Expected outcomes from the use of Commonwealth environmental water in the Northern Unregulated Rivers. Flow Type Expected outcomes Contributions to Contribution to the for 2014–15 longer term following Basin Plan objectives objective Base flows and Individual survival and Ecosystem resilience Resilience freshes condition (individual refuges and ecosystem resistance) Freshes Salinity Chemical Water quality Dissolved oxygen pH Dissolved organic carbon Freshes and bankfull Nutrient and carbon Process Ecosystem function cycling Freshes, bankfull and Fish reproduction Fish diversity Biodiversity overbank Fish condition Bankfull and Vegetation Vegetation diversity Biodiversity overbank reproduction Vegetation condition Waterbird survival Waterbird diversity and condition and population condition Waterbird chicks Waterbird diversity Waterbird fledglings All flow types Hydrological Connectivity Ecosystem function connectivity including end of system flows Biotic dispersal and movement Primary productivity Process (of aquatic ecosystems)
1: Expected outcomes from the use of Commonwealth environmental water in the Northern Unregulated Rivers. Flow Type Expected outcomes for 2014–15 Contributions to longer term objectives Contribution to the following Basin Plan objective Base flows and freshes Individual survival and condition (individual refuges and ecosystem resistance) Ecosystem resilience Resilience Freshes Salinity Dissolved oxygen pH Dissolved organic carbon Chemical Water quality Freshes and bankfull Nutrient and carbon cycling Process Ecosystem function Freshes, bankfull and overbank Fish reproduction Fish condition Fish diversity Biodiversity Bankfull and overbank Vegetation reproduction Vegetation condition Vegetation diversity Biodiversity Waterbird survival and condition Waterbird diversity and population condition Waterbird chicks Waterbird fledglings Waterbird diversity All flow types Hydrological connectivity including end of system flows Connectivity Ecosystem function Biotic dispersal and movement Primary productivity (of aquatic ecosystems) Process
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