environmental watering plan. For further information please refer to The Environmental Water Outcomes Framework at . shows the linkage between planned flow types and the expected outcomes for the Murray Region. The table also links the short-term expected outcomes to a long-term contribution to the four Basin Plan objectives at the Murray-Darling Basin scale (i.e. biodiversity, ecosystem function, resilience and water quality). Table 1: Expected outcomes from the use of Commonwealth environmental water in the Murray Region. Flow Type Expected outcomes Contributions to longer Contribution to the for 2014–15 term outcomes following Plan objective Base flows (low Hydrological Connectivity Ecosystem Function flows) connectivity, including end of system flows Individual survival and Population condition Resilience condition (individual (individual refuges) refuges) Individual condition Population condition Resilience (ecosystem resistance) (ecosystem recovery) Management of Chemical Quality quality issues (salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and dissolved organic carbon) Freshes and Vegetation condition Vegetation diversity Biodiversity bankfull and reproduction Biodiversity Vegetation germination Vegetation growth and and dispersal survival Biodiversity Within ecosystem Macroinvertebrate macroinvertebrate diversity diversity Biodiversity Fish condition Fish diversity Biodiversity Fish reproduction, larval Larval and juvenile growth and survival abundance Biodiversity Other vertebrate Adult abundance reproduction, growth (turtles, frogs) and survival (turtles, frogs) Hydrological Connectivity Ecosystem Function connectivity, including end of system flows Ecosystem Function Mobilisation and Connectivity dispersal of biotic and abiotic materials Ecosystem Function Primary production, Process decomposition, nutrient and carbon cycling
environmental watering plan. For further information please refer to The Environmental Water Outcomes Framework at . shows the linkage between planned flow types and the expected outcomes for the Region. The table also links the short-term expected outcomes to a long-term contribution to the four Basin Plan objectives at the Murray-Darling Basin scale (i.e. biodiversity, ecosystem function, resilience and water quality). Table 1: Expected outcomes from the use of Commonwealth environmental water in the Region. Flow Type Expected outcomes for 2014–15 Contributions to longer term outcomes Contribution to the following Plan objective Base flows (low flows) Hydrological connectivity, including end of system flows Connectivity Ecosystem Function Individual survival and condition (individual refuges) Population condition (individual refuges) Resilience Individual condition (ecosystem resistance) Population condition (ecosystem recovery) Resilience Management of quality issues (salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and dissolved organic carbon) Chemical Quality Freshes and bankfull Vegetation condition and reproduction Vegetation diversity Biodiversity Vegetation germination and dispersal Vegetation growth and survival Biodiversity Within ecosystem macroinvertebrate diversity Macroinvertebrate diversity Biodiversity Fish condition Fish diversity Biodiversity Fish reproduction, larval growth and survival Larval and juvenile abundance Biodiversity Other vertebrate reproduction, growth and survival (turtles, frogs) Adult abundance (turtles, frogs) Biodiversity Hydrological connectivity, including end of system flows Connectivity Ecosystem Function Mobilisation and dispersal of biotic and abiotic materials Connectivity Ecosystem Function Primary production, decomposition, nutrient and carbon cycling Process Ecosystem Function Murray Murray
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