Table 7. Lachlan river system Selected Area evaluation questions, indicators and cause and effect diagrams Theme LEVEL 3 EVALUATION QUESTIONS SHORT- INDICATORS Relevant and Effect Diagram Ecosystem What did Commonwealth environmental water Long Ecosystem type Landscape type contribute to sustainable ecosystem diversity? ecosystem (Basin diversity Were ecosystems to which Commonwealth Long Evaluation environmental water was allocated sustained? only) Was delivered to a representative suite of Long ecosystem types? What did Commonwealth environmental Vegetation diversity Landscape Vegetation contribute to vegetation community diversity? Long Hydrology (river and vegetation wetland) diversity What did Commonwealth environmental water Short contribute to vegetation species diversity? Long What did Commonwealth environmental water Tree community and Vegetation contribute to vegetation extent? extent recruitment and Hydrology (river) extent Fish What did Commonwealth environmental water Long Fish (species, Landscape fish contribute to native fish populations? abundance and size diversity frequency in rivers) What did Commonwealth environmental water Long Hydrology (river) contribute to native fish species diversity? Water quality What did Commonwealth environmental water Long (temperature and contribute to fish community resilience? dissolved oxygen) What did Commonwealth environmental water Long Fish condition contribute to native fish survival? What did Commonwealth environmental water Fish reproduction contribute to native fish reproduction? What did Commonwealth environmental water Short Fish larval growth contribute to native larval fish growth and and survival survival? What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to fish community resilience? Long Waterbirds What did Commonwealth environmental water Short Waterbirds Waterbird – (Option) contribute to waterbird breeding? breeding (colonial recruitment and nesting species) fledging What did Commonwealth environmental water Short Hydrology (wetlands) contribute to waterbird chick fledging? Vegetation type and What did Commonwealth environmental water Short Waterbird condition contribute to waterbird survival? reproduction What did Commonwealth environmental Short Waterbird contribute to waterbird survival? survival and condition Stream What did Commonwealth environmental Short Stream metabolism Primary Metabolism contribute to patterns and rates of primary Long Hydrology (river) production productivity? What did Commonwealth environmental water Short Stream metabolism Decomposition contribute to patterns and rates of Long Hydrology (river) decomposition? What did Commonwealth environmental water Short Stream metabolism Nutrient cycling contribute to patterns and rates of nutrient Long Hydrology (river) cycling? Water Quality What did Commonwealth environmental water Water quality contribute to temperature regimes? Long (dissolved oxygen, temperature) What did Commonwealth environmental Short Hydrology and contribute to dissolved oxygen levels? Long wetland) Other What did Commonwealth environmental water Long Vertebrates contribute to other vertebrate populations? What did Commonwealth environmental water Long contribute to other vertebrate species diversity?
Table 7. Lachlan river system Selected Area evaluation questions, indicators and cause and effect diagrams Theme LEVEL 3 EVALUATION QUESTIONS SHORT- INDICATORS Relevant and Effect Diagram Ecosystem type (Basin Evaluation only) What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to sustainable ecosystem diversity? Long Ecosystem type Landscape ecosystem diversity Were ecosystems to which Commonwealth environmental water was allocated sustained? Long Was delivered to a representative suite of ecosystem types? Long Vegetation What did Commonwealth environmental contribute to vegetation community diversity? Long Vegetation diversity Hydrology (river and wetland) Landscape vegetation diversity What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to vegetation species diversity? Short Long What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to vegetation extent? Tree community and extent Hydrology (river) Vegetation recruitment and extent Fish What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to native fish populations? Long Fish (species, abundance and size frequency in rivers) Hydrology (river) Water quality (temperature and dissolved oxygen) Landscape fish diversity What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to native fish species diversity? Long What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to fish community resilience? Long What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to native fish survival? Long Fish condition What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to native fish reproduction? Fish reproduction What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to native larval fish growth and survival? Short Fish larval growth and survival What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to fish community resilience? Long Waterbirds (Option) What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to waterbird breeding? Short Waterbirds – breeding (colonial nesting species) Hydrology (wetlands) Vegetation type and condition Waterbird recruitment and fledging What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to waterbird chick fledging? Short What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to waterbird survival? Short Waterbird reproduction What did Commonwealth environmental contribute to waterbird survival? Short Waterbird survival and condition Stream Metabolism What did Commonwealth environmental contribute to patterns and rates of primary productivity? Short Long Stream metabolism Hydrology (river) Primary production What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to patterns and rates of decomposition? Short Long Stream metabolism Hydrology (river) Decomposition What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to patterns and rates of nutrient cycling? Short Long Stream metabolism Hydrology (river) Nutrient cycling Water Quality What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to temperature regimes? Long Water quality (dissolved oxygen, temperature) Hydrology and wetland) What did Commonwealth environmental contribute to dissolved oxygen levels? Short Long Other Vertebrates What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to other vertebrate populations? Long What did Commonwealth environmental water contribute to other vertebrate species diversity? Long
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