Table 5. The expected 1 and 5 year outcomes for watering actions in the Lower Lachlan River. Outcomes that meet both stakeholder priority and ecosystem response criteria are shaded in blue. <1 1-5 STAKEHOLDER INDICATOR Overbank Contribute to restoration/protection of frog As for 1-year outcome Y Y Frogs: population and diversity terminal diversity and populations through provision of wetland habitat to support breeding and recruitment inundation infrastructure assisted Terminal Support breeding and recruitment of waterbirds Maintain or increase waterbird populations and Y Y Breeding: Nests, eggs, chicks, fledgelings wetland landscape diversity of waterbirds inundation Contribute to the maintenance or improvement Maintain or increase waterbird populations and Y Y Waterbird diversity of wetland habitat to support the growth and landscape diversity of waterbirds survival of waterbirds Maintain viability of seedbank rhizones and long As for 1-year outcome Y Tree stand condition lived vegetation Provide refuge habitat for frogs, turtles and other As for 1-year outcome Y Frogs: populations and diversity vertebrates Turtle: populations and diversity (wetlands) Decapod: populations and diversity Contribute to in-stream vegetation population Maintained condition and extent of floodplain Y Y Condition and extent of instream vegetation viability particularly extent and condition and wetland vegetation Vegetation Diversity (and Condition) Bankfull, Contribute to breeding and recruitment of native Improved native fish population, diversity and Y Y Larval fish Overbank fish condition Infrastructure assisted Bankfull, Contribute to protection of native fish diversity Increase in native fish populations and diversity Y Y Riverine Fish: diversity and abundance; Size Overbank and abundance through maintaining suitable frequency; habitat Wetland fish: diversity and abundance; size frequency Bankfull, Contribute to restoration protection of frog As for 1-year outcome Y population and diversity Overbank diversity and populations through provision of Infrastructure habitat to support breeding and recruitment assisted Overbank Support breeding and recruitment of waterbirds Maintain or increase waterbird populations and Y Y Waterbird diversity Infrastructure landscape diversity of waterbirds assisted Overbank Contribute to the maintenance or improvement Maintain or increase waterbird populations and Y Y Waterbird Diversity Infrastructure of wetland habitat to support the growth and landscape diversity of waterbirds assisted survival of waterbirds` Overbank Maintain viability of seedbank rhizones and long As for 1-year outcome Y Tree stand condition Infrastructure lived vegetation assisted
Table 5. The expected 1 and 5 year outcomes for watering actions in the Lower Lachlan River. Outcomes that meet both stakeholder priority and ecosystem response criteria are shaded in blue. <1 1-5 INDICATOR Overbank terminal wetland inundation infrastructure assisted Contribute to restoration/protection of frog diversity and populations through provision of habitat to support breeding and recruitment As for 1-year outcome Y Y Frogs: population and diversity Terminal wetland inundation Support breeding and recruitment of waterbirds Maintain or increase waterbird populations and landscape diversity of waterbirds Y Y Breeding: Nests, eggs, chicks, fledgelings Contribute to the maintenance or improvement of wetland habitat to support the growth and survival of waterbirds Maintain or increase waterbird populations and landscape diversity of waterbirds Y Y Waterbird diversity Maintain viability of seedbank rhizones and long lived vegetation As for 1-year outcome Y Tree stand condition Provide refuge habitat for frogs, turtles and other vertebrates As for 1-year outcome Y Frogs: populations and diversity Turtle: populations and diversity (wetlands) Decapod: populations and diversity Contribute to in-stream vegetation population viability particularly extent and condition Maintained condition and extent of floodplain and wetland vegetation Y Y Condition and extent of instream vegetation Vegetation Diversity (and Condition) Bankfull, Overbank Infrastructure assisted Contribute to breeding and recruitment of native fish Improved native fish population, diversity and condition Y Y Larval fish Bankfull, Overbank Contribute to protection of native fish diversity and abundance through maintaining suitable habitat Increase in native fish populations and diversity Y Y Riverine Fish: diversity and abundance; Size frequency; Wetland fish: diversity and abundance; size frequency Bankfull, Overbank Infrastructure assisted Contribute to restoration protection of frog diversity and populations through provision of habitat to support breeding and recruitment As for 1-year outcome Y population and diversity Overbank Infrastructure assisted Support breeding and recruitment of waterbirds Maintain or increase waterbird populations and landscape diversity of waterbirds Y Y Waterbird diversity Overbank Infrastructure assisted Contribute to the maintenance or improvement of wetland habitat to support the growth and survival of waterbirds` Maintain or increase waterbird populations and landscape diversity of waterbirds Y Y Waterbird Diversity Overbank Infrastructure assisted Maintain viability of seedbank rhizones and long lived vegetation As for 1-year outcome Y Tree stand condition STAKEHOLDER
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