Appendix A - Outcomes Framework The following summarises Expected Outcomes to be evaluated at the Basin scale (yellow), Expected Outcomes to be monitored as part of LTIM for Basin and/or Selected Area evaluation (*) and Expected Outcomes which can be monitored as options (^). Plan Basin Outcomes Five-year Expected Outcomes One-year Expected Outcomes objectives Ecosystem diversity Species diversity • Vegetation diversity* • Reproduction • Vegetation Condition* • Germination • Growth and survival* • Dispersal* • Macroinvertebrate diversity • Fish diversity* • Biodiversity Condition* • Fish (Basin Plan S. Larval abundance* Species • 8.05) Reproduction* diversity • Larval and juvenile recruitment* • Waterbird diversity • Waterbird diversity and population • condition (abundance and population Survival and condition^ • Waterbirds structure) Chicks^ • Fledglings^ • Other Young* • vertebrate Adult abundance* diversity • Hydrological connectivity including • end of system flows* Connectivity Biotic dispersal and movement* Ecosystem • Function Sediment transport* • Primary productivity (of aquatic • (Basin Plan S. ecosystems)* 8.06) Process Decomposition* • Nutrient and carbon cycling* • Population condition (individual Individual survival and condition • • refuges)^ (individual refuges)^ Population condition (landscape Resilience • refuges)^ Ecosystem (Basin Plan S. resilience Individual condition (ecosystem • 8.07) resistance) Population condition (ecosystem • recovery) Salinity* • Water quality Dissolved oxygen* • Chemical pH* • (Basin Plan S. 9.04) Dissolved organic carbon^ • Biological Algal blooms •
Appendix A - Outcomes Framework The following summarises Expected Outcomes to be evaluated at the Basin scale (yellow), Expected Outcomes to be monitored as part of LTIM for Basin and/or Selected Area evaluation (*) and Expected Outcomes which can be monitored as options (^). Plan objectives Basin Outcomes Five-year Expected Outcomes One-year Expected Outcomes Biodiversity (Basin Plan S. 8.05) Ecosystem diversity • Species diversity Species diversity Vegetation • Vegetation diversity* • Reproduction • Condition* • Growth and survival* • Germination • Dispersal* • Macroinvertebrate diversity Fish • Fish diversity* • Condition* • Larval abundance* • Reproduction* • Larval and juvenile recruitment* Waterbirds • Waterbird diversity • Waterbird diversity and population condition (abundance and population structure) • Survival and condition^ • Chicks^ • Fledglings^ Other vertebrate diversity • Young* • Adult abundance* Ecosystem Function (Basin Plan S. 8.06) Connectivity • Hydrological connectivity including end of system flows* • Biotic dispersal and movement* • Sediment transport* Process • Primary productivity (of aquatic ecosystems)* • Decomposition* • Nutrient and carbon cycling* Resilience (Basin Plan S. 8.07) Ecosystem resilience • Population condition (individual refuges)^ • Individual survival and condition (individual refuges)^ • Population condition (landscape refuges)^ • Individual condition (ecosystem resistance) • Population condition (ecosystem recovery) Water quality (Basin Plan S. 9.04) Chemical • Salinity* • Dissolved oxygen* • pH* • Dissolved organic carbon^ Biological • Algal blooms
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