support key environmental watering will: Lateral fish was high variability in fish assemblages, ecosystem functions suggesting individual wetlands respond uniquely movement sustain and maintain the related to to environmental variables including flow in the lateral movement of fish, connectivity main channel particularly small bodied between the river delivery of environmental water did not enhance species. and the floodplain reproduction and recruitment of carp in the extend high flow conditions support breeding of studied wetlands and increase inundated native fish no clear consistent pattern of movement aquatic habitat, potentially support recruitment throughout the wetlands was detected providing nursery ground for of juvenile life stages fish. affect regional differences amongst fish assemblages support key environmental watering will: Frog response frog calling and species richness was lower in ecosystem functions, summer than spring likely due to higher increase frog distribution, related to unregulated flows in spring diversity and relative connectivity however, environmental watering in summer may abundance in comparison to between the river have maintained habitat availability for frog previous flow years and the floodplain breeding increase the extent of frog habitat within each of the South Australian River reaches. support ecosystem environmental watering will: Coorong the Ruppia tuberosa and fish habitat models functions related to together with the hydrodynamic model (CHM Ruppia v2.1) provide a useful tool for the evaluation and
support key ecosystem functions related to connectivity between the river and the floodplain support breeding of native fish support recruitment of juvenile life stages environmental watering will: sustain and maintain the lateral movement of fish, particularly small bodied species. extend high flow conditions and increase inundated aquatic habitat, potentially providing nursery ground for fish. affect regional differences amongst fish assemblages Lateral fish movement was high variability in fish assemblages, suggesting individual wetlands respond uniquely to environmental variables including flow in the main channel delivery of environmental water did not enhance reproduction and recruitment of carp in the studied wetlands no clear consistent pattern of movement throughout the wetlands was detected support key ecosystem functions, related to connectivity between the river and the floodplain environmental watering will: increase frog distribution, diversity and relative abundance in comparison to previous flow years increase the extent of frog habitat within each of the South Australian River reaches. Frog response frog calling and species richness was lower in summer than spring likely due to higher unregulated flows in spring however, environmental watering in summer may have maintained habitat availability for frog breeding support ecosystem functions related to environmental watering will: Coorong Ruppia the Ruppia tuberosa and fish habitat models together with the hydrodynamic model (CHM v2.1) provide a useful tool for the evaluation and
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