Component, Objective of Indicator/measure Frequency Priority process, benefit monitoring or service Climate Rainfall, temperature, wind and Climatic processes Establish limits of Monthly High evaporation and the hydrological acceptable responses such as water level, change flow rates and the extent of inundation Geomorphology high water mark Holocene Establish limits of Monthly Medium beach profile shorelines acceptable change Hydrology / Hydrological processes Salinity Water Quality Establish limits of Monthly Highest Nutrients acceptable priority Key toxicants such as change pesticides and herbicides. Acid sulphate soils Pot Boil Creek flow Water flow Establish limits of Monthly Medium Groundwater levels acceptable Lake level change Vegetation Establishment of baseline flora Littoral vegetation Establish Every 5 High species and community data via benchmarks and years: low permanent transects across limits of level aerial hydrological gradients. acceptable photography change taken in Species presence/absence Ecological community in identification and conjunction composition with Ecological community resurveying mapping and extent of transects Threatened species population size and health. Mapping extent and species Aquatic Plants Establish Annual High composition within the benchmarks and lagoon. limits of acceptable change
Component, process, benefit or service Objective of monitoring Indicator/measure Frequency Priority Climate Climatic processes Establish limits of acceptable change Rainfall, temperature, wind and evaporation and the hydrological responses such as water level, flow rates and the extent of inundation Monthly High Geomorphology Holocene shorelines Establish limits of acceptable change high water mark beach profile Monthly Medium Hydrology / Hydrological processes Water Quality Establish limits of acceptable change Salinity Nutrients Key toxicants such as pesticides and herbicides. Acid sulphate soils Monthly Highest priority Water flow Establish limits of acceptable change Pot Boil Creek flow Groundwater levels Lake level Monthly Medium Vegetation Littoral vegetation Establish benchmarks and limits of acceptable change Establishment of baseline flora species and community data via permanent transects across hydrological gradients. Species presence/absence Ecological community identification and composition Ecological community mapping and extent Threatened species population size and health. Every 5 years: low level aerial photography taken in in conjunction with resurveying of transects High Aquatic Plants Establish benchmarks and limits of acceptable change Mapping extent and species composition within the lagoon. Annual High
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