As part of a larger assessment of environmental flow requirements for the Daly basin being conducted by the Department of Lands, Planning and Environment (DLPE), eriss was commissioned in March 2000 to undertake an inventory and risk assessment of water dependent ecosystems in the Daly basin. The specific aims were to:
• map and store in a Geographical Information System (GIS) the area, location and extent
of a range of water dependent ecosystems in the Daly basin;
• establish threats to these ecosystems from forecast and existing water use and land
management practices and overlay this information on the GIS-based map;
• identify which ecosystems are most at risk and where possible provide an assessment of
the extent of this risk; and
• provide a mapping-base describing habitats critical for other key indicator species being
investigated in the Daly basin.,
Notes
Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),
Table of contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Daly Basin -- 3. Distribution of wetlands in the Daly Basin -- 4. Types of water dependent ecosystems -- 5. Existing and forecast land and water use in the Daly Basin -- 6. Risk assessment of the land and water use to wetlands in the Daly Basin -- 7. Recommendations -- 8. References,
Language
English,
Subject
Water Dependent Ecosystem,
Daly Basin,
Risk assessment,
Publisher name
Northern Territory Government,
Place of publication
Palmerston,
Series
79/2001,
Supervising Scientists report 162,
Format
xii, 101 pages : colour illustrations and maps ; 30 cm,