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Modelling dry season flows and predicting the impact of water extraction of flagship species

Details:

Title

Modelling dry season flows and predicting the impact of water extraction of flagship species,

Creator

Georges, Aurthur, Webster, Ian, Guarino, Fiorenzo, Jolly, Peter, Thoms, Martin, Doody, Sean, CRC for Freshwater Ecology (Australia), University of Canberra. Applied Ecology Research Group,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, 57/2002, National River health program,

Date

2002-11-20,

Location

Daly River,

Abstract

The aim of this project is to contribute to recommendations on environmental flows to ensure that they are consistent with maintaining the biota of the Daly River, given competing demands of agriculture, recreation and tourism, conservation and Aboriginal culture. Our focus is on flow, connectivity and water temperatures.,

Notes

Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT), Submitted to the Northern Territory. Department of Infrastructure Planning and Environment,

Table of contents

1. Project Details -- 2. Executive Summary -- 3. Interpretation of the Brief -- 4. Variation of the Brief -- 5. Background -- 6. The Daly Drainage -- 7. The Pig-nosed turtle -- 8. Analysis of Historical Flow Data -- 9. Analysis of Contemporary Flow Data -- 10. Modelling Flow Reduction -- 11. Water Temperature Versus Flow -- 12. Impact on Flagship Species -- 13. References,

Language

English,

Subject

Environmental Flows, Modelling, Biota,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Edition

Final Report,

Series

57/2002, National River health program,

Format

75 pages ; 30 cm,

File type

application/pdf,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/885434,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/885435