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

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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

Page content

40 Figure 21. Frequency of occurrence of the five pool length categories under simulated flow conditions in the Daly River, Northern Territory. Red bars represent small pools, green bars represent intermediate pools and blue bars represent large pools. Figure 22. Percent of the Daly River that fragmented into small, intermediate and large pool length categories. Over 57% percent of the Daly River, fragmented into pools, which were less than 2.5km long. The largest pool (11.1 km) under this Low flow condition extends from behind Oolloo crossing to Jinduckin Creek. The next largest pool (10.2 km) extends from behind control point 17 to control point 15. These two pools are separated by 12.2 km of river. The third largest pool (9.2) is the furthest upstream pool and it extended from behind control point 3 to Dorisvale Crossing and is 24.2 km upstream from the second largest pool. These three pools are likely to be the main refuges for riverine biota under extreme low flow conditions. The smallest substantial pool (1.0 km) extends from control point 22 to control point 21.