Clarence Catchment Ecohealth Project: Assessment of River and Estuarine Condition 2014

Title
Clarence Catchment Ecohealth Project: Assessment of River and Estuarine Condition 2014
Publication Date
2014-04
Author(s)
Ryder, Darren
Mika, Sarah
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0574-6835
Email: smika2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:smika2
Richardson, Max
Burns, Adrienne
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5317-4109
Email: aburns@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:aburns
Veal, Rob
Lisle, Paul
Schmidt, John
Osborne, Max
Abstract
Final Technical Report to the Clarence Valley Council
Type of document
Report
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
University of New England
Place of publication
Armidale, Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/31578
Abstract

The development of a standardised means of collecting, analysing and presenting riverine, coastal and estuarine assessments of ecological condition has been identified as a key need for coastal Catchment Management Authorities and Local Councils who are required to monitor natural resource condition, and water quality and quantity in these systems. This project was conducted over an 18 month period in the Clarence catchment and nearby coastal river systems covering 88 sites across 37 river systems to contribute to the assessment of the ecological condition of the catchment.

The Clarence catchment was divided into 4 hydrologic units for reporting; Clarence main stem, Northern Tributaries, Coastal Tributaries and the Mann-Nymboida-Boyd systems. In addition, 5 small coastal systems (7 sites) in the Clarence LGA (but not in the Clarence catchment) were sampled only for water chemistry. The project aimed to

  • Assess the health of coastal catchments using standardised indicators and reporting for estuaries, and freshwater river reaches using hydrology, water quality, riparian vegetation and habitat quality, and macroinvertebrates assemblages as indicators of ecosystem health in streams of the Clarence catchment, and
  • Contribute scientific information to the development of a report card system for communicating the health of the estuarine and freshwater systems in the Clarence region.
Link
Citation
v.Final Technical Report to the Clarence Valley Council
ISBN
9780648475620

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