13.2 The Wallis Lake Estuary Management Committee - Great Lakes ...

Wallis Lake Estuary Management Plan
Strategy/Outcome Actions Monitoring and performance indicator Data interpretation Target Comments Progress
Protect seagrass from
propeller damage,
sedimentation and
overgrowth by other
aquatic algae
E.2.1,
E.2.2,
E.2.3,
E.3.1,
E.4.1,
E.4.2
The Seagrass Monitoring Program (SMP),
established since 2002, involves seasonal
assessment of seagrass density and
distribution at sites within Wallis Lake.
TBD – but likely to involve
non-parametric statistical
analyses for seagrass
density measurements at
each site.
TBD Microdictyon sp
and Chaetomorpha
sp abundance and
distribution should
be assessed as
part of the revised
SMP (action E.4.1).
Biannual Posidonia australis surveys (action
E.5.1).
Time series analysis of
spatial trends in data and
density measurements.
Strategy/Outcome Actions Monitoring and performance indicator Data interpretation Target Comments Progress
Protect and enhance E.6.2, Action E.6.2 to conduct a riparian vegetation TBD
TBD
riparian vegetation E.6.3,
E.6.4,
E.6.5
assessment should be designed and
documented to allow for follow up surveys to
be conducted at regular intervals.
Monitoring during biannual weed control
programs (action E.6.4) to be conducted on
islands.
TBD
TBD
Compliance rates with SEPP14, the Native
Vegetation Act and tree preservation orders.
GLC SoE reporting. 100%
Strategy/Outcome Actions Monitoring and performance indicator Data interpretation Target Comments Progress
TBD
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