2007 Wetland Inventory for the Eyre Peninsula

31.0 RECOMMENDED WETLANDS TO MONITOR.................................................................................................. 5431.1 RECOMMENDED PRIORITY WETLANDS ................................................................................................................. 5531.2 SECOND PRIORITY WETLANDS ............................................................................................................................ 5532.0 RECORDING MONITORING PARAMETERS ................................................................................................... 55BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................................................................................................................. 57APPENDIX 1 WETLAND INVENTORY DESCRIPTIONS ....................................................................................... 60FiguresFIGURE 1. ON SITE WETLAND LAND USES .............................................................................................................. 14FIGURE 2. TENURE AND MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................... 15FIGURE 3. WETLANDS WITHIN ENVIRONMENTAL REGIONS.................................................................................. 16FIGURE 4. WETLANDS WITHIN KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS.................................................................................... 18FIGURE 5. WETLAND AREA. ........................................................................................................................................ 18FIGURE 6. WETLAND LANDFORM ELEMENTS. ......................................................................................................... 19FIGURE 7. GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE UNDERLYING WETLANDS......................................................................... 20FIGURE 8. WETLAND DISTURBANCE ......................................................................................................................... 24FIGURE 9. AQUATIC VEGETATION CLASSES............................................................................................................ 25FIGURE 10. INVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY BY WETLAND SITE. ................................................................................. 30FIGURE 11. TEMPORARY WETLAND CYCLES........................................................................................................... 32FIGURE 12. PH VALUES ............................................................................................................................................... 33FIGURE 13. WETLAND PH VALUES FOR SURVEYED SITES ON EYRE PENINSULA............................................. 34FIGURE 14. SALINITY GUIDELINES............................................................................................................................. 36FIGURE 15. FISH ACTIVITY AGAINST TURBIDITY VALUES AND TIME.................................................................... 39FIGURE 16. AQUATIC FAUNA RAPID ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................ 41FIGURE 17. ANZECC CRITERIA................................................................................................................................... 45FIGURE 18. WETLAND TYPE........................................................................................................................................ 47TABLESTABLE 1. INVERTEBRATE ABUNDANCE .................................................................................................................... 29TABLE 2. TURBIDITY GUIDELINES.............................................................................................................................. 40TABLE 3. RIPARIAN VEGETATION RAPID ASSESSMENT......................................................................................... 42TABLE 4. WETLANDS WITH HIGH RAPID ASSESSMENT SCORES. ........................................................................ 43TABLE 5. WETLAND WITH MODERATE RAPID ASSESSMENT VALUES. ................................................................ 43TABLE 6. WETLANDS WITH LOW RAPID ASSESSMENT VALUES. .......................................................................... 44TABLE 7. WETLANDS WITH ANZECC CRITERIA........................................................................................................ 45TABLE 8. WETLAND TYPES. ........................................................................................................................................ 48TABLE 9. RECOMMENDED PRIORITY WETLANDS FOR MONITORING. ................................................................. 55TABLE 10. SECOND PRIORITY WETLANDS TO MONITOR....................................................................................... 556