Estimating the Water Requirements for Plants of Floodplain Wetlands

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Published by:Land and Water Resources Research and Development CorporationGPO Box 2182Canberra ACT 2601Telephone: (02) 6257 3379Facsimile: (02) 6257 3420Email: public@lwrrdc.gov.auWebSite: www.lwrrdc.gov.au© LWRRDCThis project was funded under the National River Health Program, managed by theLand and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation (LWRRDC) andEnvironment Australia. The program’s mission is to improve the management ofAustralia’s rivers and floodplains for their long-term health and ecologicalsustainability.Disclaimer:Publication data:Authors:The information contained in this publication has been published by LWRRDC toassist public knowledge and discussion and to help improve the sustainablemanagement of land, water and vegetation. Where technical information has beenprepared by or contributed by authors external to the Corporation, readers shouldcontact the author(s), and conduct their own enquiries, before making use of thatinformation.‘Estimating the water requirements for plants of floodplain wetlands: a guide’.Occasional Paper 04/00.Jane Roberts, Bill Young and Frances MarstonCSIRO Land & WaterPO Box 1666Canberra ACT 2601Telephone: (02) 6246 5763Facsimile: (02) 62460 5800E-mail: jane.roberts@cbr.clw.csiro.auISSN 1320-0992ISBN 0 642 76024 1Designed and typeset by Arawang Communication GroupPrinted by Union Offset Co. Pty LtdSeptember 2000
ContentsPreface 7Acknowledgments 8Guide to Contents 9Section 1: Introducing floodplain wetlands 9Section 2: Introducing the vegetation 9Section 3: A stepwise procedure 9Section 4: Old and new data 9Section 5: Obtaining vegetation data 10Section 6: Using water regime data 10Section 7: Predicting vegetation responses 10Section 1: Introducing Floodplain Wetlands 11What are floodplains? 11What are floodplain wetlands? 13Introducing the hydrology 13Water regime 15Section 2: Introducing the Vegetation 18Water as a part of the environment 18Floodplain vegetation 23Ecological groups 25Plant water regime 28Section 3: A Step-wise Procedure 33Outline 33Step 1: Describing the floodplain wetland 34Step 2: Setting management objectives 35Step 3: Vegetation–hydrology relationships 36Step 4: Determining the required water regime 37Step 5: The trade-off process 38Section 4: Old and New Data 40The evaluation process 40Evaluating existing information 40Options for new information 43Applications 48Section 5: Obtaining Vegetation Data 50Field methods and protocols 50What to use? 50Describing the vegetation 55Spatial issues 59Species-based relationships 61Special studies 62Section 6: Using Water Regime Data 65Estimating water depth 65Using storage volume and inundation area 66Estimating inundation areas 69Estimating storage volumes 71Contents 3
Page 1: Estimating the WaterRequirements fo
Page 5: List of Tables1 Spatial variability
Page 8 and 9: Note that the guide is concerned pr
Page 10 and 11: ecomes a matter of how to use what
Page 12 and 13: Figure 1. Floodplain featuresThe fl
Page 14 and 15: Figure 4.Wanganella Swamps, souther
Page 16 and 17: Floodplain wetlands, being a mosaic
Page 18 and 19: Section 2:Introducing theVegetation
Page 20 and 21: size and vigour rarely reach their
Page 22 and 23: floodplains survive there because t
Page 24 and 25: The lagoon floor is then colonised
Page 26 and 27: Note 11Growth-formsField guides to
Page 28 and 29: identical conditions. PFTs differ f
Page 30 and 31: Note 13Changes in depthSome herbace
Page 32 and 33: Focusing on depthWater regime analy
Page 34 and 35: Note 15Internet dataEnvironmental d
Page 36 and 37: Step 3: Vegetation-hydrologyrelatio
Page 38 and 39: Note 19Modelling and time-stepsIn s
Page 40 and 41: Section 4: Old andNew DataOne of th
Page 42 and 43: see Figure 15), despite a three-fol
Page 44 and 45: frequency. This is rather limiting,
Page 46 and 47: Figure 13. Lippia, a floodplain wee
Page 48 and 49: single measure of the vegetation to
Page 50 and 51: Section 5:ObtainingVegetation DataW
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However, if the chosen species has
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Figure 15. Range of tree condition
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Figure 16. Spatial-temporal sequenc
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Note 26Canopy condition indexA visu
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Note 27Mapping floodplainwetland ve
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Shape of species responseThe shape
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Figure 18. Heat pulse sensorHeat pu
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section, using storage volume and i
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Figure 20. Crack volume and drying
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Figure 21. The relationshipbetween
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epresentative, there should be no m
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All of the curves are described by
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monitoring, precision levels, scali
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sites of significant recharge and d
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Figure 24. Degraded channelPart of
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and so depth estimates are inaccura
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Section 7:PredictingVegetationRespo
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AEAM and the Macquarie Marshes. An
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Category 3: hydraulic/empiricalAppr
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For example, changes in surface and
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ReferencesPrefaceArthington AH and
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Section 3Roberts J and Marston F (1
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Kunin WE and Gaston KG (1993). The
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Singh VP (1995).“Computer models
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Web ListingsNote 40Data on the WebM
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flood. This has not been attempted,
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Seven points over the flow range is
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used as exclusions; or can be quant
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Table A1 - 4. A flooding overlay ch
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Table A2 - 1.(cont’d) K c and K s
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