MD-WERP Theme: Environmental Outcomes
MD-WERP Research Question: How can we predict the health of aquatic ecosystems and their response to changes in flow?
Project Title: Assessing future vulnerability of species and ecological communities
Research Lead: La Trobe University
This project sought to understand current and future distributions of key taxa (fish, invertebrates, plants) in the Basin. As well as providing more detailed and accurate maps of current species distributions, the inclusion of predictions under future hydro-climatic scenarios can help inform prioritisation of options for water management and complementary works (e.g., refuge restoration/creation) to meet the physical and functional habitat requirements of plant and animal communities in a drying climate.