Commonwealth Long-Term Intervention Monitoring Project: Stage 1 Mid-Term Review and Evaluation

9.2Peer reviewed papers resulting from/linked to LTIM

Bino, B., Wassens, S., Kingsford, R.T., Thomas, R.F. and Spencer, J. (2018) Floodplain ecosystem dynamics under extreme dry and wet phases in semi-arid Australia. Freshwater Biology 63, 224–224.

Grace, M.R., Giling, D.P., Hlady, S., Caron, V., Thompson, R.M. and Mac Nally, R. (2015) Fast processing of diel oxygen curves: Estimating stream metabolism with BASE (Bayesian Single-station Estimation). Limnolology and Oceanography: Methods 13, 103-114.

JVSC (2017). Report on outcomes and recommendation for the next steps on the need for accessible and reliable inundation mapping in the Murray-Darling Basin, Joint Venture Steering Committee, June 2017, 10 pp.

Ocock, J., G. Bino, S. Wassens, J. Spencer, R. Thomas & R. Kingsford, 2017. Identifying Critical Habitat for Australian Freshwater Turtles in a Large Regulated Floodplain: Implications for Environmental Water Management. Environmental management. Published online: 09 March 2017. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00267-017-0837-0

Stoffels, R.J., Bond, N. and Nicol, S. (2017) Science to support the management of riverine flows. Freshwater Biology 63, 1-15.

Thompson, R.M., King, A.J., Kingsford, R.M., MacNally, R. and Poff, N.L. (2018) Legacies, lags and long-term trends: Effective flow restoration in a changed and changing world. Freshwater Biology 63, 1-10.

Thompson, R.M., Bond, N., Poff, N.L. and Byron, N. (2018) Towards a systems approach for river basin management - Lessons from Australia's largest river. River Research and Applications, 1-10.

Vietz, G.J., Lintern, A., Webb, J.A. and Straccione, D. (2017) River Bank Erosion and the Influence of Environmental Flow Management. Environmental Management, 1-15.

Shamsi, S., A. Turner & S. Wassens, 2017. Description and genetic characterization of a new Contracaecum larval type (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from Australia. Journal of Helminthology. Published online: 05 May 2017.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X17000360.

Song, C., Dodds, W.K., Trentman, M.T., €uegg, J.R. and Ballantyne, F. (2016) Methods of approximation influence aquatic ecosystem metabolism estimates. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 14, 557-569.

Stewardson, M. and Guarnio, F. (2018). Basin-scale environmental water delivery in the Murray-Darling, Australia: A hydrological perspective, Journal?, ….

Stoffels R., Bond N., Pollino C., Broadhurst B., Butler G., Kopf R.K., Koster W., McCasker N., Thiem J., Zampatti B., Ye Q. (2016) Long Term Intervention Monitoring Basin Matter - Fish foundation report. Final Report prepared for the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office by The Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, MDFRC Publication 65/2015, May, 37 pp.

Wolfenden, B. J., S. Wassens, K. M. Jenkins, D. S. Baldwin, T. Kobayashi & J. Maguire, 2017. Adaptive Management of Return Flows: Lessons from a Case Study in Environmental Water Delivery to a Floodplain River. Environmental Management. Published online: 04 May 2017 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00267-017-0861-0

Appendix A: MTRE objectives

Table . Objectives of LTIM MTRE

Number	Objective
1	To assess overall progress towards meeting the stated LTIM Project objectives as specified in the foundation documentation (noting that independent review of foundation documents occurred at time of publication). The approach will be to: 1a Review program logic and design in terms of meeting requirements under Water Act (2007) and Murray-Darling Basin Plan, in particular mapping against Basin Wide Environmental Watering Strategy (MDBA 2014); 1b Review individual area-scale projects (at high level, see also 2a below) and assess their contribution to meeting LTIM Project objectives.
2	To assess implementation and effectiveness of the LTIM Project at the program level. The approach will be to: 2a Assess individual area-scale projects (based on area-scale MEP and 2015-2016 evaluation reports) to establish if they are on track to meeting stated objectives for each region; 2b Identify any risks to the successful implementation of area-scale projects; 2c Assess whether the LTIM Project is on track to meeting stated objectives - establish what is working (combines outputs from 2a); 2d Identify any risks to the LTIM Project outcomes - establish what is not working (combines outputs from 2b).
3	To review the effectiveness of the LTIM Project’s current approach to adaptive management. 3a Identify what adaptive management processes have occurred, and what changes have been implemented; 3b Identify any challenges and how they were addressed; 3c Areas to be considered include management arrangements, work planning (in relation to sharing of data), project-level monitoring and evaluation systems, and reporting.
4	To provide a review and evaluation report of the LTIM Project containing: 4a Recommendations for improvement of the current program; 4b Recommendations for consideration in determining the scope of LTIM Stage 2; 4c Recommend possible management responses to the MTRE report (e.g. presentation/workshop with CEWO and suggestions on who does what and by when?).

Appendix B: Documents reviewed in MTRE

The main documents reviewed for the MTRE are listed below.