Development of a Riparian Condition Assessment Protocol for Northern Gulf Rivers using Remote Sensing and Ground Survey

The primary focus of this study was to establish the riparian condition baseline against which future condition trends could be measured; and the development of a robust, repeatable method of analysis.
However, during the course of the study, researchers found that the dramatic changes in woody vegetation in both the channel zone and across floodplains warranted much more detailed investigation to establish:

• whether the trends elucidated in this study are real; and
• what the drivers of the changes are (ie, is there a clear trend through time or is there some variability that is a function of inter-annual climatic variability).

The outcomes of this research have already been incorporated into the new Resource Investment Strategy document for the Northern Gulf Resource Management Group (NGRMG).
  

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Citation

Land & Water Australia. 2009. Development of a Riparian Condition Assessment Protocol for Northern Gulf Rivers using Remote Sensing and Ground Survey. [Online] (Updated July 30th, 2009)
Available at: http://lwa.gov.au/node/3586 [Accessed Tuesday 26th of April 2011 02:49:34 PM ].