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NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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IMEF (Integrated Monitoring of Environmental Flows)

The Integrated Monitoring of Environmental Flows (IMEF) program consists of ecological monitoring projects across the regulated rivers of NSW. IMEF was set up to monitor environmental flow effects and included projects such as the effect of inundating floodplain wetlands (Hypothesis 7) on water quality, aquatic vegetation, invertebrates and frogs. Other project included monitoring the effect of translucent releases from major dams on river water quality, biofilm development and stony be invertebrates. Instream productivity in lowland rivers downstream of dams were also monitored. In some catchments, waterbirds, blackwater events, and other ecological indicators were used.

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Language English
Edition 1.0
Purpose To monitor the first environmental flow releases as part of the development of the NSW Water Sharing Plan development and monitoring
Frequency of change As needed
Keywords VEGETATION,VEGETATION-Floristic,FAUNA-Invertebrates,WATER-Quality
Metadata Date 2024-01-05
Date of Asset Creation 1998-07-01
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Geospatial Topic Environment
NSW Place Name NSW
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Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 1998-07-01 - 2012-07-01
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
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Attribution NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2024"
Groups Department of Planning and Environment—Water