Estuary environmental flows assessment methodology for Victoria Lloyd, Lance N., Anderson, Brett G., Cooling, Marcus, Gippel, Chris J., Pope, Adam J. and Sherwood, John E. 2012, Estuary environmental flows assessment methodology for Victoria, Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment, Melbourne, Vic. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads pope-estuaryenvironmental-2012.pdf Published version application/pdf 3.31MB 347 Title Estuary environmental flows assessment methodology for Victoria Author(s) Lloyd, Lance N. Anderson, Brett G. Cooling, Marcus Gippel, Chris J. Pope, Adam J. Sherwood, John E. Publication date 2012 Total pages 82 Publisher Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Place of Publication Melbourne, Vic Keyword(s) estuary environmental flow natural resource management Summary This report sets out a method to determine the environmental water requirements of estuaries in Victoria. The estuary environmental flows assessment method (EEFAM) is a standard methodology which can be applied consistently across Victorian estuaries. The primary objective of EEFAM is to define a flow regime to maintain or enhance the ecological health of an estuary. The method is used to inform Victorian water resource planning processes. The output of EEFAM is a recommended flow regime for estuaries. This recommendation is developed from the known dependence of the estuary’s flora, fauna, biogeochemical and geomorphological features on the flow regime. EEFAM is an evidence-based methodology. This bottom-up or ‘building block’ approach conforms to the asset-based approach of the Victorian River Health Strategy and regional river health strategies. EEFAM is based on and expands on FLOWS, the Victorian method for determining environmental water requirements in rivers. The list of tasks has been modified and re-ordered in EEFAM to reflect environmental and management issues specific to estuaries. EEFAM and FLOWS can be applied simultaneously to a river and its estuary as part of a whole-of-system approach to environmental flow requirements. Like the FLOWS method, EEFAM is modular, and additional components can be readily incorporated. ISBN 9781742875019 Language eng Field of Research 050209 Environmental Management 050102 Ecosystem Function 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl Marine Ichthyology) Socio Economic Objective 960913 Water Allocation and Quantification HERDC Research category A4 Major research monograph Copyright notice ©2012, Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30056781 Document type: Book Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 11 Oct 2013, 17:24:19 EST Thu, 15 May 2014, 11:59:27 EST Fri, 16 May 2014, 08:25:16 EST Fri, 16 May 2014, 11:13:06 EST Fri, 16 May 2014, 11:17:00 EST Fri, 16 May 2014, 11:21:32 EST Fri, 16 May 2014, 12:13:19 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 12:23:27 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 21:40:59 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:43:02 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:41:50 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 657 Abstract Views, 349 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 11 Oct 2013, 17:24:06 EST by Adam Pope