I have been asked to post the following message by Melbourne Water:
We have had 30 photo monitoring points set up at the WTP. These are green painted posts with a simple bracket on the top to position your camera.
I’d be grateful if you would take photos from these posts when you pass by.
Date-stamped electronic photos can be emailed to a central site. Photos are then displayed in date order at on open access web site. All of the relevant info on how to submit photos is included on the posts.
We are specifically interested in monitoring:
(a) Seaweed dumps on the intertidal; how often do these occur? Is there a seasonal pattern or some link to weather variables we can use to predict dumps (which seriously affect our intertidal studies and are thought to affect shorebird foraging habitat and prey availability)?
(b) Saltmarsh vegetation re-establishment at Western Lagoon.
(c) Natural wetland/estuary water regimes and veg responses.
(d) The state of some of our managed conservation ponds to determine the extent of mudflat versus open water and emergent vegetation. This includes photo points to monitor reed beds (Phragmites and Typha) to allow us to monitor their rate of encroachment into wetlands.
(f) The state of some wetlands where we plan to change our management regime, so that we can assess how these management actions alter wetland vegetation and extent. ===============================
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