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Mapping potential groundwater dependent ecosystems using Landsat imagery: Mataranka Tindall Limestone Aquifer

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Title

Mapping potential groundwater dependent ecosystems using Landsat imagery: Mataranka Tindall Limestone Aquifer,

Creator

Short, Michael,

Issued by

Northern Territory. Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security. Water Resources Division,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Water Resources Division Technical Report 3/2020, Technical Report 53/2020,

Date

2021-01-22,

Location

Mataranka Water Control District, Tindall Limestone Aquifer,

Description

This report has been prepared to document the results of a desktop mapping exercise to delineate areas of potential Tindall Limestone Aquifer (TLA)-fed groundwater dependent vegetation within the Mataranka Tindall Limestone Aquifer Water Allocation Plan (WAP) area (Figure 1-1). This will ultimately provide guidance for establishing protection areas in the draft WAP. The mapping and assessment of groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDE) requires a staged approach and the use of multiple methods, beginning with broad scale desktop assessments through to detailed field investigations of groundwater dependence of individual ecosystems and vegetation communities (e.g., Eamus et al. 2015). This report represents the beginning of the process – a desktop assessment that identifies potential areas for further investigation.,

Notes

Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),

Table of contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Landsat vegetation and moisture indices -- 3. Supporting data -- 4. Conclusion -- 5. References,

Language

English,

Subject

Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem, Landsat vegetation, moisture indices,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Series

Water Resources Division Technical Report 3/2020, Technical Report 53/2020,

Format

17 pages : colour maps ; 30 cm,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743502754,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/822399,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/822399

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/822400,