Conservation and Environment

Reports and Software

A selection of published reports prodcued by ARI are available here for downloading; these are grouped according to Research Themes. Links have been provided to reports which are unpublished but available on other websites. The population modeling software 'Essential' is also available.

• ARI Technical Report Series
• Salinity and Climate Change
• River and Wetland Health
• Invasive Species
• Forest and Woodland Ecology
• Threatened Species and Communities
• Mapping and Measuring Biodiversity
• Fire Ecology
  

ARI Technical Report 192 -Towards a process for integrating vertebrate fauna into fire management planning (PDF - 1.9 MB)
ARI Technical Report 189 - Watering Floodplain Wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin to Benefit Native Fish: a discussion with managers (PDF - 2.8 MB)
ARI Technical Report 188 - Spawning stocks reproductive behaviour and habitat use of Macquarie Perch in Lake Dartmouth (PDF - 1.3 MB)
ARI Technical Report 187 - Potential impacts of a changing climate on selected terrestrial ecosystems of Northern Victoria part 1 (PDF - 2.7 MB)
ARI Technical Report 187 - Potential impacts of a changing climate on selected terrestrial ecosystems of Northern Victoria part 2 (PDF - 2.8 MB)
ARI Technical Report 182 - Agricultural impacts of wild deer in Victoria (PDF - 1.8 MB)
ARI Technical Report 181 - Evaluation of detection methods and sampling designs used to determine the abundance of feral cats (PDF - 1.2 MB)
ARI Technical Report 180 - Lake Condah restoration project - biodiversity assessments (PDF - 1.6 MB)
ARI Technical Report 179 - The response of threatened aquatic invertebrates to the 2006 fire in north-eastern Victoria (PDF - 2.2 MB)
ARI Technical Report 176 - Fish in the Murray Valley and Torrumbarry Irrigation areas (PDF - 1.9 MB)
ARI Technical Report 174 – the geography and hydrology of High Country peatlands in Victoria part 2 the influence of peatlands on catchment hydrology (PDF - 1.2 MB)
ARI Technical Report 173 – The geography and hydrology of High Country peatlands in Victoria part 1 geography and classification (PDF - 2.9 MB)
ARI Technical Report 171 - Growling grass frog and late spring and summer breeding frogs of south-western Victoria (PDF - 1.6 MB)
ARI Technical Report 170 - Freshwater fish and habitat in the Yarra River (PDF - 1.5 MB)
ARI Technical Report 169 - Relationships between shorebird and benthos at the Western Treatment Plant (PDF - 1.3 MB)
ARI Technical Report 168 - Macroinvertebrate communities in artificial wetlands - influence of macrophytes (PDF - 1.0 MB)
ARI Technical Report 167 - Marron Cherax cainii in Victoria – a literature review (PDF - 2.2 MB)
ARI Technical Report 164 - Uncertainty propagation in population level salinity risk models (PDF - 1.9 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 163 - The use of probability bounds analysis for characterising and propagating uncertainty in species sensitivity distributions (PDF - 308 KB)
ARI Technical Report 162 - A framework for assessing the biological risks of increasing salinity in Victoria (PDF - 772 KB)
ARI Technical Report 161 - Instream barriers of the Loddon and Campaspe catchments - Assessment and prioritisation for fish passage (PDF - 1.8 MB)
ARI Technical Report 160 - Regeneration of treeless subalpine vegetation after recurrent fires at Mt Buffalo National Park (PDF - 1.2 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 158 - Aquatic macrophytes and invertebrates literature review (PDF - 328 Kb)
ARI Technical Report 157 - Bibliography of Victorian Odonata (PDF - 312 Kb)
ARI Technical Report 156 - Determining the impact of fire on aquatic invertebrates in northeast Victoria (PDF - 1.4 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 155 - Alpine stonefly and the 2003 fires in north east Victoria (PDF - 1.3 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 153 - Recovery of Mountain Plum-Pine Shrubland after wildfire (PDF - 1.7 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 152 - Recovery of Montane Swamp Complex after bushfires in north east Victoria (PDF - 2.0 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 151 - Recovery of Silurian Limestone Pomaderris Shrubland after the 2003 bushfires in noth east Victoria (PDF - 2.2 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 150 - Recovery of threatened flora after 2002 wildfire (PDF - 1.7 MB)
ARI Technical Report 150 - Post-fire recovery of priority populations of threatened flora in north-east Victoria after the 2003 bushfires (PDF - 552 Kb)
ARI Technical Report 92 - Sites of zoological significance of SE Melbourne and Mornington Peninsula (PDF - 1.9 MB)

Salinity and Climate Change

ARI Technical Report 187 - Potential impacts of a changing climate on selected terrestrial ecosystems of Northern Victoria part 1 (PDF - 2.7 MB)
ARI Technical Report 187 - Potential impacts of a changing climate on selected terrestrial ecosystems of Northern Victoria part 2 (PDF - 2.8 MB)
ARI Technical Report 164 - Uncertainty propagation in population level salinity risk models (PDF - 1.9 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 163 - The use of probability bounds analysis for characterising and propagating uncertainty in species sensitivity distributions (PDF - 308 KB)
ARI Technical Report 162 - A framework for assessing the biological risks of increasing salinity in Victoria (PDF - 772 KB)
Implications for rivers from salinity hazards 2002 (PDF - 1.9 MB)

River and Wetland Health

ARI Technical Report 188 - Spawning stocks reproductive behaviour and habitat use of Macquarie Perch in Lake Dartmouth (PDF - 1.3 MB)
ARI Technical Report 180 - Lake Condah restoration project - biodiversity assessments (PDF - 1.6 MB)
ARI Technical Report 176 - Fish in the Murray Valley and Torrumbarry Irrigation areas (PDF - 1.9 MB)
ARI Technical Report 174 – the geography and hydrology of High Country peatlands in Victoria part 2 the influence of peatlands on catchment hydrology (PDF - 2.6 MB)
ARI Technical Report 173 – The geography and hydrology of High Country peatlands in Victoria part 1 geography and classification (PDF - 2.9 MB)
ARI Technical Report 169 - Relationships between shorebird and benthos at the Western Treatment Plant (PDF - 1.3 MB)
ARI Technical Report 161 - Instream barriers of the Loddon and Campaspe catchments - Assessment and prioritisation for fish passage (PDF - 1.8 MB)
Status of Cold Water Releases from Victorian Dams 2001 (PDF - 1.5 Mb)
Assessment of the Rock-ramp Fishway at Dights Falls 2003 (PDF - 256 Kb)
Downstream Movement of Adult Murray Darling Fish Species 2003 (PDF - 1.1 Mb)
Impact of Flow Regulation Structures on Fish in the Barmah-Millewa Forest 2004 (PDF - 1.9 Mb)
Monitoring Programs for Environmental Flows in Australia-Literature Review 2003 (PDF - 1.7 Mb)
Environmental Flow Recommendations for the Goulburn River below Lake Eildon 2003 (PDF - 1.4 Mb)
Fish Migration at Tauwitchere Barrage New Options for Fish Passage 2005 (PDF - 1.4 Mb)

Invasive Species

ARI Technical Report 182 - Agricultural impacts of wild deer in Victoria (PDF - 1.8 MB)
ARI Technical Report 181 - Evaluation of detection methods and sampling designs used to determine the abundance of feral cats (PDF - 1.2 MB)
ARI Technical Report 168 - Macroinvertebrate communities in artificial wetlands - influence of macrophytes (PDF - 1.0 MB)
ARI Technical Report 167 - Marron Cherax cainii in Victoria – a literature review (PDF - 2.2 MB)
ARI Technical Report 158 - Aquatic macrophytes and invertebrates literature review (PDF - 328 Kb)
A Risk Assessment of the Impacts of Pest Species in the Riverine Environment in the Murray-Darling Basin 2002 (PDF - 1.5 Mb)
Adaptive Experimental Management of Foxes 2003 (PDF - 899 Kb)
Ecology and Management of the Common Carp in the Barmah-Millewa Forest Part I 2002 (PDF - 1.7 Mb)
Ecology and Management of the Common Carp in the Barmah-Millewa Forest Part II 2002 (PDF - 1.2 Mb)
Introduced animals on Victoria's islands 2008 (PDF - 2.0 MB)
The Williams Cage A Key Tool for Carp Management in Murray 2006 Part I (PDF - 1.4 Mb)
The Williams Cage A Key Tool for Carp Management in Murray 2006 Part II (PDF - 802 Kb)
The Williams Cage A Key Tool for Carp Management in Murray 2006 Part III (PDF - 912 Kb)

Forest and Woodland Ecology

Threatened Species and Communities

ARI Technical Report 179 - The response of threatened aquatic invertebrates to the 2006 fire in north-eastern Victoria (PDF - 2.2 MB)
ARI Technical Report 155 - Alpine stonefly and the 2003 fires in north east Victoria (PDF - 1.3 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 150 - Recovery of threatened flora after 2002 wildfire (PDF - 1.7 MB)
Freshwater Catfish Recovery Plan 2001 (PDF - 1.4 Mb)
Freshwater Catfish Resource Document 2001 (PDF - 1.7 Mb)
Silver Perch Recovery Plan 2001 (PDF - 1.4 Mb)
Silver Perch Resource Document 2001 (PDF - 1.7 Mb)

Mapping and Measuring Biodiversity

ARI Technical Report 176 - Fish in the Murray Valley and Torrumbarry Irrigation areas (PDF - 1.9 MB)
ARI Technical Report 170 - Freshwater fish and habitat in the Yarra River (PDF - 1.5 MB)
ARI Technical Report 157 - Bibliography of Victorian Odonata (PDF - 312 Kb)
ARI Technical Report 92 - Sites of zoological significance of SE Melbourne and Mornington Peninsula (PDF - 1.9 MB)
Index of Wetland Condition - Review of Wetland Assessment Methods 2007 (PDF - 476 Kb)
Index of Wetland Condition - Assessment of Wetland Vegetation Update September 2009 (PDF - 1.3 MB)
Index of Wetland Condition - Conceptual Framework and Selection of Measures 2005 (PDF - 908 Kb)
Vegetation Mapping of the Port Phillip and Westernport Region Part I 2001 (PDF - 1.4 Mb)
Vegetation Mapping of the Port Phillip and Westernport Region Part II 2001 (PDF - 515 Kb)

Fire Ecology

ARI Technical Report 192 -Towards a process for integrating vertebrate fauna into fire management planning (PDF - 1.9 MB)
ARI Technical Report 160 - Regeneration of treeless subalpine vegetation after recurrent fires at Mt Buffalo National Park (PDF - 1.2 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 155 - Alpine stonefly and the 2003 fires in north east Victoria (PDF - 1.3 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 156 - Determining the impact of fire on aquatic invertebrates in northeast Victoria (PDF - 1.4 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 152 - Recovery of Montane Swamp Complex after bushfires in north east Victoria (PDF - 2.0 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 153 - Recovery of Mountain Plum-Pine Shrubland after wildfire (PDF - 1.7 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 151 - Recovery of Silurian Limestone Pomaderris Shrubland after the 2003 bushfires in noth east Victoria (PDF - 2.2 Mb)
ARI Technical Report 150 - Recovery of threatened flora after 2002 wildfire (PDF - 1.7 MB)
ARI Technical Report 150 - Post-fire recovery of priority populations of threatened flora in north-east Victoria after the 2003 bushfires (PDF - 552 Kb)

Software

Essesntial Installation Version 1 (ZIP - 1.4 Mb)