Aquatic conservation values of the Daly River Catchment, Northern Territory, Australia

S. Blanch, N. Rea and G. Scott
WWF-Australia, Charles Darwin University and the Environment Centre NT, 2005
This report has assessed the Daly River system as being of national significance due to a range of aquatic conservation values. The report as been designed so that it will assist governments and communities as they seek to manage and protect the natural resources of the catchment. It provides the first relatively comprehensive assessment of the aquatic conservation values of the DRC. The assessment draws primarily upon information published in the scientific literature and from various reports by NT Government agency staff, as well as from observations made by researchers and people familiar with the Daly River. It provides descriptions of aquatic ecosystems and aquatic species of conservation value.