Monitoring Plan for the Pig-nosed Turtle in the Daly River, Northern Territory

J. S. Doody, A. Georges and J. Young
Within this report there is a written review of available information on the life history attributes, habitat requirements, and dispersal, with particular attention paid to how these influence the design of a monitoring programme. Existing information relevant to establishing a baseline on the turtle’s abundance has been collated and analysed.

This report is important because it is monitoring an important species in the area of interest. The Pig-nosed turtle is an umbrella species because it appears to have fairly restricted habitat requirements, and meeting these requirements in conservation planning is likely to afford similar protection to a range of species with less stringent requirements.