Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities

7 – The extent and adequacy of monitoring for Australian threatened freshwater fish species^93

Table 7.2.

Mean scores and statistical tests comparing medians of adequacy of m

onitoring of Australian threatened freshwater fish.

Letters indicate significantly different categories after correction for type 1 error

.

Comparison

Categories

Sample size

Periodicity

Coverage

Management

linkage

Coordination

Data availability

and reporting

Design quality

Fit-for-purpose

Demographic

parameters

Longevity

EPBC Status

Listed

38

2.4

2.3

1.6

1.9

1.5

1.8

2.1

1.5

1.7

Not Listed

19

1.6

1.9

1.8

1.7

0.5

0.8

1.6

0.8

0.8

z test

1.67

0.23

0.02

0.43

2.31

*

2.35

*

1.03

1.45

1.92

EPBC categories

Endangered

15

2.9

3 .1

a

2.2

2.5

1.9

2.2

2.8

2.1

2.5

a

Vulnerable

17

1.9

1.4

b

1.3

1.1

0.9

1.2

1.5

1.1

1.2

b

Critically Endangered

5

2.4

2.4

ab

0.8

2.4

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.2

1.0

ab

(^2) χ
test
1.70
6.77

• 3.98
  5.30
  4.98
  2.79
  3.71
  4.02
  6.34


• 
  

  Type of EPBC listing
  State only
  23
  2.6
  2.3
  1.9
  2.3
  1.6
  1.9
  2.3
  1.6
  1.8
  Multi-jurisdictional
  15
  2.1
  2.3
  1.2
  1.4
  1.3
  1.6
  1.9
  1.4
  1.7
  z test
  0.84
  0.02
  1.19
  0.87
  0.47
  0.66
  0.70
  0.27
  0.20
  State comparisons
  Tasmania
  8
  4.6
  a
  3.9
  a
  3.5
  a
  4.0
  a
  2.5
  3.4
  a
  4.0
  a
  3.3
  a
  2.9
  a
  Queensland
  8
  1.9
  b
  1.3
  b
  1.3
  b
  1.1
  b
  1.3
  1.0
  b
  1.6
  b
  1.0
  b
  1.0
  ab
  Western Australia
  4
  0.8
  b
  0.8
  b
  0.0
  b
  0.8
  b
  0.8
  0.8
  b
  0.5
  b
  0.0
  b
  0.23
  b
  (^2) χ
  test
  7.7 8

  
  


• 
  

  9.86
  
  10.97
  
  13.76

  
  

  ---

  
  

  4.02

  
  

11. 24

***

7. 9 4

*

11.6 6

**

7.7 2

*

Recovery Plan status (EPBC listed)

Recovery plan

27

2.9

2.8

2.1

2.4

1.9

2.2

2.6

2.0

2.1

No recovery plan

11

1.2

0.9

0.5

0.7

0.5

0.6

0.9

0.5

0.8

z test

2.24

*

2.53

*

2.6

**

2.60

**

2.58

*

2.84

***

2.45

*

2.59

*

2.26

*

*Statistical level of significance <0.05** Statistical level of significance <0.01*** Statistical level of significance <0.005.