
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Goldney, D. 
T1  - Developing A Management Plan for The Thredbo River Platypuses.
JF  - Australian Mammalogy
JO  - Aust. Mammalogy
Y1  - 1998
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
SP  - 301
EP  - 302
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AM98304 
N2  - A management strategy to conserve platypuses in the Thredbo River has been developed for the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. The Thredbo River flows through a multi-use land system with headwaters in the wilderness area of the Kosciusko National Park. A range of recreational activities dominated by skiing interests centre around Thredbo Village and the Ski-Tube link and their associated infrastructure. Further down the valley the predominant land use on the southern side of the river is grazing on private land. The river&apos;s historic confluence with the Snowy River is now the site of Lake Jindabyne, part of the Snowy River Hydro-electric Scheme. The dam wall is assumed to be an impenetrable barrier to platypus movement. The plan was developed on the basis of: *Characterising some aspects of platypus population biology in a 2-year study; * comparing these data with limited baseline data; *Observing and interpreting the impacts of a major flood event on population dynamics coinciding with the &apos; melt&apos; phenomenon; *Identifying likely impacts on the platypus population particularly in relation to water quality and siltation-sanding and determining the probable trends of these impacts. It was then possible to suggest actions to ameliorate impacts on the platypus. 
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