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The annual environmental watering plan was established by The Living Murray Business Plan.

The Living Murray initiative aims to recover water and implement works to achieve specific environmental outcomes for six icon sites along the River Murray.

Heavy rainfall in the 2011-12 water year (1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012) again caused significant flooding in parts of the Murray-Darling Basin.

This document is The Living Murray Annual Environmental Watering Plan for 2013–14 which focuses on the water delivery aspects of The Living Murray.

The Living Murray initiative aims to recover water and implement works to achieve specific environmental outcomes for six icon sites along the River Murray.

The Environmental Watering Plan is a central part of the Basin Plan. Its purpose is to achieve the best possible environmental outcomes using the increased, but still finite, amount of water made available by the Basin Plan.

The Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth is one of six icon sites along the Murray River identified as a priority under The Living Murray river restoration program.

There are knowledge limitations regarding the response of native and exotic tree species to water management interventions.

This literature review addresses the topic of the creation of suitable habitat for waterbirds through retaining floodwater on floodplains or flow enhancement management interventions with particular reference to six hypotheses identified by the Murray–Darling Basin Authority as key areas for greater understanding.

This literature review comprises three major sections, each examining the effects of flooding on floodplain and aquatic plant habitats, plant life histories and vegetation community dynamics.