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A review of short-term management options for Lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti

Acknowledgements

About the author

Executive summary

Summary of recommendations

1 Purpose and methodology

2 Welcome to Rotorua

3 Leadership and responsibility for lakes management - Environment Bay of Plenty and Rotorua District Council

4 Whole systems understanding and adaptive management

5 A short history of monitoring and investigations and the implications for management

6 Recommendations for short-term management measures and better systems understanding

Appendix 1: Comparison of TLI values for the Rotorua district lakes

Appendix 2: Yearly average TLI values for the Rotorua district lakes in comparison to the tli values set in the regional water and land plan

Appendix 3: Lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti - system dynamics and adaptive management

Appendix 4: Lake Rotorua nutrient inputs and water quality - loads and targets 1965-2002

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Appendix 3: Lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti - system dynamics and adaptive management

Diagram showing Lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti in cross section and an idealised catchment flowing into Lake Rotorua. Processes by which nutrients flow from the catchment into the lake are shown as well as the processes by which the nutrients cycle within the lakes and become available for macrophyte and phytoplankton growth.

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