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Global importance of Antarctica

2016
Antarctic environment
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Marine South West Marine South East Antarctica Although isolated from other continents, Antarctica is...

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Pressures affecting the marine environment 2016

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
At a glance

At a glanceAustralia’s marine environment is experiencing pressures from a wide range of sources that affect its habitats, communities, species and ecosystem functioning to varying degrees. With many pressures affecting the marine environment and its inhabitants at any one time, it can be...

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State and trends of the marine environment 2016

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
At a glance

At a glanceReporting on the current state and recent trends of the biological and ecological components of Australia’s marine environment is highly variable across Australia’s marine estate, and is often inadequate for robust assessment. There are few coordinated, sustained monitoring...

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Marine regions

2016
Marine environment
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...

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Marine environment: 2011–16 in context

2016
Marine environment
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast...

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Climate and system variability

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...

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Climate change

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast Marine South East...

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Marine oil and gas exploration and production

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Pressures Marine Temperate East Marine South West Marine North Marine North West Marine South...

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Anthropogenic noise

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Pressures Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North Marine North...

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Environment protection systems

2016
Marine environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef...

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Coastal waters

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Coasts Pressures South Australian Gulf Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...

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Recovery from change

2016
Coasts
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Coasts Resilience Murray Darling Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast...

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Biodiversity: Species groups

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...

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State and trends of indicators of marine ecosystem health: Ecologial processes

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Marine environment State and trends Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine...

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State and trends of indicators of marine ecosystem health: Physical, biogeochemical and biological processes

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast Marine...

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Box MAR5 National assessment of shallow reefs

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Case Study

The Reef Life Survey, supported by the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Programme, is using standardised monitoring methodology to provide a national assessment of shallow rocky and coral reef biodiversity (in waters less than 25 metres deep) around...

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Box MAR7 White shark

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Case Study

The white shark (Carcharodon carcharias; also known as great white shark or white pointer) is a large, globally distributed apex predator, and one of the few shark species that have been definitively identified as responsible for human fatalities in Australia. It is a target...

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State and trends of marine biodiversity: Species Groups

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...

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State and trends of marine biodiversity: Quality of habitats and communities

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Marine environment State and trends Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East...

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Identification: Listing Jurisdictions

2016
Heritage
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Heritage State and trends South Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...

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Pressures affecting the marine environment

2011
Marine environment
Pressures
At a glance

At a glanceThe Australian marine environment is experiencing a broad range of pressures that affect the quality of habitats, species and environmental health. The main pressures are in coastal areas, particularly in sheltered enclosed bays, estuaries and lagoons, where removal of land-based...

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6 Marine environment | 2 Current state and trends

2011
Marine environment
State and trends
At a glance

At a glanceMarine biodiversity overall is in good condition, but nationally there are a number of areas on the coast, continental shelf and upper slope where the condition of some elements of biodiversity is very poor, as a result of the effects of specific human activities. Condition...

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Pressures resulting from climate change

2011
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2011 Marine environment Pressures South East Coast Tasmania Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North West...

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Marine ecosystem health

2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Report Content

2011 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...

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Marine biodiversity

2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Report Content

2011 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...

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