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Overview of resilience of the marine environment
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Resilience Great Barrier Reef Marine North Marine North West Marine South East Current...
Overview of state and trends of the marine environment
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment State and trends Great Barrier Reef Marine North Marine North West Marine South East Marine...
Global importance of Antarctica
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Marine South West Marine South East Antarctica Although isolated from other continents, Antarctica is...
Governance
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Marine South East Antarctica The Antarctic Treaty System is the primary international governance framework for the...
Pressures affecting the marine environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt 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...
State and trends of the marine environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt 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...
Marine regions
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
Climate and system variability
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
Climate change
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast Marine South East...
Commercial and recreational fishing
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Marine Temperate East Great Barrier Reef Marine South East Indian Ocean...
Marine oil and gas exploration and production
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures Marine Temperate East Marine South West Marine North Marine North West Marine South...
Anthropogenic noise
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North Marine North...
Environment protection systems
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef...
Managing for resilience
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Resilience Great Barrier Reef Marine North Marine North West Marine South East Most management...
Coastal waters
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures South Australian Gulf Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...
State and trends of indicators of marine ecosystem health: Ecologial processes
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment State and trends Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine...
State and trends of indicators of marine ecosystem health: Physical, biogeochemical and biological processes
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast Marine...
State and trends of marine biodiversity: Species Groups
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
State and trends of marine biodiversity: Quality of habitats and communities
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment State and trends Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East...
Identification: Listing Jurisdictions
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage State and trends South Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...
Figure MAR4 Monthly averages of sea surface temperature in the South-east Marine Region, 2005–14
2016 MapDownload as png Source: Data from the Australian Ocean Data Network View this map series as an animation. Figure MAR4 Monthly averages of sea surface temperature in the South-east Marine Region, 2005–14 Climate and system variability
6 Marine environment | 7 Outlook for the marine environment
2011 At a glanceAt a glanceAustralia's oceans and coastal marine ecosystems are overall in good condition and have experienced only gradual decline, although there are many coastal areas where conditions are already poor or very poor. Indeed, some of the world’s worst examples of impacts from pollution can...
Pressures affecting the marine environment
2011 At a glanceAt 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...
6 Marine environment | 2 Current state and trends
2011 At a glanceAt 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...
Marine protected areas
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Great Barrier Reef Marine South East All jurisdictions other than the Northern Territory have legislation dedicated...
Pressures resulting from climate change
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment Pressures South East Coast Tasmania Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North West...
Marine ecosystem health
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
Marine biodiversity
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
Summary of Marine environment
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine North Marine North West Marine South East Australia's oceans and...