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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...
Introduction 2016
2016 At a glanceAt 13.86 million square kilometres, Australia’s marine environment is the third largest marine jurisdiction in the world (Symonds et al. 2009). It is home to a diverse array of marine species, including marine mammals and reptiles; more than 4000 species of fish; and tens of thousands of...
Recent climate
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Pressures South East Coast South West Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau Murray...
Groundwater resources
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South Coast South East Coast South West Coast South Australian Gulf Murray Darling...
Water quality
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau...
Climate change
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Risks South East Coast South West Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau Murray Darling...
Increased sea levels
2016 Report Content2016 Built environment Pressures South West Coast South Australian Gulf North East Coast Greater Brisbane Greater...
Jurisdictions covered
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Introduction Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North Marine...
State and trends of inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceOnline availability of flow data and water resources information has increased substantially since 2011, including: various state-based data portals a national repository with flow and other data for more than 3400 sites a national set of 222 long-term, high-quality reference flow...
Importance of biodiversity
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Introduction Murray Darling Tasmania Timor Sea Great Barrier Reef Marine North West...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends South West Coast North Western Plateau Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania...
Consumption and extraction of natural resources
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling North East Coast Greater Brisbane Greater Adelaide East Coast...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Mammals
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends South Australian Gulf Murray Darling North East Coast Timor Sea Great Barrier Reef...
Atmosphere
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures Greater Brisbane Great Barrier Reef Greater Sydney Indian Ocean Airborne emissions Australia’s...
Air toxics
2016 , Report Content2016 Ambient air quality State and trends North East Coast South Western Plateau Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater...
Box BIO12 Getting to know a whole new world of animals living underground
2016 Case StudyDuring the past 2 decades, it has become apparent that there are many animal species living within rock spaces deep underground, as well as in shallow unconfined aquifers associated with rivers. Subterranean fauna have persisted and diversified in their relatively buffered...
Water flows and levels
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau Murray Darling North...
Recent climate
2011 Report Content2011 Inland water Pressures South West Coast Murray Darling Indian Ocean Assessing the state of inland water environments in 2011 is difficult...
Water quality
2011 Report Content2011 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau...
Rainfall
2011 , Report Content2011 Climate State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Greater Darwin Indian Ocean From 1970 to 2010, total annual...
Climate research
2011 , Report Content2011 Climate State and trends Murray Darling Indian Ocean Variability and extremes of weather are key characteristics of Australia’s climate. Australian scientists are...
Pressures from livestock production
2011 Report Content2011 Biodiversity Pressures North Western Plateau South Western Plateau Timor Sea Lake Eyre Indian Ocean...
The Southern Ocean
2011 Report Content2011 Antarctic environment State and trends Indian Ocean Antarctica The Southern Ocean is the only ocean that encircles the globe uninhibited by land masses. It flows...
