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State and trends of inland water ecological processes and key species populations

2016, 2011
Inland water
State and trends
Assessment summary

Inland water State and trends Ecological processes and species populations South East CoastSouth West CoastNorth Western PlateauMurray DarlingNorth East CoastSouth Western PlateauTasmaniaTimor SeaLake Eyre...

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State and trends of biodiversity

2016, 2011
Biodiversity
State and trends
Assessment summary

Biodiversity State and trends Coastal and marine species and ecosystemsFreshwater species and ecosystemsTerrestrial plant and animal species: Threatened species listsTerrestrial ecosystems and communitiesGenetic and species...

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Number of Atlas of Living Australia records, pre-2012 and 2015 for (a) arthropods, reptiles, mammals, amphibians, fungi, fish, insects and other invertebrates

2016
Biodiversity
Graph

Number of Atlas of Living Australia records, pre-2012 and 2015 for (a) arthropods, reptiles, mammals, amphibians, fungi, fish, insects and other invertebrates Number of Atlas of Living Australia records, pre-2012 and 2015 for (a) arthropods, reptiles, mammals,...

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Trends in the biomass of (b) invertebrates at long term reef biodiversity monitoring locations around Australia

2016
Marine environment
Graph

Invertebrate Trends Invertebrate Trends Unable to load the data for this visualisation

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Overview of state and trends of biodiversity

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity State and trends What has changed since 2011? The list of nationally threatened species and ecological communities has increased, with the addition of 30 new ecological communities, and 44 animal and...

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Overview of effectiveness of management of inland water

2016
Inland water
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Inland water Effectiveness of management Murray Darling The Murray–Darling Basin Plan, which came into effect in late 2012, guides governments, regional authorities and communities about...

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Overview of state and trends of the marine environment

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Report Content

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

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Trend in the abundance of invertebrates at Beware Reef

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Graph

b) Invertebrates Beware Reef b = 0.033, P = 0.496 Beware Reef b = 0.033, P = 0.496 TrendAbundance per speciesAgnewia tritoniformis2009Agnewia tritoniformis2010Agnewia tritoniformis2011Agnewia tritoniformis2012Agnewia tritoniformis2013Agnewia...

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Trend in the abundance of invertebrates at Jurien Marine Park

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Graph

Jurien Marine Park b = -0.032, P = 0.211 Jurien Marine Park b = -0.032, P = 0.211 TrendAbundance per speciesAmblypneustes leucoglobus2007Amblypneustes leucoglobus2008Amblypneustes leucoglobus2009Amblypneustes spp.2007Amblypneustes spp.2008Amblypneustes spp....

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Trend in the abundance of invertebrates at Maria Island

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Graph

Maria Island b = -0.022, P = 0.289 Maria Island b = -0.022, P = 0.289 TrendAbundance per speciesAstrostole scaber2006Astrostole scaber2008Astrostole scaber2009Astrostole scaber2010Astrostole scaber2012Astrostole scaber2013Australostichopus...

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Trend in the abundance of invertebrates at Lord Howe Island

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Graph

Lord Howe Island b = -0.066, P = 0.405 Lord Howe Island b = -0.066, P = 0.405 TrendAbundance per speciesAmphimetra tessellata2010Amphimetra tessellata2012Amphimetra tessellata2014Cenolia glebosus2009Cenolia glebosus2010Cenolia glebosus2012Cenolia...

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Trend in the abundance of invertebrates at Ningaloo Marine Park

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Graph

Ningaloo Marine Park b = 0.144, P = 0.185 Ningaloo Marine Park b = 0.144, P = 0.185 TrendAbundance per speciesCerithium spp.2012Cerithium spp.2015Comanthus spp.2010Comanthus spp.2012Comanthus spp.2015Drupella cornus2010Drupella cornus2012Drupella...

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Trend in the abundance of invertebrates at Rottnest Island

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Graph

Rottnest Island, b = 0.061, P = 0.085 Rottnest Island, b = 0.061, P = 0.085 TrendAbundance per speciesAstralium squamiferum2012Astralium squamiferum2014Astralium tentorium2009Astralium tentorium2010Astralium tentorium2011Astralium tentorium2012Astralium...

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Trend in the abundance of invertebrates at Encounter Bay

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Graph

Encounter Bay b = -0.018, p = 0.405 Encounter Bay b = -0.018, p = 0.405 TrendAbundance per speciesAustralostichopus mollis2006Australostichopus mollis2007Australostichopus mollis2008Australostichopus mollis2011Australostichopus mollis2012Australostichopus...

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State and trends of species and taxa groups

2016, 2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

This assessment summary has changed it's name since 2011   State and trends of species populations and groups Marine environment State and trends State and trends of marine biodiversity: Species Groups...

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Ecological processes and species populations

2016
Inland water
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Lake Eyre...

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The natural environment

2016
Antarctic environment
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Antarctica The Antarctic environment comprises diverse habitats and ecosystems that include: ice-covered areas ice-free vegetated areas and rocks...

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Pressures on the marine environment

2016
Antarctic environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Pressures Antarctica The water chemistry of the Southern Ocean appears to be changing at a faster rate than previously estimated, particularly in the deep ocean...

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Figure BIO13 Net changes in the number of species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 since 2000

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Graph

Net changes in the number of EPBC listed species post 2000 Net changes in the number of EPBC listed species post 2000 FloraInvertebratesBirdsMammalsFishReptilesFrogs 20000000000 2001114211310 2002129712310 20036111812510 20046511813710...

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Figure BIO23 Number of invertebrate species and critically endangered invertebrate species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in each Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Aus...

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Map

Download as pngDownload dataset Source: Environmental Resources Information Network, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, 2016 Figure BIO23 Number of invertebrate species and critically endangered invertebrate species listed under the Environment...

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State and trends of biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
At a glance

At a glanceUnderstanding of the state and trends of the vast majority of individual species in Australia is limited. The lack of effective monitoring data for understanding state and trends, even for threatened species, is highlighted by every jurisdiction and all previous state of the...

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Pollution

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory Pollution issues affecting biodiversity in Australia can...

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Freshwater species and ecosystems

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory Lake Eyre...

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Management capacity

2016
Biodiversity
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Jurisdictional reporting on management effectiveness It is has been widely...

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Management status

2016
Biodiversity
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Murray Darling Tasmania National Reserve System and National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas Australia has...

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Managing biodiversity for resilience

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Resilience The ability of ecosystems to tolerate and recover from disturbance is a phenomenon that is vitally important to understand. Resilience has stimulated much valuable research that has...

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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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Introduction 2016

2016
Marine environment
Introduction
At a glance

At 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...

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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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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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