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Abundance of sea lion pups at Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island, 1985–2015

2016
Marine environment
Graph

Abundance of sea lion pups at Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island, 1985–2015 Abundance of sea lion pups at Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island, 1985–2015 95 percent confidence intervalTrend lineLower CIPup count 18/09/1985173.6482159.6603145.67244154 18/03/1987168.9435156....

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Overview of effectiveness of management of the marine environment

2016
Marine environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Many improvements to management frameworks across Australian and state and territory governments introduced since 2011, including the implementation of new national...

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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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Australia’s water resources

2016
Inland water
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Inland water Introduction South East Coast Timor Sea Gulf of Carpentaria Antarctica Drainage divisions are the...

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Figure MAR6 Percentage of the Australian exclusive economic zone experiencing extreme sea surface temperatures, 1981–2016

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Graph

Percentage of the Australian exclusive economic zone experiencing extreme sea surface temperatures, 1981–2016 Percentage of the Australian exclusive economic zone experiencing extreme sea surface temperatures, 1981–2016 Monthly percentThree-month running mean...

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Figure MAR22 Volume of dredged material disposed of at sea, 2006, 2011 and 2016

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Graph

Volume of dredged material disposed at sea, 2006, 2011, 2016 Volume of dredged material disposed at sea, 2006, 2011, 2016 200620112016 North east9.480.30511.68 South east7.9426.4650.5 South west4.53.70.664 North west10.3850.178.12 Australia32.380.5790...

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Figure MAR29 Abundance of Australian sea lion pups at Seal Bay (Kangaroo Island), based on maximum live pup counts, 1985–2015

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Graph

Abundance of sea lion pups at Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island, 1985–2015 Abundance of sea lion pups at Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island, 1985–2015 95 percent confidence intervalTrend lineLower CIPup count 18/09/1985173.6482159.6603145.67244154 18/03/1987168.9435156....

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Figure MAR5 Decadal sea surface temperature trend per month (degrees per decade), 1982–2015

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Map

Download as pngDownload dataset Source: Data from the Australian Ocean Data Network and NASA VIEW ANIMATION Figure MAR5 Decadal sea surface temperature trend per month (degrees per decade), 1982–2015 Climate change

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Figure WAT1 Australian drainage divisions

2016
Inland water
Introduction
Map

Download as pngDownload dataset Source:  Topographic drainage divisions and river regions; © Commonwealth of Australia (Bureau of Meteorology) 2016 Figure WAT1    Australian drainage divisions Australia’s water resources

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Risks to biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Risks
At a glance

At a glanceEscalation of existing risks such as invasive species, climate change and changing fire regimes, and the interactions between these risks, will continue to exert significant and widespread changes on biodiversity. The importance of some risks, or at least the perception of those...

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Introduction 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Introduction
At a glance

Biodiversity is defined as the variety of all living organisms on Earth at all levels of organisation. It includes organisms that occur on land, in the sea and in fresh water, and includes bacteria, viruses, fungi, plants, and invertebrate and vertebrate animals. The definition of...

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Jurisdictional reporting on pressures

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures Tasmania Greater Darwin Australian Capital Territory Each state and territory in Australia has highlighted a range of...

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Global climate change and climate variability

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures Tasmania All recent state and territory SoE reports note the adverse effects of global climate change on biodiversity. These increasingly include extreme weather, as...

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Pest species and pathogens

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Pest plants, pest animals and pathogens have been identified by...

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Pressures facing aquatic ecosystems

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures In this report, we describe pressures facing biodiversity in general. However, pressures facing aquatic ecosystems are described in detail in the Coasts (coastal and estuarine ecosystems),...

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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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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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Outlook for the marine environment 2016

2016
Marine environment
Outlook
At a glance

At a glanceThe contribution of the marine environment to the economy is projected to continue to grow 3 times faster than Australia’s gross domestic product in the next decade. It is in Australia’s interest that our ocean ecosystems continue to bring economic, cultural and social benefits...

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Jurisdictions covered

2016
Marine environment
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Introduction Indian Ocean Australia’s marine environment is part of the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Southern Ocean. It covers a diversity of seascapes and...

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Marine regions

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

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Commercial and recreational fishing

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
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2016 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Marine Temperate East Great Barrier Reef Marine South East Indian Ocean...

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Traditional use of marine resources

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
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2016 Marine environment Pressures Marine North Traditional use of marine resources is defined here as activities (fishing, collecting, hunting and gathering) by the 2 Indigenous or traditional...

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Marine oil and gas exploration and production

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

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Marine vessel activity

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
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2016 Marine environment Pressures Great Barrier Reef International vessels International vessels operating in Australian waters mainly comprise large cargo carriers, but may also include...

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Dumped wastes

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Pressures Marine North West By volume, dredging contributes the largest pressure associated with dumped wastes (not including marine debris, toxins, pesticides and...

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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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