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State and trends of water quality
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryInland water State and trends Water qualityWater quality South East CoastSouth West CoastSouth Australian GulfNorth Western PlateauMurray DarlingNorth East CoastSouth Western PlateauTasmaniaTimor SeaLake Eyre...
State and trends in indicators of marine ecosystem health
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryThis assessment summary has changed since 2011 This assessment summary combines ecological processes, physical...
Risks to inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceRisks to inland water environments include direct risks (such as direct water extraction, or changes in run-off and recharge) and indirect risks (such as expansion of invasive species because of increased tourism). Climate changes may produce both types of risks. Updated climate...
Figure WAT12 Rainfall deciles for the Lake Eyre Basin, January 2016
2016 MapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Monthly water Update; © Commonwealth of Australia (Bureau of Meteorology) 2016 Figure WAT12 Rainfall deciles for the Lake Eyre Basin, January 201 Water flows and levels
Figure WAT13 Monthly streamflow for the Lake Eyre Basin, January 2016
2016 MapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Monthly Water Update; © Commonwealth of Australia (Bureau of Meteorology) 2016 Figure WAT13 Monthly streamflow for the Lake Eyre Basin, January 2016 Water flows and levels
Water flows and levels
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania...
Land and water use and management
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Risks Murray Darling Risks from changes to land management arise mainly through potential hydrological and water quality changes, whereas those from water management relate to...
Risks to biodiversity 2016
2016 At a glanceAt 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...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory Lake Eyre...
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...
Outlook for the marine environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt 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...
Marine environment: 2011–16 in context
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast...
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...
Toxins, pesticides and herbicides
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures Great Barrier Reef The group of chemicals typically regarded as pollutants encompasses a large array of compounds, and is generally divided into chemical...
Resilience of marine systems
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Resilience Tasmania Great Barrier Reef The concept of resilience is not straightforward, with definitions varying across social and scientific...
Box BIO7 Mobilising fungi distribution data
2016 Case StudyFungi refers to the Kingdom Fungi, comprising organisms such as mushrooms, puffballs, coral fungi, bracket fungi, moulds, mildews and rust fungi. There are also fungal-like organisms in the Protoctisa (slime moulds) and Chromista (water moulds). Fungi usually grow as threads...
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...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Plant species and fungi
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Plant species The pattern in distribution of listed plant species has not changed significantly...
Residual risks to the marine environment
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAvoidance and mitigation measures, which are the primary strategies for managing impacts of activities on the marine environment, may not address all impacts associated with the activities. Management may be absent or only partially effective, there may be some impacts that are...
State and trends of ecological processes
2011 Assessment summaryThis assessment summary has changed in 2016 The new 2016 assessment summary combines ecological processes, physical...
Resilience of marine systems
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment Resilience Marine populations wax and wane over time. This natural variation is caused by the natural environmental drivers of change, such as differences in conditions between seasons and years...
Environment protection systems
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Tasmania Great Barrier Reef All jurisdictions in Australia have core environmental management and conservation...
Catchment run-off and land-based sources of pollution
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment Pressures Great Barrier Reef Marine Coral Sea Coastal habitats are susceptible to many impacts that arise from the adjacent lands, and from...
Marine biodiversity
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
