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State and trends of the terrestrial environment of Macquarie Island

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment State and trends The living environment: Marine and terrestrial Antarctica...

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State and trends of Antarctic and subantarctic vertebrates

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment State and trends The living environment: Vertebrate populations Antarctica...

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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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Overview of resilience of the antarctic environment

2016
Antarctic environment
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Resilience Antarctica Natural disturbances are part of life in Antarctic ecosystems, and the native species can generally survive shock events because they have...

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Overview of state and trends of inland water

2016
Inland water
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling Tasmania What has changed since 2011...

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State and trends of inland water environments 2016

2016
Inland water
State and trends
At a glance

At 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...

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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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State and trends of the Antarctic environment 2016

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
At a glance

At a glanceThe physical and chemical components of the Antarctic environment are changing. The Antarctic surface and lower atmosphere are warming, with the strongest temperature increases in the Antarctic Peninsula region and West Antarctica. Part of the warming is because of global...

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Resilience of the Antarctic environment 2016

2016
Antarctic environment
Resilience
At a glance

At a glanceAlthough organisms living in Antarctica have evolved to cope with severe events, it is challenging to measure their level of resilience and to predict how future climate change will affect Antarctic ecosystems. This is largely because our understanding of key parameters is still...

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Figure ANT12 Total number of southern elephant seal adult cows at Macquarie Island, 1988–2014

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Graph

Number of southern elephant seal adult cows, Macquarie Island, 1988–2014 Number of southern elephant seal adult cows, Macquarie Island, 1988–2014 Number of elephant seals 198823111 198923467 199022337 199121218 199221086 199320614 199419893...

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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 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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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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State and trends of the coastal environment 2016

2016
Coasts
State and trends
At a glance

At a glanceThe state and trends of the living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) environment in the coastal zone are the result of both historical and contemporary pressures, and our attempts to ameliorate these pressures. The state of most coastal biological components is in decline,...

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Outlook for the coastal environment 2016

2016
Coasts
Outlook
At a glance

At a glanceThe current pressures associated with human population, catchment land use, agriculture and resource extraction are growing and will be exacerbated by the increasing pressures of climate change. The most significant climate change pressures for the coast include sea level rise,...

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Land–water interface

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Sydney Beaches and sand dunes Like many features at the interface of the land and...

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Coastal waterways

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Greater Brisbane...

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Overview of state and trends of the Antarctic environment

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica What has changed since 2011? Antarctic sea ice has shown a general increase in overall extent, but some areas are showing rapid decline....

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Biodiversity: Threatened species

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends South West Coast North East Coast Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin...

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Biodiversity: Species groups

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...

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Biodiversity: Habitat-forming species

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends South West Coast South Australian Gulf North East Coast Tasmania Greater Darwin...

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Biodiversity: Ecological processes

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends Tasmania Greater Brisbane Great Barrier Reef East Coast Connectivity Connectivity among...

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The living environment: Marine and terrestrial

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica Given its extreme conditions, the Antarctic has a surprising diversity of ecosystems. Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest and...

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The living environment: Vertebrate populations

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica Vertebrate populations Antarctic vertebrates encompass a variety of flying seabirds and penguins, several seals and whales, and numerous...

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6 Marine environment | 6 Risks to the marine environment

2011
Marine environment
Risks
At a glance

At a glanceThe main risks to the future of the marine environment are from the impacts of climate change—mainly increased temperature, ocean acidification and sea level changes. The interaction of these with the legacy effects of past poor management practices, and with the existing...

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6 Marine environment | 2 Current state and trends

2011
Marine environment
State and trends
At a glance

At 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...

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State and trends of the national marine environment

2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

This assessment summary has changed in 2016 The new 2016 assessment summary combines ecological processes, physical...

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State and trends of species populations and groups

2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

This assessment summary has changed it's name in 2016. State and trends of species and taxa groups Marine environment State and trends Marine biodiversity...

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Marine biodiversity

2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Report Content

2011 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...

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