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Figure MAR9 b Zooplankton abundance (mean ± standard error) off Maria Island for cold-water and warm-water species (right)
2016 GraphZooplankton abundance off Maria Island for cold-water species and warm-water species Zooplankton abundance off Maria Island for cold-water species and warm-water species Acartia danae (warm water) Abundance (University of Tasmania data)Abundance (IMOS data)Error...
Figure BIO33 Funding for TERN, the ALA and IMOS, 2009–10 to 2015–16
2016 GraphFunding for the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Atlas of Living Australia and the Integrated Marine Observing System, 2009–2016 Funding for the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, Atlas of Living Australia and the Integrated Marine Observing System, 2009...
Sustained ocean monitoring
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Outlook Great Barrier Reef Responding to a changing and increasingly modified environment, especially one where directing or modifying the trajectory of change is...
Figure MAR31 c) Secchi Disk Depths
2016 Graph(c) b) Average Secchi disk depths at the 9 IMOS National Reference Stations b) Average Secchi disk depths at the 9 IMOS National Reference Stations Average Standard deviation Darwin3.340476192.108381592 Esperance13.237142862.735613246 Kangaroo Island14....
Figure MAR31 b) Suspended Solids
2016 Graph(b) a) Average concentration of total suspended solids at the 9 IMOS National Reference Stations a) Average concentration of total suspended solids at the 9 IMOS National Reference Stations AverageStandard deviation Darwin20.6382978726.87856389 Esperance1....
Governance
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Marine South East Antarctica The Antarctic Treaty System is the primary international governance framework for the...
Figure MAR31 d) Seasonally adjusted depth
2016 Graph(d) d) Seasonally detrended Secchi disk depths at Port Hacking d) Seasonally detrended Secchi disk depths at Port Hacking Seasonally adj Secchi disk depth m 24/02/20092.791667 19/03/2009-8.5 23/04/2009-3.1 19/05/2009-4.166667 24/06/2009-3.7 15/07/...
Management initiatives and investments
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Biodiversity funding NRM funding provides key measures that include many practical elements of protecting and sustainably managing biodiversity. For the past 30 years, the...
Figure MAR9 a Expansion in the distribution of Noctiluca scintillans, 1860–2015
2016 MapDownload as pngDownload dataset CPR = continuous plankton recorder; IMOS = Integrated Marine Observing System; NRS = National Reference StationSource: Richardson et al. (2015) Figure MAR9 a) Expansion in the distribution of Noctiluca scintillans, 1860–2015 Climate...
Conclusion
2016 Report Content2016 Outlook Our natural environment makes human life possible, and our cultural environment helps define who we are. It is therefore essential that our population and economic growth are environmentally sustainable. The most positive outlook for...
Figure MAR31 (a) Map showing the locations of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) 9 National Reference Stations
2016 Map(a)Download as pngDownload dataset State and trends of indicators of marine ecosystem health: Physical, biogeochemical and biological processes
Key gaps in evaluating the marine environment
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Outlook This report has highlighted a number of key gaps in our current ability to assess the state of the Australian marine environment. In this section, we summarise these key gaps and...
Climate change
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast Marine South East...
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...
Anthropogenic noise
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North Marine North...
Effectiveness of marine management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryMarine environment Effectiveness of management Triage responses to changes resulting from pressuresCumulative impacts and management of multiple usesSustainability and sector managementEnvironment protection systemsEvaluation of...
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...
Policies, tools and approaches that are potentially changing the outlook
2016 Report Content2016 Outlook The outlook described above has both positive and negative components, although the negative tends to dominate. This balance can potentially shift, by using a variety of policies, tools, approaches and resources that are being developed...
Sustainability and sector management
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Managing for externalities Climate variability and longer-term change Australia is a...
Effectiveness of management for specific pressures and drivers
2016 Report Content2016 Effectiveness of management Earlier, we noted that the complex and dynamic relationships between drivers, pressures, ecosystems and humans call for policies and management actions that address both drivers and pressures. In many cases, the most...
Overview of challenges to effective management
2016 Report Content2016 Effectiveness of management Without detracting from positive trends in some areas, successive SoE reports have highlighted consistent problems and trends for the Australian environment. These include: the continuing loss of Australia’s...
Biodiversity: Ecological processes
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts State and trends Tasmania Greater Brisbane Great Barrier Reef East Coast Connectivity Connectivity among...
State and trends of marine biodiversity: Quality of habitats and communities
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment State and trends Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East...
Environment protection systems
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef...
State and trends of species and taxa groups
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryThis 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...
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...
Pressures affecting the marine environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryMarine environment Pressures Additional pressuresDumped wastesToxins, pesticides and herbicidesMarine debrisAnthropogenic noiseMarine vessel activityMarine renewable energy generationMarine mining and industryMarine oil and gas...
State and trends of habitats and communities
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryThe title of this assessment summary has changed from 2011. State and trends of quality of habitats for species Marine environment State and trends...
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...
Governance
2011 Report Content2011 Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Antarctica As detailed in Section 1.3, the Antarctic Treaty System is the primary international governance framework for the Antarctic...
