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Ecological processes and species populations

2016
Inland water
State and trends
Report Content
Assessing water-related ecological processes and species populations ...
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State and trends of habitats and communities

2016, 2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

The title of this assessment summary has changed from 2011. State and trends of quality of habitats for species Marine environment State and trends...

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Water quality

2016
Inland water
State and trends
Report Content
Water quality in SoE  2011 was assessed as a significant ... collection, collation, analysis and assessment of water quality data from thousands of sites across Australia. A comprehensive report considered water quality at the river-region scale, and information was ...
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Coastal waters

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Coasts Pressures South Australian Gulf Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...

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Executive Summary - Inland water

2016
Inland water
Executive Summary

Inland water 2016Australia’s inland waters, both above and below the ground, are of considerable ecological significance. Their significance arises from both their intrinsic ecological values and the contribution they make in providing water to our communities...

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Water resource development

2016
Inland water
Pressures
Report Content
After a few years of moderate change in urban water demand, recent years (2013–14) have seen an increase in water demand from larger urban water-consuming areas across Australia. National Water ...
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Australia’s water use

2016
Inland water
Introduction
Report Content
... widely from year to year and place to place, and we have a water management infrastructure with an accessible capacity ... of more than 80,000  GL to assist in redistributing water across time and space. States and territories have a strong and direct role in managing water resources for both consumptive and environmental ...
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Water management in Australia

2016
Inland water
Effectiveness of management
Report Content
... and expanding knowledge of the relationships between water management actions and ecological condition that are ...
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Water flows and levels

2016
Inland water
State and trends
Report Content
... use and management. There are also significant areas where water management interventions affect the flows in ways that ... to the aquatic environment. Furthermore, the surface-water system and the broader landscape influence subsurface ...
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Water abstraction and interception

2016
Inland water
Risks
Report Content
Three factors contribute to the risk posed by increasing water abstraction and interception: the demands of a growing population increases in per-person water consumption for this population the requirement for extracting more water from an increasingly water-scarce environment to meet ...
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Approach - Inland water 2016

2016
Inland water
Report Content
... ecological systems. Assessment of the state and trends of water levels and flows also benefits greatly from increased ... access to national, collated information sources. Water quality, conversely, suffers from a lack of a large and ... assessment for effectiveness of management focuses more on water resource development than in 2011, where effects of ...
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Australia’s water resources

2016
Inland water
Introduction
Report Content
... spatial unit for assessing the state of the inland water environment. As discussed in SoE  2011, these provide ...
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Land–water interface

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Coasts Pressures South West Coast South Australian Gulf Greater Adelaide Great Barrier Reef Greater Melbourne...

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Land–water interface

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content
Like many features at the interface of the land and water, beaches are dynamic environments and vary widely in ...
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Urban environmental efficiency: Water efficiency

2016
Built environment
State and trends
Report Content
... the efficient use of natural resources—land, energy and water—and the reuse and/or recovery of waste. In this ...
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Livability: Air and water quality

2016
Built environment
State and trends
Report Content
... environment: urban amenity; housing; transport; air and water quality; access to the natural environment; and ...
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Pressures affecting inland water environments

2016, 2011
Inland water
Pressures
Assessment summary

Inland water Pressures Changing land use and managementWater resource developmentRecent climatePests and invasive speciesRecent climatePests and invasive species South East CoastSouth West CoastSouth Australian GulfNorth Western...

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Effectiveness of inland water management

2016, 2011
Inland water
Effectiveness of management
Assessment summary

Inland water Effectiveness of management Recent national assessments of management performanceWater management in AustraliaReviews of state and regional managementReviews of state and regional management Murray DarlingTasmania...

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State and trends of water quality

2016, 2011
Inland water
State and trends
Assessment summary

Inland water State and trends Water qualityWater quality South East CoastSouth West CoastSouth Australian GulfNorth Western PlateauMurray DarlingNorth East CoastSouth Western PlateauTasmaniaTimor SeaLake Eyre...

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Inland water: 2011–16 in context

2016
Inland water
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Inland water Introduction Murray Darling Tasmania The past 5 years opened with widespread heavy rainfall and extensive flooding in Queensland, New South Wales and...

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Outlook for inland water environments 2016

2016
Inland water
Outlook
At a glance

At a glanceClimate and pests remain the largest pressures on our inland water environments. Climate variability and climate change, and associated changes in rainfall regimes, are the primary risks to inland water environments in both the short and long term. Efforts will need to continue to...

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Effectiveness of inland water management 2016

2016
Inland water
Effectiveness of management
At a glance

At a glanceThe National Water Initiative has driven water policy, planning and management reforms in Australia for the past decade, which have delivered significant benefits for all Australians. It is critical that there should be no backsliding from reform principles. During a similar or...

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Land and water use and management

2016
Inland water
Risks
Report Content
... management arise mainly through potential hydrological and water quality changes, whereas those from water management relate to changes in the timing and nature ...
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Pressures affecting inland water environments 2016

2016
Inland water
Pressures
At a glance

At a glanceOverall, the key pressures affecting inland water environments have changed little since 2011, with climatic and pest-based pressures increasing, land-use and management pressures remaining largely stable, and some stabilisation occurring in the pressure of water resources...

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Resilience of inland water environments 2016

2016
Inland water
Resilience
At a glance

At a glanceA challenge in assessing resilience of inland water environments is recognising resilience when it occurs, especially because Australian ecosystems have developed to be both resistant and resilient. We can contribute to resilience by reducing extreme and detrimental ecosystem...

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Overview of resilience of inland water

2016
Inland water
Resilience
Report Content
... environmental flows (managed freshwater flows in natural water systems, designed to maintain aquatic ecosystems) have ...
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Risks to inland water environments 2016

2016
Inland water
Risks
At a glance

At 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...

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Figure WAT 11 Distribution of water hyacinth

2016
Inland water
Pressures
Map

Download as pngDownload dataset Source: Atlas of Living Australia; used under CC BY 3.0 AU Figure WAT 11    Distribution of water hyacinth Pests and invasive species

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Figure WAT5 Water in storage, 2011–16

2016
Inland water
Pressures
Graph

Water held in storage, 2011–16 Water held in storage, 2011–16 201120122013201420152016 1/171.2161834380.1297438978.5060367.2494919160.9620320553.13292102 2/170.7767360980.2011033278.1894790566.9773996760.96174953.41486893 3/170.7952473980.2011033278....

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Figure MAR9 b Zooplankton abundance (mean ± standard error) off Maria Island for cold-water and warm-water species (right)

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Graph

Zooplankton 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...

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