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Coastal waterways
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Greater Brisbane...
Pressures facing aquatic ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 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),...
Changed hydrology
2016 Report ContentOutlook for inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt 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...
Risks to the coastal environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceDespite concerted efforts to manage pressures on the coast, there remains residual risk that impacts will still occur. Here we categorise each of the pressures identified in this report in terms of their likelihood to cause impact and the severity of that impact, once current...
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...
Overview of state and trends of the marine environment
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment State and trends Great Barrier Reef Marine North Marine North West Marine South East Marine...
Water quality
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania...
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...
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...
Pressures affecting the coastal environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryCoasts Pressures AtmosphereLand–water interfaceCoastal landEnergy and resource extraction and processingPopulation growth and urban development: Population growthCoastal waters...
Biodiversity: Ecological processes
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts State and trends Tasmania Greater Brisbane Great Barrier Reef East Coast Connectivity Connectivity among...
Coastal waters
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures South Australian Gulf Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...
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...
Water quality
2011 Report Content2011 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau...
2011 Report graph - Figure 4.5 Compliance with the Australian water quality guidelines for fresh and marine waters25 and the Queensland water quality guidelines26 for turbidity, 2000–10
2011 GraphFigure 4.5 Figure 4.5 Compliance with the Australian water quality guidelines for fresh and marine waters25 and the Queensland water quality guidelines26 for turbidity, 2000–10 This map includes only sites with 30 or more samples collected...
State and trends of physical and chemical processes
2011 Assessment summaryThis assessment summary has changed in 2016 The new 2016 assessment summary combines ecological processes, physical...
Coastal marine waters
2011 Report Content2011 Coasts Pressures For further information, see Chapter 6: Marine environment. 2.4.1 Fishing and aquaculture Pressures from commercial and recreational fishing are important outcomes of coastal urban development,...
Biodiversity and productivity
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment Introduction Antarctica The coastal waters of Australia are generally low in nutrients all year round and are not highly productive (exceptions to this are the shallow...
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...
Pressures resulting from climate change
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment Pressures South East Coast Tasmania Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North West...
Marine ecosystem health
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
Supplementary material
Standard pageSupplementary material This is material that was developed as a part of the SoE process to support and inform the main report. The nature and authorship of this material varies, with products ranging from specially-commissioned reports from external consultants to further...