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Interaction of catchment runoff with mangrove habitats
Management Concern: High
Adequacy of Information: Moderate
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- The overall area of mangrove forest adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef appears to be generally stable except where there is significant coastal development.
- Mangrove communities are dynamic and have been known to die-back at times (e.g. Pioneer River, Shoalwater Bay). The Pioneer River die-back is likely to have been cause by herbicide run-off.
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online include:
- Diversity and distribution of mangroves in the Great Barrier Reef
[822KB] - Mangroves enhance the biomass of coral reef fish communities in the Caribbean
- Changes to mangroves and salt marshes in several estuaries
- Mangrove distribution and diversity
- Development intensification and water quality pressures on the Great Barrier Reef ecosystems
- Population and urban growth in the Great Barrier Reef catchment
- Population centres in Queensland and Great Barrier Reef catchment
- Population projections
Existing policies and management actions
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
- Plans of Management
- State Coastal Management Plan 2002
- Coastal Ecosystem Management Position Paper
- Permits
- Improving water quality
- Coastal ecosystem protection
Future management requirements
- Draft Queensland Coastal Management Plan
- Biodiversity strategy
Defined research questions
- What natural and human influences affect the distribution and abundance of mangroves and wetlands?
- What are resilience thresholds for mangrove habitats?
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