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Interaction of climate change with mangrove species
Management Concern: Moderate
Adequacy of Information: Moderate
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- The Great Barrier Reef is maintaining strong mangrove biodiversity with local fluctuations, mainly along the developed coast.
- Much of the Great Barrier Reef coastline is low lying, therefore small changes in sea level will mean land inundation, causing significant changes in tidal habitats such as mangroves and saltwater intrusion into low lying freshwater habitats.
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online:
- Vulnerability of mangroves and tidal wetlands of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
- Diversity and distribution of mangroves in the Great Barrier Reef
[822 KB] - Changes to mangroves and salt marshes in several estuaries
- Mangrove distribution and diversity
- Global distribution of coral, mangrove and seagrass diversity
Existing policies and management actions
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
- Plans of Management
- Improving water quality
- Coastal ecosystem protection
- State Coastal Management Plan 2002
- Coastal Ecosystem Management Position Paper
- Australian Government policy on climate change
- Queensland Government climate change policies and strategies
- Climate Change Action Plan 2007-2012
- Permits
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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