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A classification of Tasmanian estuaries and assessment of their conservation significance

University of Tasmania, Australia
Edgar, Graham, Dr ; Barrett, Neville, Dr ; Graddon, David
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A total of 111 estuaries of moderate or large size were recognised around Tasmania and associated Bass Strait islands. The catchments of these estuaries were mapped using GIS, and available data on geomorphology, geology, hydrology and rainfall collated for each estuary and catchment area. Tasmanian estuaries were classified into nine groups on the basis of physical attributes that included salinity and tidal data collected during a field sampling program.

Baseline information on the abundance, biomass and estimated production of macrobenthic invertebrate species was collected during a quantitative sampling program at 55 sites in 48 Tasmanian estuaries. These data were generally obtained at three different intertidal levels and two shallow subtidal depths at each site, and included information on a total of 390 taxa and over 100,000 individuals. Data on the distribution of 101 fish species, as obtained during surveys of 75 Tasmanian estuaries using seine nets by Last (1983) with some supplementary sampling, were also incorporated into the study.

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Ocean Rescue 2000 (Environment Australia)
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Australian Research Council (ARC)
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to assess the conservation significance of Tasmanian estuaries.

Created: 06 12 2011

Data time period: 24 04 1996 to 24 06 1997

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Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | Aquatic Ecosystem Studies and Stock Assessment | Aquatic plant density | Biological Sciences | BIOSPHERE | Benthic invertebrate (>4mm) size | Benthic invertebrate abundance | Benthic invertebrate estimated biomass | Benthic invertebrate estimated productivity | Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates | COASTAL PROCESSES | Conservation significance | Degradation | Dissolved oxygen | EARTH SCIENCE | Ecology | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Sciences | Estuarine Habitat | Fisheries Sciences | Human impact | Intertidal Zone | Lagoons | Marine and Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Natural Resource Management | OCEAN CHEMISTRY | OCEAN TEMPERATURE | OCEANS | Oxygen | Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants | Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Grain Size | Salinity | SALINITY/DENSITY | Sediment particle size | Temperature | Water Temperature | oceans |

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