Mangroves and Coastal Saltmarsh of Victoria : Distribution, Condition, Threats and Management

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Boon, Paul I, Allen, Tim, Brook, Jennifer, Carr, Geoff, Frood, Doug, Hoye, Jasmine, Harty, Chris, McMahon, Andrew, Mathews, Steve, Rosengren, Neville, Sinclair, Steve, White, Matt and Yogovic, Jeff (2011) Mangroves and Coastal Saltmarsh of Victoria : Distribution, Condition, Threats and Management. Technical Report. Victoria University, Melbourne.

Abstract

Victorian mangroves and coastal saltmarsh have suffered from long-term neglect by researchers, natural-resource managers and the wider community. On a statewide distribution and extent have not been mapped other than at a quite course scale, and little is known of their ecological condition. In broad terms the processes that threaten mangroves and coastal saltmarsh are well understood, but specific knowledge is lacking for most sites. In contrast to the case in Victoria, coprehensive statewide mapping and inventory studies have been completed recently, or are nearing completion, for coastal and estuarine systems in Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales. The project, therefore, seeks to fill a number of important gaps in the currnt understanding of mangroves and coastal saltmarsh in Victoria.

Item type Monograph (Technical Report)
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/8615
Official URL http://www.ozcoasts.gov.au/geom_geol/vic/index.jsp
Subjects Historical > FOR Classification > 0501 Ecological Applications
Historical > FOR Classification > 0502 Environmental Science and Management
Historical > SEO Classification > 9606 Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation
Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > Institute for Sustainability and Innovation (ISI)
Keywords ResPubID20049, wetlands management, environmental surveys, mangrove swamps, saltmarsh ecology, plants, animals, Victoria
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