| Description |
iv, 84 pages ; 30 cm |
| Series |
Australia, state of the environment. Environmental indicator report |
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Australia, state of the environment. Environmental indicator report
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| Contents |
Summary -- Background -- Commonwealth state of the environment reporting -- Environmental indicators -- Conceptual and policy approaches to estuaries and the sea -- Integrated ecosystem management -- Spatial and temporal scales for monitoring indicators -- Regionalisations and spatial scales for reporting on national environmental indicators -- Key indicators for national state of the environment reporting on estuaries and the sea -- Class 1 : protected and cited species/taxa -- Class 2 : habitat extent -- Class 3 : habitat quality -- Class 4 : renewable products -- Class 5 : non-renewable products -- Class 6 : water and sediment quality -- Class 7 : integrated management -- Class 8 : ecosystem-level processes -- Research and development needs -- Appendices |
| Summary |
A key set of 61 environmental indicators for estuaries and the sea is recommended for Australian state of the environment reporting at the national scale. Of these, 3 relate to cited species or taxa, 9 to habitat extent, 17 to habitat quality, 6 to renewable products, 2 to non-renewable resources, 5 to water or sediment quality, 17 to integrated management, and 2 to ecosystem-level processes. Monitoring strategies and approaches to interpreting and analysing each of the indicators are discussed, and possible sources of data are noted. Recommendations are also made for further development of environmental indicators for estuaries and the sea |
| Analysis |
Environmental auditing |
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Environmental indicators |
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Estuaries |
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Federal issue |
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Local government issue |
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Oceans and seas |
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Performance indicators |
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State issue |
| Notes |
'Environment Australia, Department of the Environment' |
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'State of the Environment' |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 75-78 |
| Notes |
Also available via the World Wide Web |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, Adobe Acrobat Reader |
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Commonwealth of Australia 1998 |
| Subject |
Coastal ecology -- Australia -- Measurement -- Standards.
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Environmental indicators -- Australia.
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Environmental monitoring -- Australia.
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Estuarine ecology -- Australia -- Measurement -- Standards.
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Marine ecology -- Australia -- Measurement -- Standards.
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| Author |
Butler, Edward, 1954-
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Hill, B. J. (Burke Joseph), 1937-
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Australia. Department of Environment
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| ISBN |
0642545251 |
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064254526X |
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