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Methods for Monitoring the Abundance and Habitat of the Northern Australian Mud Crab Scylla serrata

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Title

Methods for Monitoring the Abundance and Habitat of the Northern Australian Mud Crab Scylla serrata,

Creator

Hay, Tracy, Gribble, Neil, De Vries, Christina, Danaher, Karen, Dunning, Malcolm, Hearnden, Mark, Caley, Peter, Wright, Carole, Brown, Ian, Bailey, Stephen, Phelan, Michael,

Collection

E-Publications, PublicationNT, E-Books, Fishery report ; no. 80, FRDC Project ; 2000/142,

Date

2005,

Description

A significant achievement of this project has been the completion of mapping of coastal wetland habitats using remote sensing techniques, which provided a complete broad-scale coverage of mud crab habitats in the NT and Qld. A major outcome/output of this work has been the incorporation of the mapping into a geographical information system (GIS) permitting a much wider application across a variety of natural resource management agencies and issues.The information can be used in many ways to assist the management of these habitats. In the first instance, it provides a suitable baseline dataset for monitoring broad scale changes in area and composition of coastal wetland communities. Additionally, it provides information required by managers for choosing representative habitats for protection.,

Notes

"Australian Government Fisheries Research and Development Corporation"--Cover." "Queensland Government, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries"--Cover." "Northern Territory Government Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development"--Cover.", Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),

Language

English,

Subject

Northern Territory, Queensland, Mud crabs, Habitat conservation,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Darwin,

Series

Fishery report ; no. 80, FRDC Project ; 2000/142,

Format

ii, 2, 112, [19] p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

724547215,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/239460,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/627448