Development of an integrated long-term mangrove monitoring program for Darwin Harbour. Sub-project A: Mangrove community mapping: Charles Point to Gunn Point 2016
Sub-project A: Mangrove community mapping: Charles Point to Gunn Point 2016
Brocklehurst, P; Edmeades, B; Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Rangelands Division
Hill, J.V.
E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; DENR Technical Report 19/2018
2019-08-01
Darwin Harbour; Shoal Bay
This report describes the updated mangrove communities for the approximately 32,000 ha of mangroves and salt flats that line the foreshores of Darwin Harbour, Shoal Bay and areas south of Charles Point and Gunn Point. Results indicate that there has not been any significant, discernible or substantive changes in mangrove forest composition in Darwin Harbour between 1996 and 2016.
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1. Introduction; 2. Objectives; 3. Methods; 4. Results and discussion; 5. Conclusion; 6. Recommendations; 7. Bibliography; 8. Appendix.
English
Mangroves; Mangrove community mapping; Map unit; Vegetation mapping
Northern Territory Government
Palmerston
DENR Technical Report 19/2018
x 77 pages; colour illustrations and maps; x 30 cm
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9781743501764
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Northern Territory Government
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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/780401
Mangrove Monitoring Project: Sub-project A 61 Table 26. Map unit 8 structural formation and stand information Strata Life Form Median Cover (%cc) Median PFC (%) Median Canopy Height (m) Upper tree 45 (25 - 70) 23 (15 - 49) 8 (6 - 11) Mid tree 3 (0 - 50) 2.5 (0 - 4) Lower tree 0 (0 - 20) 0 (0 - 0.8) Distribution and Habitat Notes: Restricted to the seaward side of the main tidal flats and the mouths of tidal creeks, and to a limited extent to regions upstream. It is generally found as a transition between the Rhizophora forests (1a,1b) and the seaward edge of the mudflats. The substrate of fine muds are waterlogged and root structured (pneumatophores). Slope is moderate with a median value of 4 where inundation occurs twice daily. Hollows are common in the larger Sonneratia alba trees. It is identified as map unit 8 in the original Darwin Harbour survey and 8a and 8b in the Bynoe Harbour survey.