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Survey of the Coastal Floodplains of the Top End, Northern Territory (1991). Community Descriptions

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Title

Survey of the Coastal Floodplains of the Top End, Northern Territory (1991). Community Descriptions,

Creator

Brocklehurst, P,

Issued by

Northern Territory. Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport. Land and Vegetation Branch, Natural Resources Division,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Technical Report No. 22/2010,

Date

2010,

Location

Northern Territory Coastal Floodplains,

Abstract

The vegetation of floodplains of major river systems between the Moyle River in the west and the Glyde River (Arafura Swamp) in the north-east coast of the Northern Territory was surveyed over the period March - May 1990. Sampling was carried out on a systematic grid of east-west transects and consisted of a combination of aerial identification and ground surveyed sites. The surveyed data will provide a more complete assessment of wetlands of high conservation value and help identify appropriate management options and priorities. Approximately 26 families and 504 taxa are thought to occur within the wetland systems, although not all species are endemic to these habitats. The report summarises the physical descriptions of the floodplains from the ANCA Wetland Directory.,

Notes

Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),

Table of contents

Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Community descriptions; 3. Structural variability of floodplain communities; 4. Physical landscapes and significance of each major river floodplain systems; 5. References,

Language

English,

Subject

vegetation survey, Vegetation communities,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Edition

1,

Series

Technical Report No. 22/2010,

Format

20 pages ; colour maps and illustrations ; 30cm,

File type

application/pdf,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

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

Related links

http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=C65A3D3B6AABA36BE0532144CD9B86B9, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/836011 [Classification, Distribution and Environmental Relationship of Coastal Floodplain Vegetation, Northern Territory, March-May 1990],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/836012,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/836012

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/836013,