Cover Letter, DA Form 1, Plans, Owners Consent, Coastal Environment Assessment · OPW21/0049

 Marine Plant Assessment Dogs Beach, Noosa Spit Recreation Reserve                                      4
 Methodology




2.2     Field Survey
        The field survey involved traverses of the study site undertaken by Suanne Richards of BMT on 28th
        September 2020. Suanne has nearly 20 years’ experience undertaking ecological impact
        assessments in the coastal zone of south-east Qld.

        The aim of the field survey was to verify the presence of land-based marine plant communities and
        evidence of associated fisheries habitat values. The study site was traversed on foot to survey
        representative areas of habitat. Site data was recorded at representative locations including
        dominant plant species present in each stratum of each vegetation community, including native and
        exotic species. Any significant values identified within the study site were recorded by handheld GPS
        for subsequent mapping purposes.

        All survey work was performed in accordance with BMT’s Scientific Purposes Permit and Animal
        Ethics Approval.

        Flora nomenclature follows the Census of the Queensland Flora 2019 and exotic species are
        denoted with an asterisk (*).




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