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2022-04-12-P&E Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 3- Appendix 2 - Current and Historical Distribution of Seagrass in the Noosa Estuary
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Ecological Service Professionals
Sustainable Science Solutions
Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
2 METHODS 3
2.1 Study Area 3
2.2 Desktop Review and Initial Mapping 3
2.3 Field Surveys 3
2.3.1 Assessment of Seagrass Habitats 5
2.3.2 Seagrass Condition and Fisheries Value 5
2.3.3 GIS Mapping 6
2.4 Historical Distribution of Seagrass 6
3 CURRENT SEAGRASS DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTERISTICS 7
3.1 Composition and Distribution 7
3.2 Seagrass Condition 10
4 HISTORICAL CHANGE IN SEAGRASS DISTRIBUTION 14
4.1 Lake Cooroibah 15
4.2 Noosa River – Tewantin 15
4.3 Noosa River – Goat Island 15
4.4 Lake Doonella 16
4.5 Weyba Creek 16
4.6 Lake Weyba 16
4.7 Influential Environmental Factors A-21
4.7.1 Rainfall A-22
4.7.2 Riverine Flow A-22
5 DISCUSSION A-24
6 CONCLUSIONS A-27
7 REFERENCES A-28
Assessing Distribution of Seagrass in the Noosa Estuary
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