Annex 1 - Noosa River Habitat Survey Report - ESP

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    Table 4.1     Area of each habitat category recorded in the Tewantin Restoration Area and potential
                  area to be disturbed by restoration patches

 Habitat Category                                        Tewantin                Potential Area of Disturbance
                                                         Restoration Area        (Restoration Patches)
                                                           Area         % of        Area           % of Total
                                                           (m2)         total       (m2)           Restoration
                                                                                                    Patch Area
 Mangrove                                                    0           0           0                     0
 Seagrass                                                    0           0           0                     0

 Rock Rubble Oyster Reef & Sparse                          779         34.6         479*                36.2
 Macroalgae

 Gravel with Oyster Shell                                  1025        45.5         522                 39.2
 Oyster, Rubble & Mud                                       96          4.3          77                  5.8

 Rock Rubble                                               347         15.4         246                 18.6

 Bare gravel                                                 3          0.1          1                   0.1

 Unvegetated (Sand/Mud)                                      4          0.2          1                   0.1

 Existing infrastructure (Boat Ramp)                         0           0           0                     0

 Total Area (m2)                                           2254                    1326
*Note that the majority of the area to be covered in this habitat type is patchy low relief rock and rubble with less
than 10% coverage of macroalgae and surrounded by gravel and dead shell. The proposed restoration patches
have been designed according to strict design criteria including to avoid mangroves, seagrass, existing
infrastructure and the majority of existing high vertical relief reefs with denser macroalgae surrounding the existing
channel marker.




Noosa Oyster Reef Restoration: Marine Benthic Habitat Assessment                                                          23