Species that are listed as threatened, and migratory species listed under international agreements are protected as matter of national environmental significa...
Commonwealth marine reserves are areas established under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 (EPBC Act) to help conserve Australia’s spec...
Video: Geomorphology - Carnarvon Shelf
Flythrough movie showing the bathymetry of Carnarvon shelf, highlighting benthic habitats at Point Cloates. The ba...
Under the Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia (IMCRA v4.0), Australia’s marine environment was classified into bioregions that make s...
IMAGE: A fossil of an extinct ray. The maskrays originated after the collision of the Australian and Eurasian plates and their speciation may have been acc...
Pressures on the marine environment are steadily increasing with new uses including renewable energy and new pressures including warming and more acidic seas....
Photographs and video provide a safe, non-destructive and efficient way to examine and monitor marine habitats, and are particularly useful in areas protected...
IMAGE: Key Ecological Features represent areas of significant biodiversity or ecological functioning and integrity within Commonwealth waters.
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Approximate locations of key ecological features in commonwealth waters.
IMAGE: The KEF systems indicated here share a range of common indicators.
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