Hervey Bay and its estuaries
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Hervey Bay and its estuaries |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 3337 |
Book Title | Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond |
Authors | |
Author | Ribbe, Joachim |
Editors | Wolanski, Eric |
Page Range | 185-201 |
Series | Estuaries of the World |
Chapter Number | 11 |
Number of Pages | 17 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | Springer |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISBN | 9789400770195 |
ISSN | 2214-1553 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7019-5_11 |
Web Address (URL) | http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-7019-5_11 |
Abstract | Hervey Bay and its estuaries are located along the east coast of Australia just to the south of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The region has long been recognised as one of Australia’s most biodiverse marine environments and including the Great Sandy Strait in the south of the Bay, it is referred to as the Great Sandy Biosphere. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) included the area in its list of 580 designated biospheres located in 114 countries. This chapter reviews our understanding of the environmental processes that shape Hervey Bay and its estuaries in the context of its climate. Future changes in the regional freshwater balance indicate a continued trend toward drier and warmer conditions. It leads to an intensification of hypersaline and possible inverse circulation states of Bay. Insight into the environmental forces shaping Hervey Bay, its estuaries, and a unique and biodiverse environment, informs continued sustainable natural resource management and policy development. It is anticipated that over the next few decades physical processes associated with climatic trends and variability are likely to impact more dramatically upon the natural environment of the region than direct human activities such as fishing, aquaculture, tourism and continued local population trends. |
Keywords | Hervey Bay; Great Sandy Strait; UNESCO biosphere; hypersalinity; inverse circulation; Australia; biodiversity; climatic variability; freshwater balance |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 419999. Other environmental sciences not elsewhere classified |
310305. Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) | |
370803. Physical oceanography | |
Public Notes | Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Biological and Physical Sciences |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q21zz/hervey-bay-and-its-estuaries
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