Table 1 Total surface area coverage and estuaries represented by this study across Australia40
From: Low methane emissions from Australian estuaries influenced by geomorphology and disturbance
Study surface area coverage | National surface area coverage | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estuary type | Disturbance | (km2) | Number of estuaries | % national representation | (km2) | Number of estuaries | % of estuary type |
Lagoon | Low | 38 | 3 | 13.3 | 286 | 78 | 8.4 |
Moderate | 95 | 7 | 31.0 | 308 | 75 | 9.1 | |
High | 226 | 5 | 32.1 | 704 | 82 | 20.8 | |
Very high | 286 | 6 | 13.7 | 2083 | 36 | 61.6 | |
Not assessed | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | - | |
Total | 645 | 21 | 19.1 | 3382 | 273 | 8.6 | |
Small delta | Low | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 99 | 38 | 16.7 |
Moderate | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 39 | 14.4 | |
High | 18 | 6 | 16.3 | 112 | 47 | 18.9 | |
Very high | 100 | 6 | 34.0 | 295 | 25 | 49.9 | |
Not assessed | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |
Total | 119 | 12 | 20.1 | 591 | 149 | 1.5 | |
Tidal system | Low | 1012 | 4 | 8.7 | 11598 | 359 | 32.7 |
Moderate | 1350 | 5 | 11.6 | 17152 | 97 | 48.4 | |
High | 1553 | 2 | 13.4 | 5630 | 61 | 15.9 | |
Very high | 179 | 3 | 1.5 | 582 | 27 | 1.6 | |
Not assessed | 0 | 0 | - | 455 | 5 | 1.3 | |
Total | 4094 | 14 | 11.6 | 35417 | 549 | 89.9 | |
Total | 4858 | 47 | 12.3 | 39390 | 971 | 100 | |
