Table 3 Seagrass communities in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and adjacent estuaries, including predicted area and geographic range. See Figs. 5, 6 and 7 for locations.
Community | Predicted area (km2) | Geographic range |
|---|---|---|
Estuary Intertidal 1 | 288 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Estuary Intertidal 2 | 5 | South of Bingil Bay to southern end Hinchinbrook Island |
Estuary Intertidal 3 | 77 | Southern end Hinchinbrook Island to northern tip Curtis Island |
Estuary Intertidal 4 | 3 | Northern extent of GBRWHA to Bingil Bay |
Estuary Intertidal 5 | 7 | Northern tip Curtis Island to southern extent GBRWHA |
Estuary Intertidal 6 | 4 | South of Mourilyan Harbour to Townsville |
Estuary Intertidal 7 | 156 | South of Townsville to Shoalwater Bay |
Estuary Intertidal 8 | 5 | Northern extent of GBRWHA to Mourilyan Harbour |
Estuary Intertidal 9 | 39 | South of Shoalwater to southern extent GBRWHA |
Estuary Subtidal 1 | 182 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Estuary Subtidal 2 | 96 | Hinchinbrook Island to Gladstone |
Estuary Subtidal 3 | 122 | Hinchinbrook Island to Gladstone |
Estuary Subtidal 4 | 36 | Northern Hinchinbrook Island and the upper reaches of Trinity Inlet |
Estuary Subtidal 5 | 38 | Cairns to northern extent of GBRWHA |
Estuary Subtidal 6 | 16 | Central and northern Hinchinbrook Island |
Coastal Intertidal 1 | 141 | Whitsunday Islands to southern extent GBRWHA |
Coastal Intertidal 2 | 91 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Coastal Intertidal 3 | 205 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Coastal Intertidal 4 | 178 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Coastal Intertidal 5 | 39 | Townsville to southern extent GBRWHA |
Coastal Intertidal 6 | 154 | Whitsunday Islands to southern extent GBRWHA |
Coastal Subtidal 1 | 7589 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Coastal Subtidal 2 | 4575 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Coastal Subtidal 3 | 68 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Coastal Subtidal 4 | 161 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Coastal Subtidal 5 | 2938 | Northern extent GBRWHA to Whitsunday Islands |
Coastal Subtidal 6 | 62 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Coastal Subtidal 7 | 75 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Reef Intertidal 1 | 318 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Reef Intertidal 2 | 887 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Reef Intertidal 3 | 608 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Reef Intertidal 4 | 9 | Small reef patches northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
Reef Intertidal 5 | 1 | Small reef patches in Cairns and Princess Charlotte Bay regions |
Reef Subtidal 1 | 19,434 | Northern extent GBRWHA to Princess Charlotte Bay; Bloomfield to Palm Island Group |
Reef Subtidal 2 | 49,052 | Princess Charlotte Bay to Bloomfield; Palm Island Group to southern extent GBRWHA |
Reef Subtidal 3 | 623 | Northern to southern extent GBRWHA |
