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Litter fall data from mangroves in estuaries in northern Queensland

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Litter fall data were collected from the estuaries of the Daintree River, Barron River, Crystal Creek and two sites in the Mackay area (McCready's Creek and Mount Bassett).Six litter catchers were deployed in each estuary except for Mackay, where 3 catchers were deployed at each site. Litter catchers were emptied monthly for a period of a year. Litter was identified to species where possible and for each taxa, the weight of leaves, stipules, wood, debris, buds, flowers, immature fruit and mature fruit was recorded. For the mangrove species Xylocarpus granatum and Xylocarpus mekongensis, the number of leaves, stipules, buds, flowers, immature fruit and mature fruit were also counted. This research was undertaken to examine seasonal litter fall in mangrove forests in northern Queensland.

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Title Litter fall data from mangroves in estuaries in northern Queensland
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ad214fe3-09f6-4a3f-ab04-f5c976d36ba1
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 06/06/2024
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    145.45248,
    -16.28903
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Litter fall data from mangroves in estuaries in northern Queensland". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/litter-fall-data-from-mangroves-in-estuaries-in-northern-queensland1