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Catchment Facts |
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- Total area: 630km2
- Stream network length: 438km
- Local Councils: Maroochy (pop. 142,836), Noosa (pop. 45,831)
- Dominant land uses: Predominantly agriculture and urban land uses with some native bush
- Most of the catchment has been cleared for agricultural and urban uses
- Cooloolabin and Wappa dams impound streams above the South Maroochy River
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Freshwater results |
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Maroochy Catchment |
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- Streams generally in fair condition
- An improvement in the annual score for the aquatic macroinvertebrate indicator was largely offset by a decline in the fish indicator
- Low scores for the nutrient cycling indicator in spring and the aquatic macroinvertebrate indicator in autumn
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Estuarine results |
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Maroochy Estuary |
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- Lower nutrient levels recorded in the upper reaches compared to 2006
- Lower freshwater inputs from the catchment resulting in higher salinity levels in the upper reaches compared to 2006
- Impacted riparian habitat due to urbanisation in the lower reaches, good riparian habitat in the middle reaches, extensive agriculture and modified habitat in the upper reaches
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