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Pumicestone Passage Catchment and Estuary
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Catchment Facts |
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- Total area: 789km2
- Stream network length: 1,481km
- Local Councils: Caboolture (pop. 132,473), Caloundra (pop. 87,596)
- Dominant land uses: pine plantations, forestry, native bush, grazing, agriculture
- Pumicestone Passage receives inflows from numerous small creeks on the mainland and Bribie Island
- Pumicestone Passage is within the Moreton Bay Marine Park
- Tidal flushing of the southern passage from Deception Bay dominates the estuary, with a net northern movement of water through the passage
- During flood events, catchment runoff dominates water quality within the passage
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Freshwater results |
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Pumicestone Catchment |
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- Streams generally in fair condition
- Physical/chemical indicator scores lower than in previous years
- While no data were available for the nutrient cycling indicator in autumn, spring results for this indicator were poor, as per last year
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Marine results |
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Pumicestone Passage (marine) |
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- Fair water quality throughout most of the zone with generally poorer water quality found in the northern reaches
- Phytoplankton abundance has increased in the southern reaches compared to 2006
- Intact and stable natural habitats throughout with extensive mangrove forests and stable seagrass meadows
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