Mangroves Intertidal/subtitle Nursery habitat - Not present Mangroves have been recorded in all (e.g. (Dominant habitat, Australian states except Tasmania. (not identified in MNES Search for crustaceans, Habitat)1 mangrove Mangrove habitat nearshore the Operational Area with 2km buffer) fish) communities Victorian coast are distributed in South Breeding habitat Gippsland around the French Island (e.g. fish) National Park and coast around Port Welshpool. Dominant mangrove habitat from the NISB Habitat Classification Scheme are not present in the EMBA. Upper Nursery habitat - Not present Saltmarsh habitat are widespread along intertidal (e.g. the Australian coast and mostly occur (not identified in MNES Search for zone, crustaceans, in the upper intertidal zone. Saltmarsh Operational Area with 2km buffer) Saltmarsh fish) dominated habitat with greater than habitat, Breeding habitat habitat for 10% coverage of saltmarsh occurs in in (e.g. fish) fish and and behind the sand dunes of Ninety benthic Mile Beach in Gippsland (Boon et al. communities Saltmarsh 2011). In the broader region outside of (Dominant the EMBA, it occurs at western Port Habitat) Phillip Bay, northern Western Port, within the Corner Inlet-Nooramunga. Saltmarsh environments are much more common in northern Australia (e.g. Queensland), compared to the temperate and southern coasts (i.e. New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania) (Boon et al. 2011). TEC: Subtropical Upper Nursery habitat - Although identified by the matters of Community likely to occur within area. intertidal (e.g. and Temperate NES search as having the potential to The and Temperate ‘Subtropical zone, crustaceans, Coastal be present, the operational area does Coastal Saltmarsh’ is listed as a Saltmarsh fish) Saltmarsh not include the onshore environment habitat, vulnerable Threatened Ecological
Mangroves (Dominant Habitat)1 Intertidal/subtitle habitat, mangrove communities Nursery habitat (e.g. crustaceans, fish) Breeding habitat (e.g. fish) - Not present (not identified in MNES Search for Operational Area with 2km buffer) Mangroves have been recorded in all Australian states except Tasmania. Mangrove habitat nearshore the Victorian coast are distributed in South Gippsland around the French Island National Park and coast around Port Welshpool. Dominant mangrove habitat from the NISB Habitat Classification Scheme are not present in the EMBA. Saltmarsh (Dominant Habitat) Upper intertidal zone, Saltmarsh habitat, habitat for fish and benthic communities Nursery habitat (e.g. crustaceans, fish) Breeding habitat (e.g. fish) - Not present (not identified in MNES Search for Operational Area with 2km buffer) Saltmarsh habitat are widespread along the Australian coast and mostly occur in the upper intertidal zone. Saltmarsh dominated habitat with greater than 10% coverage of saltmarsh occurs in in and behind the sand dunes of Ninety Mile Beach in Gippsland (Boon et al. 2011). In the broader region outside of the EMBA, it occurs at western Port Phillip Bay, northern Western Port, within the Corner Inlet-Nooramunga. Saltmarsh environments are much more common in northern Australia (e.g. Queensland), compared to the temperate and southern coasts (i.e. New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania) (Boon et al. 2011). TEC: Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh Upper intertidal zone, Saltmarsh habitat, Nursery habitat (e.g. crustaceans, fish) - Although identified by the matters of NES search as having the potential to be present, the operational area does not include the onshore environment Community likely to occur within area. The ‘Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh’ is listed as a vulnerable Threatened Ecological
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