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Queensland

A wealth of data are available for the Queensland is available from the QLD Wetland Mapping Program Ver 5.1 output.

Information is available on scale, extent and attribution status and attributes

Note: Discuss with Mike

Riverine, Lacustrine and Palustrine

• QLD Ver 5.1 Maps and Data at https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wetland-background/#data
• WetlandInfo has separate layers available for download or via web service. Refer Queensland Spatial Catalogue - QSpatial:
  • Ver 5.0 Wetland polygon, line and point (includes marine, estuarine, riverine, lacustrine, palustrine
  • Groundwater dependent ecosystems - surface expression polygon, line and point, plus subterranean polygon
  • Springs - Active (permanent and intermittent) and Inactive
  • Intertidal subtidal
  • Floodplain overlay (Statewide polygon)
  • View above Open in ArcGIS Online Map Viewer or ArcMap (Click here for ArcGS REST Services Directory)
  • QLD Wetlands series, poly, line and point data
• Riverine wetlands
• Lacustrine wetlands
• Palustrine wetlands
• Waterhole refuge mapping and persistence analysis in the Lower Balonne and Barwon–Darling rivers (2015)
• Permanent and Semi-Permanent Waterbodies of the Lake Eyre Basin (Queensland and South Australia)
• Regional Ecosystems Mapping and Regional Ecosystem Description Database and spatial data

Rockholes and waterholes

• Rockholes and waterholes

Estuarine and Marine

• Estuarine wetlands
• Marine wetlands
• Intertidal and subtidal Mapping https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wetland-background/index.html
• Changing Mangrove and Wetland Habitats over the last 8,000 years, Northern Australia and Southeast Asia (1988) In Northern Australia: Progress and prospects Volume 2: Floodplains research
• See also seagrass data page

Subterranean

• GDE Mapping https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/gde-background/
• GDE and potential aquifer mapping
• Subterranean wetlands including springs
• QLD springs spatial data layer - Active and Inactive
• Queensland subterranean aquatic fauna database metadata and database (site details fauna records and fauna taxa)
• QLD Biodiversity and biogeography of groundwater invertebrates in Queensland, Australia
• QLD Tropicana Gold Project - Stygofauna Survey Report

Peat Swamps and bogs

• QLD Regional Ecosystem details for 7.3.2 (Grasslands and sedgelands +/- Melaleuca spp. (paperbark). Poorly drained, periodically flooded, acid peat in depressions of volcanic craters)
• Regional Ecosystem Description Database and spatial data
• QSpatial Peat https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=peat (0 records)
• Fraser Island's Fens
• An overview of the patterned fens of Great Sandy Region, far eastern Australia (Fairfax and Lindsay, 2019)
• Patterned fen formation and development from the Great Sandy Region, south-east Queensland, Australia (Moss et al, 2015)
• Land Change Analysis of Moon Point Vegetation on Fraser Island, East Coast, Queensland, Australia (Stewart, Moss and Farrell, 2020)

Data search engines

• Queensland Spatial Catalogue - (8 Aug 2021)
  • QSpatial Wetland https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=wetland (28 records)
  • QSpatial River https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=river (137 records)
  • QSpatial Estuaries https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=estuaries (11 records)
  • QSpatial Mangrove https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=mangrove (6 records)
  • QSpatial Seagrass https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=seagrass (0 records)
  • QSpatial Marine Habitat https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=marine+habitat (128 records)
  • QSpatial Subterranean https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=subterranean (0 records)
  • QSpatial Spring https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=spring (10 records)
  • QSpatial Waterhole https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=waterhole (5 records)
  • QSpatial Cave https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=cave (3 records)
  • QSpatial Karst https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=karst (0 records)
  • QSpatial Stygofauna https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=stygofauna (0 records)
  • QSpatial Peat https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=peat (0 records)

Webserivces

• Various webservice layers
  • Gulf of Carpentaria mangroves
  • SEQ WetlandInfo wetland extent 2017 Ver 5.0 polygon
  • Coastal Wetlands 2017 Extent (is a subset of above)
  • Wetlands Extent Change Report Card 2001 to 2017) Extent involves SEQ
  • Watercourse Springs (Statewide)
  • QLD WetlandInfo - Open in ArcGIS Online Map Viewer or ArcMap Navigate to Groundwater dependent ecosystems > Subterranean GDE - areas (caves)