Inventory

The manual includes standardised procedures and methods for collecting water quality data (physical and chemical) via a broad range of instruments. Site selection may vary, however, the data collection procedures and methods are consistent.

The guidelines outline the Queensland Government's minimum requirements, standards, and appropriate practice for the survey of terrestrial vertebrate fauna in Queensland.

This provides a practical guide for the preparation, implementation and reporting of terrestrial fauna surveys and facilitates consistency and comparability of data.

This manual provides standardised methods (referenced in “Guideline for the Environmental Assessment of Subterranean Aquatic Fauna”) for sampling stygofauna.

This manual provides standardised methods for both field picking and laboratory picking methods (in Queensland, field picking is accepted as the preferred standardised method).

Methodology for Survey and Mapping of Regional Ecosystems and Vegetation Communities

This methodology document contains the “CORVEG site data collection method” (Appendix 2 – page 53), which is a standardised procedure for vegetation sampling in Queensland that feeds into the CORVEG database.

The aim of this document is to provide a practical guide for ecologists to ensure that compatible methodologies are used.

Data collection protocol for mapping and monitoring mangrove communities in Queensland

For use as a Statewide standard of data points for future survey, monitoring and mapping works. The Protocol is applicable Queensland wide for determining the distribution and monitoring the health of mangrove communities.

Collecting and Preserving Plant Specimens, a Manual

This manual has been written to standardise the collection of quality plant specimens for identification, research and inventory purposes.

This guide was developed to assist in the field identification of wetland soil indicators in Queensland.

An understanding of The Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook is necessary.

Bathymetric (or sea floor) data are collected in multiple ways (AusSeabed):

1. Satellite data can be used to produce maps showing general features over a large area at low resolution.
2. Single beam echo sounders produce a single line of depth points directly under the equipment. These measurements are usually made while a vessel is moving to identify general sea floor patterns and/or schools of fish.
3. Equipment that captures data by acquiring multiple depth points in each area, such as multibeam echo sounders (or swath echo sounders) and airborne laser measurements (LADS). These datasets are very high resolution, with data down to better than one metre accuracy.

Geoscience Australia provides more information.

The RHS database allows sites of a similar nature to be grouped together for comparative purposes and investigation of the relationships between physical variables (e.g. gradient, geology), channel modifications and habitat features at spot-check and 500m site level. These investigations can make use of available water chemistry and hydrological data, plus survey results of benthic macroinvertebrates, aquatic macrophytes, fish and breeding water birds where biological sampling has been done in or near RHS sites.

The guidance provided refers to “biological” assessments of biodiversity largely at the species and community level. However, some reference is also made to tools which will assist in the assessment of wetland ecosystems. Decision VII/4 (paragraph 21) of the CBD notes this focus and the need for additional guidance for the further assessment of ecosystem level aspects and economic, social and cultural aspects of such biodiversity.

Reef Check scientific methods have been specifically developed to create a consistent global protocol for community-based reef health monitoring. 

The goal of Reef Check monitoring is to determine broad-scale trends of how our reefs are changing over time on both local and global scales. Long-term reef monitoring is important to help understand the impacts of management practices, the disturbance-recovery regime of reefs, changes taking place over time in response to localised and global pressures (i.e. local factors such as sediment runoff or global pressures such as climate change).

Reef Check scientific methods have been specifically developed to create a consistent global protocol for community-based reef health monitoring. 

The goal of Reef Check monitoring is to determine broad-scale trends of how our reefs are changing over time on both local and global scales. Long-term reef monitoring is important to help understand the impacts of management practices, the disturbance-recovery regime of reefs, changes taking place over time in response to localised and global pressures (i.e. local factors such as sediment runoff or global pressures such as climate change).

Wetland Spotter is a mobile application that allows the user to submit photographs and other information on wetlands across Queensland, Australia to the Queensland Herbarium for identification and mapping.

Wetland Spotter allows for the quick capture key information at a wetland site through capturing photographs of the wetland margin, emergent vegetation, aquatic plants, and more.

The mobile app can also be accessed via Google Play: Wetland Spotter - Apps on Google Play and iOS: Wetland Spotter on the App Store (apple.com)