Intertidal substrate of unknown consolidation inside channel

Long description

Intertidal area inside of a channel where consolidation, energy, structural macrobiota and texture are unknown. Tidal extent may be poorly differentiated. See ecosystem type (119) and variant of ecosystem type (2) within channel.

Special values

May provide movement corridors for birds and estuarine biota.

High tidal channels that are only intermittently connected tidally may provide important nursery habitat for fish e.g. barramundi.

Diagnostic attributes

Inundation 'Intertidal – Lower low', 'Intertidal – Mid low', 'Intertidal – Upper low', 'Intertidal – Low undifferentiated', 'Intertidal – Lower medium', 'Intertidal – Upper-medium', 'Intertidal – Medium undifferentiated', 'Intertidal – High', 'Intertidal – Undifferentiated', 'Intertidal – High undifferentiated'

Consolidation 'Unknown'

Sediment texture 'Unknown'

Terrain morphology 'Channel'

Structural macrobiota 'Unknown'

Qualifiers

Not mapped.

Distribution

The following relates to distribution of this ecosystem type within the Central Queensland mapping area:

• Unmapped as all consolidation mapping was allocated to either consolidated or unconsolidated (includes unknown consolidation). Allocated to higher ranked ecosystem types first.

Comments

A mixture of estuarine transitional ecosystems that may irregularly or regularly experience freshwater flows. Relevant attributes are Freshwater source and volume.

Last updated: 11 July 2019