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Marine park zone (Queensland) 2021 wetland habitat extents

Definition of marine park zone (Queensland)

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2021 wetland habitat extent by marine park zone (Queensland) metadata
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Marine park zone (Queensland) Total area
(ha)		 Wetland area by habitat Total
wetland area
(ha)
INT01a INT01b INT02 LC08a PC02a PC02b PC02c PC02d PC04a PC04c PC04d PC05
Total 7,233,317 844 118,244 27,028 < 1 901 20 313 12 981 322 9 19 148,695
Buffer Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 3,910 4 4
Conservation Park Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 404,790 1,715 50 36 14 20 8 1,842
Conservation Park Zone (Great Sandy) 97,123 96 10,691 3,205 < 1 190 7 < 1 235 2 8 14,436
Conservation Park Zone (Moreton Bay) 26,050 151 2,131 601 18 < 1 12 145 < 1 3,058
Estuarine Conservation Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 11,770 6,600 563 156 64 11 6 < 1 8 7,409
General Use Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 2,520,883 99 44,538 13,879 286 5 46 1 114 319 < 1 59,288
General Use Zone (Great Sandy) 377,642 5 468 57 2 < 1 532
General Use Zone (Moreton Bay) 158,238 7 208 41 < 1 < 1 258
Habitat Protection Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 1,722,358 4 37,862 6,538 50 8 22 < 1 44,484
Habitat Protection Zone (Great Sandy) 63,401 < 1 64 3 < 1 < 1 < 1 68
Habitat Protection Zone (Moreton Bay) 104,124 304 6,985 1,005 23 5 156 < 1 < 1 8,478
Marine National Park Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 1,568,253 2,531 115 41 < 1 161 204 2 3,054
Marine National Park Zone (Great Sandy) 79,294 52 1,302 559 54 1 < 1 22 < 1 1,992
Marine National Park Zone (Moreton Bay) 54,331 125 3,140 411 45 6 2 57 < 1 3,785
Preservation Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 29,389 0
Scientific Research Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 11,763 5 < 1 5

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of marine park zones (Queensland).

Wetland habitat code descriptions
INT01a Mangroves - Casuarina
INT01b Mangroves - other
INT02 Salt marsh and salt flats
LC08a Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake
PC02a Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
PC02b Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
PC02c Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
PC02d Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp
PC04a Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
PC04c Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
PC04d Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp
PC05 Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp

Disclaimer

Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).

All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.

Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.

Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Marine park zone (Queensland) 2021 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat/marine-park-zone.html

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