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Fraser Island DIWA nationally important wetland

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Fraser Island DIWA nationally important wetland wetland area by system 2017
System Area (km²) % wetlands area % total area
Total 171.2 100.0% 10.5%
Estuarine 10.7 6.2% 0.7%
Lacustrine 11.1 6.5% 0.7%
Palustrine 149.4 87.3% 9.1%
Fraser Island DIWA nationally important wetland wetland area by habitat 2017
Habitat Area (km²) % wetlands area % total area
Total 171.2 100.0% 10.5%
Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities 7.7 4.5% 0.5%
Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes 3.0 1.8% 0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 42.9 25.1% 2.6%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp 106.4 62.2% 6.5%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 0.1 0.1% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand lake—Window 3.2 1.9% 0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand lake—Perched 7.9 4.6% 0.5%

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.

Wetland extent changes

Fraser Island DIWA nationally important wetland wetland extent change by system
System 2017 area
(km²)
2013 area
(km²)
2009 area
(km²)
2005 area
(km²)
2001 area
(km²)
2017/pre-clear
percentage
Total 171.2 171.2 171.2 171.2 171.2 * 99.5%
Estuarine 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.7 102.1%
Lacustrine 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.1 100.0%
Palustrine 149.4 149.4 149.4 149.4 149.4 99.3%

* Total 2017/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified

Fraser Island DIWA nationally important wetland wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat 2017 area
(km²)
2013 area
(km²)
2009 area
(km²)
2005 area
(km²)
2001 area
(km²)
Total 171.2 171.2 171.2 171.2 171.2
Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7
Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 42.9 42.9 42.9 42.9 42.9
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp 106.4 106.4 106.4 106.4 106.4
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand lake—Window 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand lake—Perched 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9

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.

Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species
Rare or
threatened
species
All
TOTAL 1676 159 274 76 1836
Animals 600 23 156 61 623
Mammals 62 11 6 8 73
Birds 363 7 78 34 370
Reptiles 83 1 16 9 84
Amphibians 18 1 9 4 19
Ray-finned fishes 33 1 33 2 34
Cartilaginous fishes 8 0 8 2 8
Insects 31 2 6 1 33
Malacostracans 2 0 0 1 2
Bacteria 6 0 0 0 6
Chromists 11 0 0 0 11
Fungi 186 0 0 0 187
Plants 871 136 118 15 1007
Protozoans 2 0 0 0 2

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DES WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment and Science, Queensland (2013) Fraser Island DIWA nationally important wetland — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 April 2023. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/diwa-wetland-fraser-island/

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