Mangrove species diversity and zonation in northern Australia
Transects were established in tidal forests in a series of embayments, rivers and islands between the tip of Cape York and Hinchinbrook Island. The transects were distributed so as to attempt to reveal the entire spectrum of floristic character likely to be found between the full influence of the coastal sea, and upstream and landward limits of tidal range. The complete dataset comprised 1391 individual sites. Over 40 plant species are now known to occur in the mangrove communities of northeastern Australia, and 35 of these were encountered in this survey. Several taxa, which are not normally considered members of a mangrove flora are included because of their utility as indicators. This research was undertaken to develop a better understanding of the mangrove vegetation in Australia by exploring the utility of classificatory techniques in describing mangrove vegetation to provide an overview account of mangrove forest diversity in northeastern Australia. The data lists species occurrences along transects at various locations as well as, for a number of the sites, information on their topographic heights above specified datum levels.
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Studies in the analysis of data from Australian tidal forests ('Mangroves'). II. The use of an asymmetric monothetic divisive classificatory program: Williams…HTML Open
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Studies in the analysis of data from Australian tidal forests ('mangroves'). 1. Vegetational sequences and their graphic representation: Bunt JS and Williams WT…HTML Open
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Overlap in mangrove species zonal patterns : some methods of analysis: Bunt JS (1999) Overlap in mangrove species zonal patterns : some methods of analysis.…HTML Open
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Indicators of mangrove zonality : the Normanby river, N.E. Australia: Bunt JS and Stieglitz TC (1999) Indicators of mangrove zonality : the Normanby river, N.E.…HTML Open
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Complexity and variety of zonal pattern in the mangroves of the Hinchinbrook area, Northeastern Australia: Bunt JS and Bunt ED (1999) Complexity and variety of…HTML Open
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The mangrove floral and vegetational diversity of Hinchinbrook Island and the adjacent coast: Bunt JS (1997) The mangrove floral and vegetational diversity of…HTML Open
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Mangrove zonation: an examination of data from seventeen riverine estuaries in Tropical Australia: Bunt JS (1996) Mangrove zonation: an examination of data from…HTML Open
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Yet another method of species-sequencing: Williams WT, Bunt JS and Clay HJ (1991) Yet another method of species-sequencing. Marine Ecology Progress Series 27:…HTML Open
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Mangrove species distribution in relation to tide at the seafront and up rivers: Bunt JS, Williams WT and Bunt ED (1985) Mangrove species distribution in…HTML Open
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Data on mangrove distributions in north-eastern Australia and other areas: Duke NC (1985) Data on mangrove distributions in north-eastern Australia and other…HTML Open
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Detection of species sequences across environmental gradients: Bunt JS, Williams WT and Clay HJ (1984) Detection of species sequences across environmental…HTML Open
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Mangrove distributions in North-east Australia: Bunt JS, Williams WT and Duke NC (1982) Mangrove distributions in North-east Australia. Journal of Biogeography…HTML Open
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Mangrove transect data from northern Queensland. Coastal studies series Australian Institute of Marine Science AIMS-CS-82-1: Bunt JS (1982) Mangrove transect…HTML Open
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Vegetational relationships in the mangroves of tropical Australia: Bunt JS and Williams WT (1981) Vegetational relationships in the mangroves of tropical…HTML Open
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| Date (revision) | 2026-10-24 |
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| Status | completed |
| Update frequency | notPlanned |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |