The Soil Indicators of Queensland Wetlands: State-wide Assessment and Methodology
The Soil Indicators of Queensland Wetlands: State-wide Assessment and Methodology details and discusses findings of a state-wide assessment of wetland soil indicators conducted by the Department of Natural Resources and Water during 2007 and 2008 under the Queensland Wetlands Program (QWP). The definition developed through the QWP is based on the Ramsar definition and includes a component on wetland soil features. To be useful at a finer scale, this definition needs a scientifically robust method for applying wetland soil indicators. This study concludes that the formation of soil indicators in Queensland is influenced greatly by climatic region (tropical/equatorial, subtropical, semiarid and arid), wetland system (palustrine, lacustrine and estuarine) and by inundation frequency (periodically or commonly wet).
1. Introduction..................................................................... 1
2. Methodology.....................................................................5
3. Results ..........................................................................19
4. Discussion...................................................................... 54
5. Key to wetland identification using soil indicators...................70
6. Key findings and recommendations.......................................74
7. References......................................................................77
Last updated: 14 October 2009