Indicator: AAT-12 Changes in colonies of plants on Heard Island
Data
Nil data is available
What the data mean
Nil data is available
Data Limitations
Nil data is available
Issues for which this is an indicator and why
Australian Antarctic Territory — Environment - The ice and land
Understanding the coverage and type of vegetation on the non ice area of Heard Island provides an insight into the extent and nature of plant biodiversity on Heard Island but also on the impact of glacial retreat as a result of climate change.
Other indicators for this issue:
- AAT-13 Number and area of protected areas
- AAT-14 Ice sheet mass balance and sea ice extent
- AAT-15 Glacier movement
- AAT-16 Types and populations of exotic species reaching or establishing naturalised populations in the AAT
Biodiversity — Species, habitats and ecological communities - Conservation status of species and ecological communities
Understanding the coverage and type of vegetation on the non ice area of Heard Island provides an insight into the extent and nature of plant biodiversity in The AAT.
Other indicators for this issue:
- BD-02 Conservation status of nationally significant species and ecological communities, compared with previous years
- BD-04 Listed threatened species or ecological communities for which recovery action is showing stable or increasing populations
- IW-30 Macroinvertebrate condition
- IW-31 Fish - Abundance and distribution
- IW-32 Frogs - Abundance and distribution
- IW-33 Abundance and distribution of waterbirds
- CO-01 Trends in selected groups of coastal and marine species and habitats
- CO-02 Number of marine species that are endangered or threatened and changes in population/ distribution of selected threatened species
- CO-16 Status of Australian fisheries
- LD-01 The proportion and area of native vegetation and changes over time
- AAT-08 Plankton populations
- AAT-09 Seabird populations
- AAT-10 seal populations
- AAT-11 Whale populations
Atmosphere — Climate variability and change - Greenhouse
Understanding the coverage and type of vegetation on the non ice area of Heard Island provides an insight into the extent of glacial retreat as a result of climate change.
Other indicators for this issue:
- A-07 Greenhouse - carbon dioxide concentrations and growth rates
- A-08 Greenhouse - change in total carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by gas
- A-38 Greenhouse - methane concentrations and growth rates
- A-39 Greenhouse - nitrous oxide concentrations and growth rates
- A-40 Greenhouse - change in total carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per capita and gross domestic product
- A-41 Greenhouse - climate change projections
- A-42 Greenhouse - carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by sector
- A-43 Greenhouse - carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by primary fuel type
- A-44 Greenhouse - carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by mode of travel and road transport emissions by vehicle type
- A-45 Greenhouse - agricultural sector carbon dioxide equivalent emissions
- A-46 Greenhouse - carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from land use, land use change and forestry
- Greenhouse - climate change projections
- LD-05 Terrestrial carbon loss rate and rate of land carbon sequestration
- LD-39 Change in biomass stock
- CO-03 Sea level
- CO-04 Sea surface temperature variability
- CO-44 Marine chlorophyll concentration
- CO-60 Sea salinity
- AAT-14 Ice sheet mass balance and sea ice extent
- AAT-15 Glacier movement
Land — Contributions and pressures between the land and the atmosphere - Climate
Understanding the coverage and type of vegetation on the non ice area of Heard Island provides insight into the extent of glacial retreat as a result of climate change which may have implications for biodiversity on the Australian mainland and globally.
Other indicators for this issue:
- LD-05 Terrestrial carbon loss rate and rate of land carbon sequestration
- LD-24 Severe drought and wildfire correlation
- A-01 Annual variation in the Southern Oscillation Index
- A-02 Rainfall trends - annual mean rainfall
- A-03 Rainfall extremes - inter-annual variations in annual extreme rainfall
- A-04 Temperature trends - annual mean temperature anomalies
- A-05 Temperature extremes - percentage area of extreme annual mean temperatures
- A-41 Greenhouse - climate change projections
- BD-15 Examples of impacts of climate variability on selected species, habitats or ecosystems
- AAT-14 Ice sheet mass balance and sea ice extent
- AAT-15 Glacier movement
- A-45 Greenhouse - agricultural sector carbon dioxide equivalent emissions
Inland Waters — Catchment scale influences - Influence of climate variability and change
Understanding the coverage and type of vegetation on the non ice area of Heard Island provides insight into the extent of glacial retreat as a result of climate change which may have implications for biodiversity on the Australian mainland including inland waters biodiversity.
Other indicators for this issue:
- A-01 Annual variation in the Southern Oscillation Index
- A-02 Rainfall trends - annual mean rainfall
- A-03 Rainfall extremes - inter-annual variations in annual extreme rainfall
- A-04 Temperature trends - annual mean temperature anomalies
- A-05 Temperature extremes - percentage area of extreme annual mean temperatures
- A-36 Rainfall extremes - percentage area experiencing extreme wet and dry conditions
- A-37 Temperature trends - spatial trend in mean annual temperatures
- A-41 Greenhouse - climate change projections
- A-47 Rainfall deficiencies - drought
- LD-24 Severe drought and wildfire correlation
- BD-15 Examples of impacts of climate variability on selected species, habitats or ecosystems
- AAT-14 Ice sheet mass balance and sea ice extent
- AAT-15 Glacier movement
Biodiversity — Pressures on biodiversity - Climate variability
Understanding the coverage and type of vegetation on the non ice area of Heard Island provides insight into the extent of glacial retreat as a result of climate change which may have implications for biodiversity on the Australian mainland.
Other indicators for this issue:
- BD-15 Examples of impacts of climate variability on selected species, habitats or ecosystems
- LD-05 Terrestrial carbon loss rate and rate of land carbon sequestration
- LD-24 Severe drought and wildfire correlation
- CO-03 Sea level
- CO-04 Sea surface temperature variability
- CO-44 Marine chlorophyll concentration
- CO-60 Sea salinity
- CO-76 Examples of the impact of climate variability on selected coastal and marine species, habitats or ecosystems
- A-01 Annual variation in the Southern Oscillation Index
- A-02 Rainfall trends - annual mean rainfall
- A-03 Rainfall extremes - inter-annual variations in annual extreme rainfall
- A-04 Temperature trends - annual mean temperature anomalies
- A-05 Temperature extremes - percentage area of extreme annual mean temperatures
- AAT-15 Glacier movement
- A-36 Rainfall extremes - percentage area experiencing extreme wet and dry conditions
- A-37 Temperature trends - spatial trend in mean annual temperatures
- A-41 Greenhouse - climate change projections
- A-47 Rainfall deficiencies - drought
- AAT-14 Ice sheet mass balance and sea ice extent
Understanding the coverage and type of vegetation on the non ice area of Heard Island provides insight into the extent of glacial retreat as a result of climate change which may have implications for changes in the condition of biodiversity on the Australian mainland.
Other indicators for this issue:
- CO-01 Trends in selected groups of coastal and marine species and habitats
- CO-02 Number of marine species that are endangered or threatened and changes in population/ distribution of selected threatened species
- BD-02 Conservation status of nationally significant species and ecological communities, compared with previous years
- BD-04 Listed threatened species or ecological communities for which recovery action is showing stable or increasing populations
- AAT-08 Plankton populations
- AAT-09 Seabird populations
- AAT-10 seal populations
- AAT-11 Whale populations
Coasts and Oceans — Condition of the ocean and coastal waters - Climatic and carbon dioxide factors
Understanding the coverage and type of vegetation on the non ice area of Heard Island provides insight into the extent of glacial retreat as a result of climate change which may have implications for changes in the climatic conditions of Australian waters and the oceans more generally.
Other indicators for this issue:
- CO-03 Sea level
- CO-04 Sea surface temperature variability
- CO-44 Marine chlorophyll concentration
- CO-60 Sea salinity
- CO-72 Changes in sea acidity/alkalinity
- A-01 Annual variation in the Southern Oscillation Index
- A-41 Greenhouse - climate change projections
- AAT-14 Ice sheet mass balance and sea ice extent
- AAT-15 Glacier movement
Coasts and Oceans — Contributions and pressures between the coasts and oceans and the atmosphere - Climate and carbon dioxide
Understanding the coverage and type of vegetation on the non ice area of Heard Island provides insight into the extent of glacial retreat as a result of climate change which may have implications for the pressure of climate change on Australian waters and the oceans more generally.
Other indicators for this issue:
- CO-03 Sea level
- CO-04 Sea surface temperature variability
- CO-44 Marine chlorophyll concentration
- CO-60 Sea salinity
- CO-72 Changes in sea acidity/alkalinity
- CO-76 Examples of the impact of climate variability on selected coastal and marine species, habitats or ecosystems
- A-01 Annual variation in the Southern Oscillation Index
- A-41 Greenhouse - climate change projections
- BD-15 Examples of impacts of climate variability on selected species, habitats or ecosystems
- AAT-14 Ice sheet mass balance and sea ice extent
- AAT-15 Glacier movement
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