Len Webb Ecological Images Collection

Image No. 13-96

Landscapes -- Vegetation Types Melaleuca leucadendron and Melaleuca dealbata in swale, Cowley Beach Cowley Beach between Tully and Innisfail, Queensland November 1971 Larger image (170K)

Wetland ecosystems such as these are under threat of destruction, particularly from development pressures and salt water encroachment from changes to adjacent sea coast. They make ideal monitoring sites to indicate sea level change.
Reference:
Crowley, G.M. and Gagan, M.K. (1995) "Holocene evolution of coastal wetlands in wet tropical northeastern Australia". The Holocene, Vol.5 No. 4, pp.385-389. Also: Bunt, J.S., Williams, W.T. and Bunt, E.D. (1985) "Mangrove species distribution in relation to tide at the sea front and up rivers". Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36: 481-492. See also Image 13-95.
Medium open forest on seasonally flooded swale in beach dunes.

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