2007 Wetland Inventory for the Eyre Peninsula

APPENDIX 1Wetland Inventory descriptionsWetland Reference Number: The wetland reference number is critical for clearly defining wetlandlocations within regions of the State. The wetland reference number acts as the primary key for records foreach wetland, this enables data transfer between databases and GIS tables.Wetland Name: The name of the site.Ramsar Site: If the wetland is listed as a Ramsar site.Description of Site: A general description of the location features, closest roads or landmarks.Current Land useOn site: Current human use of the designated wetland area.Surrounding area: Human use on land adjacent to the wetlands, and more broadly in the surroundingcatchment.Tenure/ownershipOn site: Details of land ownership of the wetland site if possible.Surrounding: Details of the tenure type that is dominant in the surrounding areas if possible.Jurisdiction and management authority: The name of the body or bodies responsible for management ofthe wetland.Complied by: Name of person undertaking data collection.Organisation: Organisation that is managing the data collectionDate/time: Date and time of data collection.Region: Geographical region (eg Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula and Kangaroo Island)Environmental Regions: This refers to broad environmental regions within South Australia as describedby Laut P (1977), or regions described within the Regional Biodiversity Plans developed by the Departmentfor Environment and Heritage (2000 – 2001).Key Bio diversity Areas: The Department for Environment and Heritage has developed key biodiversityareas within the Regional Biodiversity Plans for South Australia. The key biodiversity areas have beendeveloped by analysis of biological assets of the area and information from community groups. There aresix key biodiversity areas identified within the three wetland study regions; these are: coastal wetlandhabitat areas, fragmented habitat areas, grassland habitat, large remnant area, ridgeline systems,threatened habitat area.GPS reading: Taken in Latitude and Longitude or easting and northing.Map Sheet and Reference: Record of map sheet name and number with grid reference if required.Approximate Area: usually recorded after of before survey by GIS query.Elevation: in meters above sea level. Preferably recorded from GPS and compared with map sheetelevation values.60