Human Impacts on the Beree-Badalla Reserve
Claim – Humans impact on the flow of energy and matter through an ecosystem.
Research question - How does recreational activities of the Currumbin Creek for enjoyment, health benefits and sport use, negatively or positively impact the abiotic and biotic factors of the Beree-Badalla Reserve?
Rationale -
The Beree-Badalla Reserve is a Mangrove ecosystem located south-east of Queensland, in the Currumbin Catchment on the Gold Coast, being the most southerly catchment of the City of Gold Coast and is 2.4km along the Currumbin Creek. GHD were commissioned by the Gold Coast City Council (GCCC) to undertake the Currumbin Creek Catchment Study. The role of the CCCS was to examine those principle aspects…show more content… It was proposed that engineering solutions be put in place as part of a boarder beach management strategy. These solutions included the constructions of seawall between Currumbin Beach and Currumbin Rock. Following the construction of the seawall, a series of major cyclone events modified the entrance to Currumbin Creek, completely removing spit and effectively opening the mouth of the river to marine and tidal impacts and creating concerns about erosion along the southern section of the newly developed Palm Beach community coastal frontage. As a response, another engineering solution was implemented. This involved the development of an additional structure on the northern side of the Currumbin Creek mouth. In 1980 the second wall was added. The result, was a major disruption to the longshore drift pattern and subsequent natural beach replenishment at the southern end of Palm Beach, adjacent to Laceys…show more content… Overtime the population has increase causing more infrastructure to be made. Consequently, pollution has occurred affecting all marine life. Various of weather impacted the Currumbin Catchment, eroding coastal areas. Then man constructed rock walls, bridges and boardwalks to make Currumbin stable and sustainable.
Common Name Scientific Name
Black She-Oak Allocasuarina Littoralis
Spiny Sea Rush Juncus Kraussii
Fiddler Crab Uca
Seagull Laridae
Grey Mangrove Avicennia Marina
Yabby Cherax Destructor
Soldier Crab Mictyris Longicarpus
Samphire Crithmum or Sacroconia Quinqueflora
Pelican Pelecanus
Australian seablite Suaeda Australis
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use the energy from sunlight to produce glucose from carbon dioxide and water. This glucose can be converted and releases into adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by cellular respiration. After oxygen is also formed. Some mangroves grow pencil-like roots that stick up out of the dense wet ground. These breathing tubes, called pneumatophores, allow mangroves to cope with daily flooding by the tides. Pneumatophores take in oxygen from the air unless they're clogged or submerged for too long. Photosynthesis may be summarised by the word equation:
Carbon Dioxide + Water Glucose +
