Port of Townsville annual monitoring and baseline survey: October 2014
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Key findings 1. In 2014 seagrasses in Townsville had continued to recover for a third year,with the overall condition of seagrasses classified as "good". 2. The average above‐ground biomass and the distribution for the seagrass meadows in 2014 surpassed the long‐term average in eight of the ten seagrass monitoring meadows. 3. The species composition of the majority of monitoring meadows continued to shift towards larger “foundation” species such as Halodule, Zostera and Cymodocea and away from colonising species, however species composition for some meadows remained altered from baseline conditions between 2008‐2011. 4. Dugong feeding trails were observed in high concentrations throughout Cockle Bay, Cape Cleveland, Cape Pallarenda and Shelly Beach survey areas.
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TropWATER, James Cook University
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Cairns, QLD, Australia
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