Seagrasses in Port Curtis and Rodds Bay 2024 Annual long-term monitoring and whole of port survey
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Seagrass monitoring in Port Curtis and Rodds Bay commenced in 2002 and has been conducted annually since 2004. Fourteen monitoring meadows are assessed annually, and the condition of the meadows evaluated are based on variations in three key seagrass metrics - biomass, area and species composition. The current program has been developed to meet Gladstone Port Corporation’s (GPC’S) obligations pertaining to the Long-Term Maintenance Dredging Management Plan and includes annual mapping and monitoring of 14 coastal seagrass monitoring meadows and five-yearly mapping of all coastal and deep-water seagrass in Port Curtis and Rodds Bay. In 2024, assessments were conducted on both the annual monitoring meadows and seagrasses across the broader Port Curtis and Rodds Bay region, covering intertidal and shallow subtidal waters as well as the deeper offshore waters within the port limits.
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TropWATER, James Cook University
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Cairns, QLD, Australia
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