Davies, Jaclyn, Tol, Samantha, and Rasheed, Michael (2015) Port of Townsville annual monitoring and baseline survey: October 2014. Report. TropWATER, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

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Abstract

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.

Item ID:	39840
Item Type:	Report (Report)
Keywords:	seagrass, monitoring, assessment
Additional Information:	This report is confidential and cannot be made public.
Funders:	Port of Townsville Limited
Date Deposited:	27 Aug 2015 04:56
FoR Codes:	05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050206 Environmental Monitoring @ 50% 05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050204 Environmental Impact Assessment @ 50%
SEO Codes:	96 ENVIRONMENT > 9605 Ecosystem Assessment and Management > 960507 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments @ 50% 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9605 Ecosystem Assessment and Management > 960503 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments @ 50%
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