Smith, T.M., Chartrand, K.M., Wells, J.N., Carter, A.B., and Rasheed, M.A. (2020) Seagrasses in Port Curtis and Rodds Bay 2019 Annual long‐term monitoring and whole of port survey: a report for Gladstone Ports Corporation. Report. TropWATER, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

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Abstract

[Extract] Seagrass monitoring in Port Curtis and Rodds Bay commenced in 2002, and has been conducted annually since 2004. Fourteen monitoring meadows are assessed and their condition reported annually based on variations in three key seagrass metrics ‐ biomass, area and species composition. Monitoring meadows represent the range of different seagrass community types in Port Curtis and Rodds Bay. In addition to annual monitoring, periodic reassessment of all seagrass meadows in the entire Port Curtis and Rodds Bay region has been undertaken at various times during the monitoring program history. In 2019 both the annual monitoring meadows and seagrasses in the broader Port Curtis and Rodds Bay region were assessed including intertidal and shallow subtidal waters and deeper offshore waters of the port limits.

Overall seagrass condition in 2019 was good for the 14 monitoring meadows. A dramatic improvement over recent years with seagrass in the best condition recorded for the past decade and one of the best recorded in the 18 years of seagrass monitoring.

Item ID:	80013
Item Type:	Report (Report)
Copyright Information:	© James Cook University, 2020.
Date Deposited:	23 Aug 2023 23:48
FoR Codes:	41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4104 Environmental management > 410402 Environmental assessment and monitoring @ 100%
SEO Codes:	18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1802 Coastal and estuarine systems and management > 180201 Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems @ 100%
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