Carter, A., McKenna, S., Rasheed, M.A., Taylor, H., van de Wetering, C., Chartrand, K., Reason, C., Collier, C., Shepherd, L., Mellors, J., McKenzie, L., Roelofs, A., Smit, N., Groom, R., Barrett, D., Evans, S., Pitcher, R., Murphy, N., Duke, N.C., Carlisle, M., David, M., Lui, S., and Coles, R.G. (2022) Four Decades of Seagrass Spatial Data from Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria: final report: project 1.13. Report. James Cook University, Tropwater, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

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Abstract

The Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait in northern Australia support globally significant seagrass ecosystems which provide food for migratory species such as dugong and turtle, habitat for commercially important fisheries, and underpin the livelihoods and wellbeing of the region’s First Nations saltwater people. Having a source of reliable data on seagrass distribution and species composition is critical to understanding how this ecosystem may be changing while managing for resilience and mitigating risks, and when designing monitoring programs in this remote region. Spatial data on seagrass has been collected across these regions since the early 1980’s, but the data was often poorly curated and its location and storage disparate. In many cases the data has not been publicly available, and in some cases has already been lost. To address these issues, we compiled, validated, and synthesized historical seagrass spatial data to create a publicly available database accessible on eAtlas (https://doi.org/10.26274/2CR2-JK51) under a Creative Commons 4.0 Licence.

Item ID:	87675
Item Type:	Report (Report)
ISBN:	9781922640086
Keywords:	Seagrass, Seagrass mapping , dugong, turtle, fish habitat, Sea Rangers, coral, algae, subtidal, seagrass meadows, benthic habitat, intertidal, TSRA, Sea Rangers
Copyright Information:	© TropWATER, James Cook University 2022. With the exception of the Institutional logos’, Marine and Coastal Hub logo and content supplied by third parties this work, Four Decades of Seagrass Spatial Data from Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria is licenced by James Cook University for use under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. For licence conditions see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Funders:	National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub, Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA)
Date Deposited:	09 Sep 2025 00:10
FoR Codes:	41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4104 Environmental management > 410402 Environmental assessment and monitoring @ 100%
SEO Codes:	18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1805 Marine systems and management > 180501 Assessment and management of benthic marine ecosystems @ 50% 21 INDIGENOUS > 2104 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and culture > 210402 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander connection to land and environment @ 50%
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