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| Title: | Preliminary evaluation of an acoustic technique for mapping tropical seagrass habitats |
| Authors: | Lee Long, W.J. Roder, C.A. McKenzie, L.J. Hundley, A.J. |
| Keywords: | Seagrasses |
| ASFA Subjects: | Seagrass Nutrient cycles Acoustic sensing |
| APAIS Subject: | Ecology Environmental management |
| Category: | Animals Plants Ecosystems Geographic features |
| Issue Date: | 1998 |
| Publisher: | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| Series/Report no.: | Research publication series no. 52 Research publication |
| Abstract: | Seagrass meadows in Queensland are important nursery habitat for commercial species of penaeid prawns and fish. Seagrasses are essential food for dugong, Dugong dugon, and green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus) and act as nutrient and sediment sinks. Seagrasses in coastal regions play important roles in maintaining sediment stability and water clarity. Coastal seagrass meadows are therefore an important resource economically and ecologically. Information on the species composition, abundance and distribution of seagrasses is used by management to zone for protection of seagrass habitats. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11017/320 |
| ISBN: | 9780642230485 |
| Type of document: | Report |
| Appears in Collections: | Management |
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