Seagrasses in the Great Barrier Reef region, particularly in coastal habitats, act as a buffer
between catchment inputs and reef communities and are important habitat for fisheries and …

Marine plants colonise several interconnected ecosystems in the Great Barrier Reef region
including tidal wetlands, seagrass meadows and coral reefs. Water quality in some coastal …

In addition to the extensive coral reef habitats described in Chapter 5, the shallow subtidal
and intertidal zones around the coasts of Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) often …

Recent studies have estimated the historical abundance of large marine vertebrates to
determine potential targets for conservation. We evaluated this approach using 1990s aerial …

Seagrass-Watch is a participatory monitoring program developed in 1998 to provide an
early warning of coastal ecological decline. Anyone can participate in Seagrass-Watch, as it …

A 24km2 seagrass meadow in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, was confirmed as
important dugong habitat by a satellite tracking study. Marine videography, near-infrared …

Quantifying the factors influencing behaviors of aquatic mammalian grazers may enhance
the generic understanding of grazer ecology. We investigated diel and tidal patterns in …

This survey provides baseline information on sediment characteristics, porewater, adsorbed
and plant tissue nutrients from intertidal coastal seagrass meadows in the central region of …

As concentrations of atmospheric CO 2 increase, mean temperatures across the globe rise,
the carbon system equilibrium in the ocean shifts, and pH is reduced in a process termed …

The findings suggest that seagrass meadows in all regions remain vulnerable to severe
disturbances in the near future, but there are signs of recovery in some indicators. Almost …