Mer Island (Qld, Australia): 28 February 2010

Taiku, and Sabz joined Moses and Jane in monitoring MR1. Besides being exceedingly humid, the seagrass appeared healthy and robust with percent covers quite high, as was epiphyte load. The algae present was predominantly Halimeda with dense patches of Laurencia every so often. Present within the site but not in any of our quadrats were quite a lot black holothurians ( Holothuria atra). These holothurians were also present at MR2, which we monitored for the first time with Tanika assisting her Uncle Moses and Jane. This site is within a fish trap and is more exposed to the south easterlies. Besides Cymodocea rotundata and Thalassia hemprichii, we also recorded Enhalus acorodies. The odd flower and fruit of EA was observed but none were found within any of our quadrats.. Text: Jane Mellors

We wish to acknowledge the traditional owners on whose sea areas we are monitoring.

 

Chek Jawa (Singapore): 27 February 2010

It's time to monitor Pulau Semakau once again! Site 1 is supposedly the easiest site so it is where we introduce the new ones to monitoring. There is lots of Enhalus acoroides here and they were blooming! Site 1 seems to have changed since we first started monitoring it nearly three years ago. We now see lots of Cymodocea serrulata, as well as some Thalassia hemprichii and Halodule sp., and Charmaine also saw Cymodocea rotundata in her transect!... For more pictures and interesting facts visit Team Seagrass Click Here

 

Green Island (Cairns, Qld): 13 February 2010

 

Mabuiag Island (Qld, Australia): 08 February 2010

Monitoring at Mabuiag went ahead according to schedule. The rangers are becoming more efficient at monitoring particularly at seagrass species identification, as TH,CR and CS are quite difficult to differentiate between at MG1. The low tides were quite late in the afternoon so the sunsets from the seagrass meadows were a special treat. We set up a new site MG2 during this monitoring session, at Goemu (1.5 km away from MG1 in the same seagrass meadow). The site is on firm sand which automatically gives it the thumbs up and with only 4 species CR,HO,HU and some TH. Lots of upside down jellyfish (Cassiopea) were present.. Text: Jane Mellors

 

Lion Village, Phra Thong Is (Thailand): 04 February 2010

 

Sponsors

Correct citation: McKenzie, LJ., Yoshida, RL. & Coles, RG. (2006 - 2010). Seagrass-Watch. www.seagrasswatch.org. 228pp. Disclaimer: The views expressed on this site are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Queensland Government. Website designed by McKenzie, LJ., Yoshida, RL.