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Sentosa (Singapore): 24 January 2008
A cool evening over Sentosa and you can see the seagrasses and marinelife on this marvellous natural shore. We wasted no time (not even taking the traditional group photo) and got down to monitoring the seagrasses straightaway.
This natural shore outside the sea wall has lots of Enhalus acoroides and Halophila ovalis. The tide was not very low but the team worked fast in the fading light. Robin found a tiny flatworm! These worms are really flat and sometimes mistaken for nudibranchs. We saw lots of Copperbanded butterflyfishes (Chelmon rostratus) today! Siti says this is a sign that the shore is healthy and doing well. Text: Team Seagrass-Singapore. TeamSeagrass Website Click here .
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Townsville Region (Qld, Australia): 20 - 23 January 2008
Midnight sampling was the order of the "day" for the start of 2008 monitoring in the Townsville region. This is because the tides were not low enough to sample during the day. Sites from Shelly Beach to Magnetic Island were all sampled over the 3 nights.
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20 January 2008
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Bushland Beach
21 January 2008
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Cockle Bay, Magnetic Is
22 January 2008
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Picnic Bay, Magnetic Is
23 January 2008
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Far North Queensland (Australia): 20 - 21 January 2008
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Yule Point
20 January 2008
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Seagrass-Watch monitoring for 2008 in the Far North got off to a HOT start! With the air temperature at 35°C, water temperature at 38°C, and no breeze to speak of, everyone was working up a sweat! Nevertheless, the seagrass meadows of Yule Point have never looked better. The mean seagrass cover was the highest ever recorded at both sites since monitoring began in 2000. The canopy heights were also seasonally high, providing good food and shelter. Dugong feeding trails were abundant and lots of juvenile penaeid prawns were observed sheltering within the seagrass canopy. For more information on the site : Click Here
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Green Island
21 January 2008
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The HOT conditions continued, although the offshore sea breeze provided significant relief. Like the coastal seagrass meadows at Yule Point, the offshore seagrass meadows at Green Island were also seasonally high. Unfortunately, still no seeds were to be found. For more information on the site : Click Here
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Chek Jawa (Singapore): 20 January 2008
The Team was back in booties and on the shores this hot HOT afternoon. We had quite a lot of first timers aka Green Grassers, so Siti did a quick quiz on "Is this Seagrass?" Everyone passed with flying colours. Then it was straight to work on those transects. The day was not only hot, but also VERY windy. Which made laying the tape a bit of a challenge.
The sea hares were everywhere too! They are the Hairy sea hare (Bursatella leachii). They were BIG and many had orange 'hairs'. Usually, they are a more boring brown. It was a great day out, and we did a lot of work and had fun too! ! Text: Team Seagrass-Singapore. TeamSeagrass Website Click here .
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