Marine Ecology Group (MEG) Publications

The Marine Ecology Group, based at James Cook University, Cairns campus, is recognised as a leading advisor on seagrasses, mangroves and coastal management in northeastern Queensland and the western Pacific. The group has subprograms for marine plant ecology, ports and shipping research, introduced marine pests and strategic fisheries assessment.

The Marine Ecology Group undertakes pure and applied research. It provides management advice that is directly applied to priority fisheries areas, improving fisheries productivity, and coastal environmental planning. The Marine Ecology Group’s approach is to provide for sustainable resource use and the protection of biodiversity.

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Research publications

Assessment, monitoring and research reports

East Coast & Great Barrier Reef

General

Abbot Point
Cairns Harbour

Gladstone (Port Curtis & Rodds Bay)

Hay Point

Hervey Bay & Great Sandy Strait
Mourilyan Harbour
Oyster Point

Gulf of Carpentaria

General
Karumba
Weipa

Torres Strait

General
Thursday Island

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Marine Ecology Group poster CLICK HERE [4.5Mb]

Research publications

	Bité JS, Campbell SJ, McKenzie LJ and Coles RG (2007). Chlorophyll fluorescence measures of seagrasses Halophila ovalis and Zostera capricorni reveal differences in response to experimental shading. Marine Biology 152: 405–414. [118kb] front page only
	Campbell SJ and McKenzie LJ (2004). Flood related loss and recovery of intertidal seagrass meadows in southern Queensland, Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 60: 477-490. [95kb] front page only
	Campbell SJ, McKenzie LJ Kerville SP and Bité JS (2007). Patterns in tropical seagrass photosynthesis in relation to light, depth and habitat. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 73: 551-562. [74kb] front page only
	Campbell SJ, McKenzie LJ and Kerville SP (2006) Photosynthetic responses of seven tropical seagrasses to elevated seawater temperature. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 330: 455– 468. [63Kb] front page only
	Campbell SJ, Kerville SP, Coles RG and Short F (2008). Photosynthetic responses of subtidal seagrasses to a daily light cycle in Torres Strait: A comparative study. Continental Shelf Research. 28: 2275– 2281. [478kb]
	Carruthers TJB, Dennison WC, Longstaff BJ, Waycott M, Abal EG, McKenzie LJ and Lee Long WJ (2001). Seagrass habitats of north east Australia: models of key processes and controls. Bulletin of Marine Science 71(3): 1153-1169. [42kb] front page only
	Coles RG, Lee Long WJ, Squire BA, Squire LC and Bibby JM (1987). Distribution of Seagrasses and Associated Juvenile Commercial Penaeid Prawns in North-eastern Queensland Waters. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38: 103-19. [58kb] front page only
	Coles RG, Lee Long WJ, Watson RA, and Derbyshire KJ (1993). Distribution of seagrasses, and their fish and penaeid prawn communities, in Cairns Harbour, a tropical estuary, northern Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44: 193-210. [56kb] front page only
	Coles RG, McKenzie LJ, Campbell SJ, Yoshida RL, Edward A and Short FT (2005). The effect of causeway construction on seagrass meadows in the Western Pacific – a lesson from the ancient city of Nan Madol, Madolenihmw, Pohnpei, FSM. Pacific Conservation Biology 11: 212-220. [112kb] front page only
	Coles RG, McKenzie LJ, De'ath G, Roelofs A and Lee Long W (2009). Spatial distribution of deepwater seagrass in the inter-reef lagoon of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 392: 57-68.
	Dobbs, K., Fernandes, L., Slegers, S., Jago, B., Thompson, L., Hall, J., Day, J., Cameron, D., Tanzer, J., Macdonald, F., Marsh, H. and Coles, R. (2008). Incorporating dugong habitats into the marine protected area design for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia. Ocean & Coastal Management 51: 368-375. [85kb] front page only
	Grech A and Coles RG (2010). An ecosystem-scale predicative model of coastal seagrass distribution. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 20: 437-444. [68kb] front page only
	Grech A, Marsh H and Coles RG (2010). A spatial assessment of the risk to a mobile marine mammal from byctch. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 18: 1127-1139. [70kb] front page only
	Harris PT, Butler AJ and Coles RG (2008). Marine resources, biophysical processes, and environmental management of a tropical shelf seaway: Torres Strait, Australia – introduction to the special issue, Continental Shelf Research. 28: 2113– 2116 [273kb]
	Haywood MDE, Pitcher CR, Ellis N, Wassenberg TJ, Smith G, Forcey K, McLeod I, Carter AB, Strickland C and Coles RG (2008). Mapping and characterisation of the inter-reefal benthic assemblages of the Torres Strait, Continental Shelf Research. 28: 2304– 2316. [1.5Mb]
	Kuo, J., Coles, R., Lee Long, W., and Mellors J. (1991). Fruits and seeds of Thalassia hemprichii (Hydrocharitaceae) from Queensland, Australia. Aquatic Botany 40(2): 165-174. [58kb] front page only
	Kuo J, Lee Long W, and Coles RG (1993). Fruits and Seeds of Halophila tricostata Greenway (Hydrocharitacea) with Special Notes on its Occurrence and Biology. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44: 43 - 59. [59kb] front page only
	Lee Long, W. J., Coles, R. G. & McKenzie, L. J. (2000) Issues for seagrass conservation management in Queensland. Pacific Conservation Biology 5: 321-328. [24kb] front page only
	Lee Long WJ, Mellors JE and Coles RG (1993). Seagrasses between Cape York and Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44: 19-32. [57kb] front page only
	Lee Long WJ, McKenzie LJ, Rasheed MA and Coles RG (1996). Monitoring Seagrasses in Tropical Ports and Harbours. In: `Seagrass Biology: Proceedings of an International Workshop, Rottnest Island, Western Australia 25-29 January, 1996'. (Eds. J. Kuo, R. C. Phillips, D. I. Walker, and H. Kirkman.) pp. 345-350. (Faculty of Sciences, The University of Western Australia: Perth). [48kb] front page only
	McKenzie LJ (1994). Seasonal changes in biomass and shoot characteristics of a Zostera capricorni Aschers. dominant meadow in Cairns Harbour, northern Queensland. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45: 1337-1352. [59kb] front page only
	McKenzie LJ, Lee Long WJ, Coles RG and Roder CA (2000) Seagrass-Watch: Community based monitoring of seagrass resources. Biol. Mar. Medit. 7(2): 393-396. [38kb]
	Mellors J. (1991). An evaluation of a rapid visual technique for estimating seagrass biomass. Aquatic Botany 42: 67-73. [65kb] front page only
	Mellors J. Marsh H., Carruthers T and Waycott M (2002). Testing the sediment-trapping paradigm of seagrass: Do seagrasses influence nutrient status and sediment structure in tropical intertidal environments? Bulletin of Marine Science. 71(3): 1215–1226. [43kb] front page only
	Mellors J, Waycott, M and Marsh, H (2005) Variation in biogeochemical parameters across intertidal seagrass meadows in the central Great Barrier Reef region. Marine Pollution Bulletin 51: 335-342. [223kb] front page only
	Mellors JE, Marsh H and Coles RG (1993). Intra-annual changes in seagrass standing crop, Green Island, North Queensland. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44: 33 - 43. [58kb] front page only
	Mellors J and Marsh, H. (1993). Relationship between seagrass standing crop and the spatial distribution and abundance of the natantian fauna at Green island, Northern Queensland. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44(1): 183-191. [56kb] front page only
	Mellors JE, McKenzie LJ and Coles RG (2008). Seagrass-Watch: Engaging Torres Strait Islanders in marine habitat monitoring, Continental Shelf Research. 28: 2339– 2349. [499kb]
	Preen AR, Lee Long WJ and Coles RG (1995). Flood and cyclone related loss, and partial recovery, of more than 1,000 km2 of seagrass in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. Aquatic Botany 52: 3-17. [54kb] front page only
	Rasheed MA (1999). Recovery of experimentally created gaps within a tropical Zostera capricorni (Aschers.) seagrass meadow, Queensland Australia. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 235(2): 183-200. [32kb] front page only
	Rasheed MA (2004). Recovery and succession in a multi-species tropical seagrass meadow following experimental disturbance: the role of sexual and asexual reproduction. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 310: 13-45. [51kb] front page only
	Rasheed MA and Unsworth RKF (2011). Long-term climate-associated dynamics of a tropical seagrass meadow: implications for the future. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 422: 93-103.
	Rasheed MA, Dew KR, McKenzie LJ, Coles RG, Kerville SP and Campbell SJ (2008). Productivity, carbon assimilation and intraannual change in tropical reef platform seagrass communities of the Torres Strait, Northeastern Australia. Continental Shelf Research. 28: 2292– 2303. [365kb]
	Robinson JA, Kamlesh PL, Kashiwagi M, Suzuki M, Duane Nellis M, Bussing CE, Lee Long WJ and McKenzie LJ (2001). Conservation Applications of Astronaut Photographs of Earth: Tidal-Flat Loss (Japan), Elephant Effects of Vegetation (Botswana), and Seagrass and Mangrove Monitoring (Australia). Conservation Biology 15(4): 876-884. [45kb] front page only
	Schaffelke B, Mellors J and Duke NC (2005) Water quality in the Great Barrier Reef region: responses of mangrove, seagrass and macroalgal communities A Review Marine Pollution Bulletin 51:279-296 [69kb] front page only
	Sheppard JK, Carter AB, McKenzie LJ, Pitcher CR and Coles RG (2008). Spatial patterns of sub-tidal seagrasses and their tissue nutrients in the Torres Strait, northern Australia: Implications for management. Continental Shelf Research. 28: 2282– 2291. [1.3Mb]
	Udy JW, Dennison WC, Lee Long WJ and McKenzie LJ (1999). Responses of seagrasses to nutrients in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 185: 257-271. [76kb] front page only
	Watson RA, Coles RG and Lee Long WJ (1993). Simulation estimates of annual yield and landed value for commercial penaeid prawns from a tropical seagrass habitat, northern Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44(1): 211-220. [60kb] front page only
	Waycott M, Longstaff B and Mellors J. (2005) Seagrass population dynamics and water quality in the Great Barrier Reef region: A review and future research directions. Marine Pollution Bulletin 51: 343-350. [68kb] front page only
	Williams MJ, Coles R and Primavera JH (2007). A lesson from cyclone Larry: An untold story of the success of good coastal planning. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 71: 364-367 [73k] front page only

Assessment, monitoring and research reports

East Coast & Great Barrier Reef


	Ayling AM, Roelofs AJ, McKenzie LJ and Lee Long WJ (1997). Port of Cape Flattery benthic monitoring, Baseline survey - Wet-season (February) 1996. EcoPorts Monograph Series No. 5. Ports Corporation of Queensland, Brisbane. 67 pp. [2.2Mb]
	Beurteaux Y and Coles R (1988). Effort trends in the north-east coast prawn trawl fishery. Queensland Department of Primary Industries Information Series QI88006. pp24. [655kb]
	Campbell SJ, Roder CA, McKenzie LJ and Lee Long WJ (2002). Seagrass Resources in the Whitsunday Region 1999 and 2000. DPI Information Series QI02043 (DPI, Cairns) 50 pp. [3.4Mb]
	Chartrand KM, Rasheed MA, Sankey TL (2008). Deepwater seagrass dynamics in Hay Point – Measuring variability and monitoring impacts of capital dredging. Final Report to the Ports Corporation of Queensland, 43 pp. [1.6Mb]
	Coles RG, Bibby JM, Mellors JE and Goeden GB (1987). Changes in commercial prawns during the 1985-86. Queensland east coast closure. Queensland Department of Primary Industries Information Series QI87001. 20pp. [470kb]
	Coles R, Grech A, Dew K, Zeller B and McKenzie L (2008). A preliminary report on the adequacy of protection provided to species and benthic habitats in the east coast otter trawl fishery by the current system of closures. Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Brisbane, Australia. 52pp. [5.7Mb]
	Coles RG, Lee Long WJ and McKenzie LJ (eds)(2002). Seagrass and Marine Resources in the Dugong Protection Areas of Upstart Bay, Newry Region, Sand Bay, Llewellyn Bay, Ince Bay and the Clairview Region: April/May 1999 and October 1999. Research Publication No 72 (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville), 131 pp. [12.5Mb]
	Coles RG, Lee Long WJ, McKenzie LJ, Short M, Rasheed MA and Vidler KP (1996). `Distribution of deep-water seagrass habitats between Cape Weymouth and Cape Tribulation, northeastern Queensland'. Queensland Department of Primary Industries Information Series QI96 (QDPI: NFC, Cairns) 33pp. [2.2Mb]
	Coles RG, Lee Long WJ, Helmke SA, Bennett RE, Miller KJ and Derbyshire KJ (1992). Seagrass beds and juvenile prawn and fish nursery grounds: Cairns to Bowen. Queensland Department of Primary Industries Information Series QI92012. 64pp. [3.2Mb]
	Coles RG, Lee Long WJ, Mellors JE and Goeden GB (1985). An assessment of the 1985 Queensland east coast prawn trawling closure. Queensland Department of Primary Industries Information Series QI85023. 20pp. [424kb]
	Coles R, Mellors J, Bibby J and Squires B (1987). Seagrass beds and juvenile nursery grounds between Bowen and Water Park Point. Queensland Department of Primary Industries Information Series QI87021. 54pp. [2.6Mb]
	Coles RG, Lee Long WJ and Squire LC (1985). Seagrass beds and prawn nursery grounds between Cape York and Cairns. Queensland Department of Primary Industries Information Series QI85017. 31pp. [1.1Mb]
	De’ath, G., Coles, R., McKenzie, L. and Pitcher, R. (2008) Spatial distributions and temporal change in distributions of deep water seagrasses in the Great Barrier Reef region.. Report to the Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility. (Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns) 21pp. [414kb]
	Hyland SJ, Courtney AJ, Butler CT (1989) Distribution of seagrass in the Moreton Bay region from Coolangatta to Noosa. Queensland Department of Primary Industries Information Series QI89010. QFS, Brisbane. [2.5Mb]
	Lee Long WJ, McKenzie LJ, Roelofs AJ, Makey L, Coles RG and Roder CA (1998). Baseline Survey of Hinchinbrook Region Seagrasses, -October (Spring) 1996, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Research Publication No. 51, 26 pp. [4.8Mb]
	Lee Long WJ, Hundley AJ, Roder CA and McKenzie LJ (1998) Preliminary Evaluation of an Acoustic Technique for Mapping Seagrass Habitats. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Research Publication 52, 30pp. [1.1Mb]
	Lee Long WJ, McKenzie LJ and Coles RG (1997).Seagrass communities in the Shoalwater Bay region,Queensland - Spring (September) 1995 and Autumn (April)1996. Queensland Department of Primary Industries Information Series QI96042 (QDPI, Brisbane) 38 pp. [8.3Mb]
	Lee Long WJ, Coles RG, Miller KJ, Vidler KP and Derbyshire KJ (1992). Seagrass beds and juvenile prawn and fish nursery grounds: Water Park Point to Hervey Bay, Queensland. Queensland Department of Primary Industries Information Series QI92011. 39pp. [2.1Mb]
	Lee Long WJ, Coles RG, Helmke SA and Bennett RE (1989). Seagrass habitats in coastal, mid shelf and reef waters from Lookout Point to Barrow Point in north-eastern Queensland. A report to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Government. 19pp. [1.4Mb]
	McKenna SA, Rasheed MA, Unsworth RKF & Chartrand KM (2008). Port of Abbot Point seagrass baseline surveys – wet & dry season 2008. DPI&F Publication PR08-4140 (DPI&F, Cairns), 51pp. [5.2Mb]
	McKenzie LJ, Lee Long WJ and Bradshaw EJ (1997). Distribution of Seagrasses in the Lizard island Group - a reconnaissance survey, October 1995. CRC Reef Research Technical Report No 14 (Townsville, CRC Reef Research Centre) 26 pp. [1.5Mb]
	Rasheed MA, Nguyen T, Taylor H.A and Thomas R (2006). Critical marine habitats adjacent to Hydrographers Passage, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia - 2006 Atlas. QDPI&F Information Series QI06081, Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns, 34 pp. [6.1Mb]
	Rasheed MA, Roder CA, and Thomas R (2001). Port of Mackay Seagrass, Macro-Algae and Macro-Invertebrate Communities. February 2001. CRC Reef Research Centre,Technical Report No. 43, CRC Reef Research Centre,Townsville, 38 pp. [1.9Mb]
	Rasheed MA, Taylor HA, Coles RG and McKenzie LJ (2007). Coastal seagrass habitats at risk from human activity in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area: Review of areas to be targeted for monitoring. DPI&F Publication PR07-2971 (DPI, Cairns), 43 pp. [6.5Mb]
	Rasheed MA, Thomas R and McKenna SA (2005). Port of Abbot Point seagrass, algae and benthic macro-invertebrate community survey - March 2005. DPI&F Information Series QI05044 (DPI&F, Cairns), 27 pp. [2.2Mb]
	Roder CA, Lee Long WJ, McKenzie LJ and Roelofs AJ (1998). Proposed Clump Point Boat Ramp & Facilities - Review of Marine Environment Factors (seagrasses and other benthic habitats). Unpublished Report to Queensland Department of Main Roads (Queensland Department of Primary Industries) 11pp.
	Taylor, H.A., McKenna, S.A. & Rasheed, M.A. (2010). Bustard Bay Seagrass Baseline Assessment November 2009. DEEDI Publication. (Fisheries Queensland, Cairns) 29pp. [1.3Mb]

Abbot Point


	Unsworth, R.K.F., McKenna, S.A. and Rasheed, M.A. (2010) Seasonal dynamics, productivity and resilience of seagrass at the Port of Abbot Point: 2008 – 2010. DEEDI Publication. Fisheries Queensland, Cairns, 68 pp. [5Mb]

Cairns Harbour


	Fairweather, C.L., McKenna, S.A. and Rasheed, M.A. (2011). Long-term seagrass monitoring in Cairns Harbour and Trinity Inlet – December 2009 and 2010. DEEDI Publication, (Fisheries Queensland, Cairns), 36 pp. [1.3Mb]
	McKenna SA, Rasheed MA, Unsworth RKF, Taylor HA, Chartrand KM and Sankey TL (2009). Long term seagrass monitoring in Cairns Harbour and Trinity Inlet – December 2008 PR09-4436 (QPI&F, Cairns), 34 pp. [1.1Mb]
	Rasheed MR, Dew KR, McKenna SA, Sankey TA, Taylor HA and Carter A (2007). Long term seagrass monitoring in Cairns Harbour and Trinity Inlet - December 2006. DPI&F Publication PR07-2914 (DPI&F, Cairns), 25 pp. [1.8Mb]
	Campbell SJ, Rasheed MA and Thomas R (2002). Seagrass habitat of Cairns Harbour and Trinity Inlet: December 2001. DPI Information Series QI02059 (DPI, Cairns), 25 pp. [1.5Mb]
	Lee Long WJ, Rasheed MA, McKenzie LJ and Coles RG (1996). `Distribution of Seagrasses in Cairns Harbour and Trinity Inlet - December 1993'. Queensland Department of Primary Industries Information Series QI96031 (QDPI, Brisbane) 14pp. [3.1Mb]
	Coles RG, Goeden GB, Lee Long WJ and Greenway M. (1990). An assessment of the likely effects of the proposed Trinity Point project in the marine ecology of the Cairns Harbour and foreshore. Unpublished report. Queensland Department of Primary Industries. 189pp. [7.1Mb]

Mourilyan Harbour


	Fairweather, C.L., McKenna, S. A. & Rasheed, M.A. (2011) Long-Term Seagrass Monitoring in the Port of Mourilyan – November 2010. DEEDI Publication, Fisheries Queensland, Cairns, 27pp. [447kb]
	Sankey TL and Rasheed MA (2010). Long Term Seagrass Monitoring in the Port of Mourilyan – November 2009. DEEDI Publication, Fisheries Queensland, Cairns, 23pp. [405kb]
	Sankey T L, Rasheed MA and Unsworth RKF (2009). Long term seagrass monitoring in the port of Mourilyan – December 2008. QPI&F Publication PR09-4426 (QPI&F, Cairns), 20 pp [1.3Mb]
	McKenna SA, Rasheed MA, and Sankey TL (2007). Long term seagrass monitoring in the Port of Mourilyan - November 2006. DPI&F Publication number PR07-2915, (DPI&F, Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns), 21 pp. [1.3Mb]
	Roder CA, Thomas R, Rasheed MA and McKenzie LJ (2002). Mangrove and riparian habitat resources fringing Mourilyan Harbour and the Moresby River estuary, August-October 2000. DPI Information Series No QI02062 (Queensland Fisheries Service, Northern Fisheries Centre, cairns), 32pp. [3.2Mb]
	McKenzie LJ, Lee Long WJ, Roelofs AJ, Roder CA and Coles RG (1997). Port of Mourilyan Seagrass Monitoring - First 4 Years. EcoPorts Monograph Series No 15. (Ports Corporation of Queensland, Brisbane) 34 pp. [1.2Mb]
	McKenzie LJ, Rasheed MA, Lee Long WJ and Coles RG (1996). Port of Mourilyan Seagrass monitoring, Baseline Surveys - Summer (December) 1993 and Winter (July) 1994. Ports Corporation, EcoPorts Monograph Series No 2 (PCQ, Brisbane) 52pp. [3.8Mb]

Oyster Point (Port Hinchinbrook)


	Lee Long WJ, Roelofs AJ, Coles RG and McKenzie LJ (2002). Monitoring Oyster Point Seagrasses - 1995 to 1999. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Research Publication No. 71. 24pp. [6.6Mb]
	Lee Long WJ, Roelofs AJ, Coles RG and McKenzie LJ (2001). Oyster Point Seagrass Monitoring, 1995 to 1999. Report to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. (Queensland Fisheries Service) 23pp. [5.4Mb]
	Coles RG, McKenzie LJ, Tyson LM, and Lee Long WJ (1996). `Distribution of Seagrasses at Oyster Point, Cardwell - September 1994'. Queensland Department of Primary Industries Information Series QI96030 (QDPI, Brisbane) 26pp. [6.2Mb]

Hay Point


	Thomas, R. and Rasheed, M.A. (2011). Port of Hay Point Seagrass, Algae and Benthic Macro-invertebrate Survey - October 2010. (DEEDI, Cairns). [5.8Mb]

Hervey Bay & Great Sandy Strait


	McKenzie LJ and Campbell SJ (2003). Seagrass resources of the Booral Wetlands and the Great Sandy Strait: February/March 2002. DPI Information Series QI03016 (DPI, Cairns) 28 pp. [3.07Mb]
	McKenzie LJ and Campbell SJ (2002). Seagrass resources in the vicinity of the proposed Urangan Boat Harbour dredge material disposal & rehandling area -February 2002. Unpublished report to Queensland Transport (DPI, Cairns) 12pp. [1.5Mb]
	McKenzie LJ, Roder CA, Roelofs AJ and Lee Long WJ (2000). Post-flood monitoring of seagrasses in Hervey Bay and the Great Sandy Strait, 1999: Implications for dugong, turtle & fisheries management. DPI Information Series QI00059 (DPI,Cairns) 46 pp. [7.2Mb]

Port Curtis & Rodds Bay (Gladstone)


	Chartrand KM, Ralph PJ, Petrou K and Rasheed MA (2012). Development of a Light-Based Seagrass Management Approach for the Gladstone Western Basin Dredging Program. DAFF Publication. Fisheries Queensland, Cairns 126 pp. [11.4Mb]
	Thomas R, Unsworth RKF and Rasheed MA (2010). Seagrasses of Port Curtis and Rodds Bay and long term seagrass monitoring, November 2009. (DEEDI, Cairns). [4.7Mb]
	Chartrand KM, Rasheed MA and Unsworth RKF (2009). Long term seagrass monitoring in Port Curtis and Rodds Bay, November 2008.DEEDI Publication PR09-4407 (QPIF, Cairns), 34 pp. [4.1Mb]
	Rasheed MA, McKenna SA, Taylor HA and Sankey TL (2008). Long term seagrass monitoring in Port Curtis and Rodds Bay, Gladstone – October 2007. DPI&F Publication PR07- 3271 (DPI&F, Cairns), 32 pp. [2.8Mb]
	Taylor HA, Rasheed MA, Dew K and Sankey TL (2007). Long term seagrass monitoring in Port Curtis and Rodds Bay, Gladstone – November 2006. DPI&F Publication PR07- 2774 (DPI&F, Cairns), 30 pp. [2.5Mb]
	Taylor HA, Rasheed MA and Thomas R (2006). Port Curtis post oil spill seagrass assessment, Gladstone - February 2006. DPI&F Information Series QI06046 (DPI&F, Cairns), 19 pp. [1.2Mb]
	Rasheed MA, Thomas R, Roelofs AJ, Neil KM and Kerville SP (2003). Port Curtis and Rodds Bay seagrass and benthic macro-invertebrate community baseline survey, November/December 2002. DPI Information Series QI03058 (DPI, Cairns), 47 pp. [471kb]

Gulf of Carpentaria


	Chartrand, K.M. and Rasheed, M.A. (2010) Port Musgrave Seagrass and Benthic Habitat Baseline Assessment, April and September 2009. DEEDI Publication Fisheries Queensland, Cairns, 42pp. [16.9Mb]
	Taylor HA, Rasheed MA and Coles R (2007). Seagrass communities of the Wellesley Island Group. August 2007. DPI&F Publication PR07-3165 (DPI&F, Cairns), 28 pp. [1.9Mb]
	Roelofs A, Coles RG and Smit N (2005). A survey of intertidal seagrass from Van Diemen Gulf to Castlereagh Bay, Northern Territory, and from Gove to Horn Island. Report to the National Oceans Office, Tasmania Australia. 18pp. [2.7Mb]
	Coles RG, Smit N, McKenzie LJ, Roelofs AJ, Haywood M and Kenyon R (2004). Seagrasses. Chapter 2. In: A description of key species groups in the Northern Planning Area – Background paper. (National Oceans Office, Hobart). pp 9-22. [305kb]
	Roelofs AJ, Rasheed MA and Thomas R (2002). Port of Skardon River: Marine Habitat Resources Survey, April/May 2002. Final report to Ports Corporation of Queensland. 17 pp. [1.1Mb]
	Coles RG and Lee Long WJ. (1985). Juvenile prawn biology and the distribution of seagrass prawn nursery grounds in the southeastern Gulf of Carpentaria. In. PC Rothlisberg, BJ Hill and DJ Staples Eds). Second Australian National Prawn Seminar, NPS2, Cleveland, Queensland, Australia. pp55-60. [1.4Mb]

Karumba


	McKenna, S.A. & Rasheed, M.A. (2011) Port of Karumba Long-term Seagrass Monitoring, October 2010. DEEDI Publication, Fisheries Queensland, Cairns, 25pp. [376]
	Unsworth RKF, McKenna SA and Rasheed MA (2009). Port of Karumba Long Term Seagrass Monitoring, October 2008. DPI&F Publication PR09–4227 (DPI&F, Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns) 25 pp. [861Mb]
	Dew KR, Rasheed MA, Taylor HA and Sankey TL (2007). Port of Karumba Long Term Seagrass Monitoring, October 2006. DPI&F Publication PR07-2670 (DPI&F, Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns) 15 pp. [597kb]
	Rasheed MA, Roelofs AJ, Thomas R and Coles RG (2001). ‘Port of Karumba Seagrass Monitoring - First 6 Years.’ EcoPorts Monograph Series No 20. (Ports Corporation of Queensland, Brisbane) 38 pp. [314kb]
	Rasheed MA, Lee Long WJ, McKenzie LJ, Roder CA, Roelofs AJ and Coles RG (1996). ‘Port of Karumba Seagrass Monitoring, Baseline Surveys - Dry-season (October) 1994 and Wet-season (March) 1995’. Ports Corporation of Queensland EcoPorts Monograph Series No 4. (PCQ, Brisbane) 49 pp. [2.3Mb]

Weipa


	McKenna SA and Rasheed MA (2010). Port of Weipa Long Term Seagrass Monitoring September 2009. DEEDI Publication. Fisheries Queensland, Cairns, 25pp. [1.3Mb]
	Chartrand KM and Rasheed MA (2009). Port of Weipa Long term seagrass monitoring, 2000 - 2008. DPI&F Publication PR09-4201 (DPI&F, Cairns), 26 pp. [1.7Mb]
	Taylor HA, Rasheed MA, Sankey TL and Roelofs AJ (2007). Port of Weipa Long Term Seagrass Monitoring, August 2006. DPI&F Publication PR07-2671 (DPI&F, Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns), 19 pp. [932kb]
	Roelofs AJ, Rasheed MA, Thomas R, McKenna S and Taylor H (2006). Port of Weipa Long Term Seagrass Monitoring, 2003 - 2005. Ecoports Monograph Series No. 23 Ports Corporation of Queensland. 31pp. [932kb]
	Roelofs AJ, Rasheed MA and Thomas R (2001) Port of Weipa Seagrass Monitoring Baseline Surveys, April & September 2000. Ecoports Monograph Series No 21. (Ports Corporation of Queensland, Brisbane) 38 pp. [3.8Mb]

Torres Strait


	Taylor, H.A. (2011). Moa Island Seagrass Baseline Survey, February 2011. DEEDI Publication (Fisheries Queensland, Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns), 15 pp. [713 kb]
	Taylor, H.A. & Rasheed, M.A. (2011). Deepwater Seagrass Dynamics in the Torres Strait Dugong Sanctuary – Interim Report, March & November 2010. DEEDI Publication. Fisheries Queensland, Cairns, 21pp. [1.6Mb]
	Taylor HA and Rasheed MA (2010). Torres Straits Dugong Sanctuary Seagrass Baseline Survey, March 2010. DEEDI Publication (Fisheries Queensland, Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns), 22 pp. [1.32Mb]
	Taylor HA and Rasheed MA (2010). Badu Island Seagrass Baseline Survey, March 2010. DEEDI Publication (Fisheries Queensland, Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns), 13 pp. [713kb]
	Chartrand KM, Taylor HA and Rasheed MA (2009). Mabuiag Island Seagrass Baseline Survey, March/May 2009. DEEDI Publication (QPIF, Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns), 10 pp. [1.4Mb]
	Rasheed MA, Dew KR, Kerville SP, McKenzie LJ and Coles RG (2006). Seagrass distribution, community structure and productivity for Orman Reefs, Torres Strait – March and November 2004. DPI Information Series QI06088 (DPI, Cairns), 38 pp. [3.5Mb]
	Rasheed MA, Thomas R and Taylor HA (2006). Critical marine habitats adjacent to the Prince of Wales and Adolphus shipping channels in the Torres Strait, Far North Queensland, Australia – 2006 Atlas. QDPI&F Information Series QI06063, NFC, Cairns, 34pp. [2.6Mb]
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Thursday Island


	Unsworth RKF, McKenna SA and Rasheed MA (2008). Long term seagrass monitoring in the Port of Thursday Island, March 2008. DPI&F Publication PR08-4083 (DPI&F, Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns), 29 pp. [1.3Mb]
	Taylor HA, Rasheed MA and Sankey TL (2006). Long term seagrass monitoring in the Port of Thursday Island, March 2006. DPI&F Publication PR06-2546. (DPI&F, Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns), 27 pp. [1.3kb]
	Rasheed MA, Thomas R, Roelofs A and Neil K (2003). Seagrass, benthic habitats and targeted introduced species survey of the Port of Thursday Island: March 2002. DPI Information Series QI 03019 (DPI, Cairns), 28 pp. [1.5Mb]
	Coles RG (1998). Proposed pontoon at Engineer's Wharf, Thursday Island - Review of environmental factors (seagrass and other benthic habitats). Report to Queensland department of Main Roads. 8pp. [2.5Mb]

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