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    591 results for "seagrass":

    • Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis workshop: "Australian seagrass habitats: Condition and threats"
      Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis workshop: "Australian seagrass habitats: Condition and threats" ... I participated in a week long seagrass working group meeting at the Moreton Bay Re...
    • Top ten conceptual diagrams: Seagrasses, streams, eco-rhythms
      Top ten conceptual diagrams: Seagrasses, streams, eco-rhythms ... Conceptual diagrams are 'thought drawings' that use symbols to convey meaningful ecological...
    • Change of science and management in ecosystems along size gradient
      ...ical balance of Florida Bay. Similar to the Chester River, eutrophication and algal blooms have threatened the habitat. Seagrass die-off, phytoplankton blooms, sponge mortality and lobster declines [5] occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Th...
    • Top ten human symbols: People, buildings and boats
    • Top ten animal symbols: Whales, bison, butterflies and frogs
      ...tany group at the University of Queensland . Nearly a thousand dugong inhabit Moreton Bay, and they feed extensively on seagrass meadows. These manatee cousins are shy marine mammals and quite powerful swimmers. One of my favorite places in the ent...
    • Top ten tree and shrub symbols: Cypress, agave, weeping willows and gums
    • The role of science in environmental management case studies along a population gradient
      ...althy. On the other hand, soil erosion from roads and development lead to increased sedimentation, affecting mangroves, seagrasses, and corals. Hence, Palau has come to a crossroads— protecting its intact ecosystems or facing a scenario of co...
    • Top ten bird symbols: Kookaburras, flamingos, geese and tropicbirds
    • An economic analysis of ecosystem-based adaptation and engineering options for climate change adaptation in Lami Town, Republic of the Fiji Islands
      ...tional benefits beyond solely reducing the identified threat. For example, key habitats such as coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses, and forests offer natural protection from storms, and also provide ecosystem services, supporting fisheries and tour...
    • Top ten fish and shellfish symbols: Sharks, rays, fish, crabs and lobster larvae
      ...background color patterns vary. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea, and as the cuttlefish swims over large patches of seagrasses, rocks, and sand, it changes color. These animals grow larger in the Mediterranean (one foot+) than the smaller Pacif...
    • Top ten marine flora symbols: Phytoplankton, macroalgae, mangroves and seagrasses
      Top ten marine flora symbols: Phytoplankton, macroalgae, mangroves and seagrasses ... This is the first blog post in a series which celebrates the IAN symbol library by highlighting some of the most...
    • 2011 Maryland Coastal Bays report card
      ...water quality indicators (total nitrogen, total phoshorus, Chlorophyll a , dissolved oxygen) and two biotic indicators (seagrass, hard clams) toward scientifically derived ecological thresholds or goals. The six indicators are combined into one ove...
    • A comparative analysis of ecosystem-based adaptation and engineering options for Lami Town, Fiji
      ...tional benefits beyond solely reducing the identified threat. For example, key habitats such as coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses, and forests offer natural protection from storms, and also provide ecosystem services, supporting fisheries and tour...
    • Peter Oliver's retirement lecture
      ...and look to the East and use your imagination, you can see Bribie Island as a large dugong feeding on the Deception Bay seagrasses. Peter has written a song called ' Dugong Rock ' which has inspired singing, dancing and some considerable cavorting...
    • Scott Nixon nourished our ecological souls
      ... of “ Global loss of coastal habitats: Rates, causes and consequences ”.  Nuria Marba and I focused on seagrass meadows, Terry Hughes focused on coral reefs and Ivan Valiela focused on mangrove forests and salt marshes. Originally...
    • Assessing the vulnerability of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
      ...y to climate change. The Great Barrier Reef components used in this assessment of climate impacts included coral reefs, seagrass meadows, mangrove forests and catchment runoff. A group of experts representing each of these components and Integratio...
    • Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 8 - Environmental Report Cards
      ...ds. The Great Barrier Reef report card includes land practices We have the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and SeagrassWatch volunteers collecting seagrass, coral, and water quality data to look at the state of the reef. We can actually pu...
    • Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 4 - The Annapolis Synthesis Center
      ...s Synthesis Center ... In the middle of the National Environmental Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) seagrass project, we created the Annapolis Synthesis Center . The UMCES Annapolis Office Annapolis is much like Santa Barbara, i...
    • Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 3 - National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
      ...er for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis ... At the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis , we formed a seagrass working group, recruiting colleagues to help populate a global database of seagrass trajectories. We focused on what we...
    • Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 15- Questions from the Seminar
      ...We're both working on that front. QUESTION: You did have a focus very briefly on the model of organization of worldwide Seagrass-Watch . I'd like to know what your thoughts are in regards to citizen science, and recognition. One particular movement...
    • Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 12- Charismatic Environmental Initiatives
      ...risbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 12- Charismatic Environmental Initiatives ... Globally, seagrasses are a good indicator of ecosystem health, and so we have gone and put a global database together and started analyzin...
    • Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 11- Monitoring of the Moreton Bay
      ...s deposited in Moreton Bay from flood. Why do we care about the light getting down to the bottom? Because we care about seagrasses. Seagrasses are the coastal canary for light attenuation and that's because seagrasses need more light than any other...
    • Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 10- Progress in Monitoring and Management
      ...ake Bay had done some sewage upgrades, and some quiet engineering to reduce the overflows.  It had a resurgence in seagrass, which created a large nutrient and sediment sponge with what was essentially a large filter feeder. The classic waterm...
    • Australia reflections
      ...ralian Institute of Marine Science , and the team of resource managers at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Seagrass and mangrove research, the other major tropical marine ecosystems, is also particularly strong in Australia. ... Bill D...
    • Savai'i Island, Samoa; lava, blowholes, pigs, churches
      ...t had destroyed the forest, with a new tree canopy forming below. This park was created by Dr. Paul Alan Cox , a former seagrass colleague of mine who has had a long standing conservation role in Samoa. Rainforest in Savai’i We saw many small...
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