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Seagrass is one of the Queensland coastline's most valuable resources – especially around Moreton Bay and the Gold Coast.
Seagrass is important habitat for many species including dugongs, sea turtles, prawns, fish, and shorebirds. Seagrass is also an important sink of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The health of our seagrass is under constant threat from both natural and human impacts.
Aims
Seagrass-Watch aims to raise awareness of the condition and trends of seagrass populations and to provide an early warning of major coastal environmental changes.
Seagrass-Watch is a scientific seagrass assessment and monitoring program that started in 1998 in Queensland and has now expanded to 26 countries, including a large focus in the Indo-Pacific region. The program provides information about the distribution and status of seagrass ecosystems at local, regional and global scales.
Find out more about Seagrass-Watch and the results of the ongoing monitoring for Moreton Bay.
Join the Seagrass-Watch team in
South-East Queensland.
Photo © Nick HoffmannGet involved
When you join the Seagrass-Watch team of volunteers, you will be part of a survey team collecting scientific data.
Survey methods are rigorously scientific but simple and easy to learn. The results help guide decision making in areas such as marine park planning and ecosystem health monitoring.
Activities
Small teams of volunteers work with Seagrass-Watch site coordinators to ‘adopt’ a 50m x 50m site. Seagrass-Watch monitoring takes place 3 times a year: spring, winter and early summer. Each survey takes about 3 hours.
Spend time with nature and contribute to the management of our natural resources – become a Seagrass-Watch volunteer.
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