Study reveals more resilient seagrass ahead of Abbot Point dredging

Study reveals more resilient seagrass ahead of Abbot Point dredging

ABC News

08 May 2014


James Cook University (JCU) says its study on seagrass will help inform a north Queensland port authority before dredging starts at the Abbot Point coal terminal at Bowen.

Researchers have used the conditions caused by Cyclone Ita to test the seagrass' reaction to turbidity and have found it can survive because it produces large numbers of long-lived seeds that lie dormant in the sediment. Read more

 

 
 
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