Nov 5 2012
Seagrass is a sentinel of marine ecosystem health, because it responds quickly to changes in water quality. The Broome Seagrass Monitoring Project monitors Roebuck Bays’ seagrass four time s a year. The project is part of Seagrass Watch, a global scientific monitoring program that helps communities monitor some 259 seagrass meadows in 17 countries.
Volunteer work is invaluable to develop a dataset of information and evidence to determine whether variations observed in the seagrass are due to human impacts or natural variations.
Coastal seagrass can store more heat-trapping carbon per sq km than forests, so are part of the solution to climate change. So come and look after the seagrass meadows in Roebuck Bay and fight climate change!
Roebuck Bay Working Group is comprised of Traditional Owners and government, local community, conservation groups and business. We work collaboratively to solve issues, raise awareness and encourage research and monitoring which supports responsible management and protection of Roebuck Bay.
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