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S5.E7 Associate Professor Mike Rasheed and Paul Doyle, Seagrass
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Seagrass meadows play a critically important role in the reef ecosystem. They are nursery habitat for fish and prawns, they stabilise sediment and protect coastlines from erosion, they suck up and filter nutrients coming down from rivers into the reef lagoon, they absorb carbon and also help buffer the reef from pathogens and diseases. Associate Professor at JCU Mike Rasheed shares some of his knowledge about seagrass and how researchers are monitoring seagrass meadows in the Wet Tropics.
Paul Doyle, General Manager of Strategy & Port Development for at Ports North also talks about why they monitor seagrass.
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