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Adventures of the volunteer seagrass monitor team
Steve Papp
Volunteer - Estuary Care Foundation
Adventures of the volunteer seagrass monitor team Steve Papp - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Adventures of the volunteer seagrass monitor team Steve Papp - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Adventures of the volunteer seagrass monitor team Steve Papp Volunteer - Estuary Care Foundation or watching grass grow can be fascinating! About me Steve Papp Pelican Breeding Monitoring Group - Bird Island Volunteer and
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About me – Steve Papp Pelican Breeding Monitoring Group - Bird Island Volunteer and contracted Bushcarer - National Parks
Coastal Ambassador 2012
- Friends of Gulf St Vincent
- Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Action Group
- Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary Volunteer
- Birdlife Australia – 20/20 Shorebird Count
and Fairy Tern Nesting Monitoring
- Estuary Care Foundation - Oyster Reef and
Seagrass Monitoring, Port Adelaide River …and a member of the Wynn Vale Community Garden
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The adventure begins…
…and the call goes out
Messenger 16 May 2018 Introduction to seagrass monitoring, at the Defence Shed with Jason Tanner 14 May 18
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AGM
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The adventure begins…
…getting the gear ready
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…landing on site
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…improvised skateboard mud shoes work well
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…laying out the site
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Parameters to measure
- Photograph from directly above
- Estimate seagrass cover
- Measure canopy height (leaf length)
- Estimate epiphyte cover
- Possibly count cockle shells?
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Port River seagrass is now literally ‘on the map’ of the international seagrass site, Seagrass Spotter
Seagrass Spotter is the conservation and education tool of the UK based Project Seagrass ‘that could lead to new discoveries about one of the ocean’s most under-appreciated habitats – seagrass.
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