Multiple climate impacts on seagrass dynamics: Amphibolis antarctica patches at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

van Keulen, M.ORCID: 0000-0001-6235-5788 (2018) Multiple climate impacts on seagrass dynamics: Amphibolis antarctica patches at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology;, 25 (2). pp. 211-212.

Abstract

The impacts of tropical cyclones combined with a marine heatwave are reported for a seagrass community at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. A community of 9.5 ha of Amphibolis antarctica was lost following a combination of cyclone-induced burial and a marine heatwave. No new seedlings have been observed since the loss; recruitment of seedlings may be impeded by local ocean circulation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Murdoch Affiliation(s):	Harry Butler Institute
Publisher:	CSIRO Publishing
Copyright:	© CSIRO 2018
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/42234

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