Six exclusion cages and six control plots were established at two sites in the Torres Strait from September 2021 to April 2022. The dataset contains seagrass shoot height and biomass measurements from an experiment investigating the impact of green turtle and dugong grazing. Data was collected by TropWATER JCU as part of the NESP MaC 1.14 project.
Use Cases
- Modeling the effect of megaherbivore exclusion on seagrass biomass based on the described treatment and control plots.
- Analyzing temporal changes in seagrass canopy height based on measurements taken at four time points over seven months.
- Comparing grazing pressure and seagrass community response between two distinct intertidal meadow sites (Orman Reef and Mabuyag Island).
Strengths
- Experimental design includes six replicate cages and six control plots at each of two distinct field sites.
- Measurements were taken at four specific time points over a seven-month period, providing a temporal series.
- Methodology for canopy height and biomass assessment is explicitly cited to established scientific protocols.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au, associated with TropWATER JCU and the NESP MaC 1.14 project.
- Collection Method
- Field experiment using steel exclusion cages and control plots, with seagrass metrics collected from quadrats.
- Time Range
- September 2021 to April 2022
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-10 19:57:44.400540; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Orman Reef (Koey Maza) and Mabuyag Island in the Torres Strait, Australia.