Seagrass carbohydrate content and percent cover data collected quarterly since 2008 for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Monitoring Program. The project aims to refine biological indicators for seagrass condition assessment and develop calibration formulae to convert cover to biomass. Data is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in July 2026.
Use Cases
- Establishing baseline seagrass health based on carbohydrate content data mentioned in the description
- Developing calibration models to convert seagrass percent cover to biomass as described
- Optimizing monitoring protocols for water quality impact assessment using the described early-warning indicators
- Integrating seagrass condition data across programs for the Reef-wide Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program
Strengths
- Quarterly sample collection provides a time-series since 2008
- Data supports the Reef-wide Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program
- Project provides value as samples were collected in-kind
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Samples collected quarterly and analyzed to establish baselines and optimize protocols.
- Time Range
- 2015-2016 (with samples collected since 2008)
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-14 08:31:19.627623; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia