Regrowth and Length / Width of Seagrass in Cockburn Sound (1970-1973)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

This dataset is part of an overall study of the impacts of industrial waste on Cockburn Sound. This dataset describes the impact of waste on seagrass growth. The length and width of seagrass fronds from 1 ft2 quadrats from 15 plot sampling transects (see thumbnail) were measured in Cockburn Sound.
The regrowth of seagrasses were measured from 1 m2 from the same transects.

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Title Regrowth and Length / Width of Seagrass in Cockburn Sound (1970-1973)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/571c1677-daa0-4668-94cf-299417fc6136
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
marion.cambridge@uwa.edu.au
Reference Period 01/12/1970 - 01/10/1973
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        115.6,
        -32.4
      ],
      [
        115.75,
        -32.4
      ],
      [
        115.75,
        -32.05
      ],
      [
        115.6,
        -32.05
      ],
      [
        115.6,
        -32.4
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Regrowth and Length / Width of Seagrass in Cockburn Sound (1970-1973)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/regrowth-and-length-width-of-seagrass-in-cockburn-sound-1970-19731