New tools to identify the location of seagrass meadows: marine grazers as habitat indicators Hays, Graeme C., Alcoverro, Teresa, Christianen, Marjolijn J. A., Duarte, Carlos M., Hamann, Mark, Macreadie, Peter I., Marsh, Helene D., Rasheed, Michael A., Thums, Michele, Unsworth, Richard K. F., York, Paul H. and Esteban, Nicole 2018, New tools to identify the location of seagrass meadows: marine grazers as habitat indicators, Frontiers in marine science, vol. 5, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00009. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads hays-newtools-2018.pdf Published version application/pdf 1.06MB 5 Title New tools to identify the location of seagrass meadows: marine grazers as habitat indicators Author(s) Hays, Graeme C. orcid.org/0000-0002-3314-8189 Alcoverro, Teresa Christianen, Marjolijn J. A. Duarte, Carlos M. Hamann, Mark Macreadie, Peter I. orcid.org/0000-0001-7362-0882 Marsh, Helene D. Rasheed, Michael A. Thums, Michele Unsworth, Richard K. F. York, Paul H. Esteban, Nicole Journal name Frontiers in marine science Volume number 5 Article ID 9 Start page 1 End page 6 Total pages 6 Publisher Frontiers Research Foundation Place of publication Lausanne, Switzerland Publication date 2018-02-21 ISSN 2296-7745 2296-7745 Keyword(s) blue carbon ecosystem services climate change mitigation drone surveys satellite tracking animal movement benthic habitat mapping Summary Seagrasses are hugely valuable to human life, but the global extent of seagrass meadows remains unclear. As evidence of their value, a United Nations program exists (http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/7) to try and assess their distribution and there has been a call from 122 scientists across 28 countries for more work to manage, protect and monitor seagrass meadows (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37606827). Emerging from the 12th International Seagrass Biology Workshop, held in October 2016, has been the view that grazing marine megafauna may play a useful role in helping to identify previously unknown seagrass habitats. Here we describe this concept, showing how detailed information on the distribution of both dugongs (Dugong dugon) and green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) obtained, for example, by aerial surveys and satellite tracking, can reveal new information on the location of seagrass meadows. We show examples of how marine megaherbivores have been effective habitat indicators, revealing major, new, deep-water seagrass meadows and offering the potential for more informed estimates of seagrass extent in tropical and sub-tropical regions where current information is often lacking. Language eng DOI 10.3389/fmars.2018.00009 HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2018, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30108005 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (open access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 30 Apr 2018, 13:59:52 EST Tue, 01 May 2018, 05:01:00 EST Tue, 01 May 2018, 06:04:34 EST Wed, 02 May 2018, 11:40:41 EST Wed, 02 May 2018, 11:46:43 EST Wed, 02 May 2018, 11:48:03 EST Tue, 08 May 2018, 15:17:57 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 20 Abstract Views, 6 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 30 Apr 2018, 13:59:52 EST

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