Author: Marnie Denlay
Seagrass forms an incredibly important ecosystem worldwide, providing a wide range of functions. However, as with many other lifeforms, their health has been threatened by human advancements.
Significant declines of seagrass meadows extent (up to a third of meadows along the Adelaide Metropolitan Coastline) leading up to the early 2000s, has been due to poor waste- and storm-water quality. Significant work has been done to improve water quality being released into the coast, showing significant regrowth over the past 20 years. Assessing the effectiveness of seagrass regeneration requires fast and accurate feedback data. This has been significantly enhanced with the use of up-and-coming monitoring techniques.