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Data were collected on stable isotope ratios and decomposition of mangrove and seagrass leaves set 'in situ' among the mangrove forest and seagrass beds, respectively, in the Weipa region in 1993/94. The leaf material were set in porous bags intertidally and subtidally. Two experiments, one beginning in June 1993 (dry season), and one beginning in December 1993 (wet season) were conducted. Successive bags were harvested after about 4-8 days, then they were harvested every two months for 10 months and four months (respectively). Data were also collected on litterfall from mangrove trees in three mangrove communities; Rhizophora, Avicennia and Ceriops. Litter traps were set at two sites in each community in March 1993 and harvested every two months for 10 months. These data may only have been stored in EXCEL files and may be lost, though a paper was published on the results of the experiments (see Conacher et al, 1996).Lineage
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CreditFRDC Funding
Credit
FRDC Project 92/45
FRDC Project 92/45
Credit
Carol Connacher Rob Kenyon
Carol Connacher Rob Kenyon
Data time period: 1993-03-01 to 1994
text: westlimit=136; southlimit=-18; eastlimit=142; northlimit=-11
Subjects
Avicennia marina |
Ceriops tagal var. australis |
Earth Science | Biological Classification | Plants | Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) | Dicots |
Earth Science | Biosphere | Aquatic Ecosystems | Estuarine Habitat |
Earth Science | Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Ecosystem Functions | Decomposition |
Earth Science | Biosphere | Vegetation | Carbon |
Earth Science | Biosphere | Vegetation | Litter Characteristics |
Earth Science | Land Surface | Soils | Carbon |
Earth Science | Oceans | Coastal Processes | Mangroves |
Enhalus acoroides |
Halophila ovalis |
Marine Features (Australia) | Gulf of Carpentaria, NT/QLD |
Rhizophora stylosa |
The role of coastal nursery habitats in determining the long-term productivity of prawn populations in the Northern Prawn Fishery 1992-1995 |
Weipa_BPV |
oceans |
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- Local : Anzlic Identifier: ANZCW0306006419
- Local : Marlin Record Number: 6419
- global : 987f7485-4661-4ff4-a41b-89a695efaba9
