Ecological valuation tools to protect seagrass during coastal development

在沿海开发期间保护海草的生态评价工具。该项目关注大堡礁浅海和深海海草之间的差异，旨在开发一种空间评估工具，以便资源管理者和政策制定者能够最大限度地减少港口开发对海草生态系统的影响。海草提供价值数万亿美元的生态系统服务（渔业、营养循环、初级生产力），但沿海开发威胁到这种能力。资源管理人员缺乏关于其潜在影响和缓解措施的准确信息。预期成果是保护关键的海洋环境和世界遗产资产，并通过维持生态系统服务和减少与发展有关的风险，使澳大利亚的经济受益。

Ecological valuation tools to protect seagrass during coastal development. Focussing on differences between shallow and deep seagrasses in the Great Barrier Reef, this project aims to develop a spatial valuation tool so resource managers and policy makers can minimise the effect of port development on seagrass ecosystems. Seagrasses provide ecosystem services (fisheries, nutrient cycling, primary productivity) worth trillions of dollars, but coastal development threatens this capacity. Resource managers lack accurate information about their potential effect and mitigation measures. Anticipated outcomes are protection of key marine environment and World Heritage Assets, and benefits to Australia’s economy through maintenance of ecosystem services and reduced risk associated with development.