Seagrass tolerance of oil spills - scaling of pollution impacts

海草在澳大利亚沿海水域提供重要的生态系统服务(如稳定沉积物和提供栖息地)。污染物对目前海草数量下降的影响还不清楚。澳大利亚的航运业是世界第五大航运业，但关于石油碳氢化合物对潮间带海草的影响的数据很少，因此没有信息可供沿海资源管理者在发生石油泄漏时用于决策。该项目将评估一些石油碳氢化合物对澳大利亚海草物种的相对毒性，为制定有效的管理做法提供必要的数据。

Seagrasses provide vital ecosystem services (such as sediment stabilisation and habitat provision) in Australian coastal waters. The contribution of pollutants to current seagrass decline is poorly understood. The Australian shipping industry is the 5th largest in the world but there is very little data on the impacts of petroleum hydrocarbons on intertidal seagrasses and hence no information for coastal resource managers to use in decision-making in the event of an oil spill. This project will assess the relative toxicities of a number of petroleum hydrocarbons on Australian seagrass species to provide necessary data for the development of effective management practice.