Geology Reference
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900
All species
Amphibolis
sp.
Posidonia
sp.
800
700
24
600
14
8
500
69
400
94
5
83
36
300
50
200
34
11
32
100
31
8
8
0
0-2
2-4
4-6
8-10
>10
Water depth (m)
Fig. 6.
Graphical distribution of seagrass biomass with depth. Values grouped at 2 m water depth intervals, combined by
species and by genera. Number at top of column refers to number of samples collected. Mean
SE.
1100
7 4 4 7 6 3 4 4 2 2 2 0 314 4 714414
137
46
14 14
1000
Biomass
sg biomass
(a)
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
1000
Amphibolis
sp.
A. griffithii
A. antarctica
Other
(b)
900
Posidonia
sp.
P. sinuosa
P. australis
P. angustifolia
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Fig. 7.
Graphs illustrating biomass, numbers at top refer to number of quadrats sampled at each site, locations at bottom
on Fig. 4. (a) total (
biomass) and seagrass biomass (sg biomass) at all sites arranged from west to east. (b) Grass species
contribution to biomass.
