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ECF has been keen to return to Torrens Island, and seagrass (Zostera) monitoring, since there was extensive seagrass loss from February 2023’s heatwave, and then signs of recovery by Lipsons Reach in early April 2023.
Now that low tides again make monitoring possible, ECF has visited on 31st October (with Alice Jones, University of Adelaide) and on 29th November, observing further improvement in seagrass recovery, with again the seagrass at Lipsons Reach recovering more quickly than by the Quarantine Station.
It’s been ECF’s understanding, from observations by Assoc Professor Jason Tanner, that seagrass was established by the Quarantine Station some years before it self seeded at Lipsons Reach, so ECF was expecting that the more northern sites would be more resilient, however this heatwave suggests otherwise.
ECF will continue to monitor along Torrens Island this summer, given expectations that there will be very hot and dry periods.
No visible seagrass, 9th March 2023 at Lipsons south site
Seagrass recovery, April 5th, 2023 at Lipsons south site
Visible seagrass, November 29, 2023 at Lipsons south site
Promising recovery, Lipsons central site 29 November, 2023
Burnt seagrass south of TI jetty February 27, 2023
Patch of seagrass sth of jetty & ECF transect posts, October 31, 2023
