Seagrass Mapping of Victoria’s Minor Inlets

MINOR INLETS SEAGRASS MAPS

THE FOLLOWING MAPS HAVE BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THE REPORT VICTORIAN MARINE HABITAT DATABASE: SEAGRASS MAPPING OF VICTORIA’S MINOR INLETS, JULY 2000.

FOR A COPY OF THE REPORT SEE MINOR INLETS REPORT.PDF

Important Note on Seagrass Species Definition

The two species of Zosteraceae observed in the Minor Inlets; Heterozostera tasmanica and Zostera muelleri, cannot be differentiated by the remote sensing techniques employed in this study and have been grouped into a single generic category of “Zostera”. As a result, all references to “Zostera” in this report include both Heterozostera tasmanica and Zostera muelleri.

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