Seagrass classified as Collapsed Biotic Condition

Seagrass areas in Port Phillip Bay and Western Port Bay that were previous reported which have collapsed within the past (maps from Ball & Blake 2001). The data was classified by Deakin University's Blue Carbon Lab (Costa et al. 2022) and aligned with DEECA blue carbon habitat mapping (Mazor et al. 2023)References:Costa, M.D.P, Wartman, M., Macreadie, P.I., Ierodiaconou, D., Morris, R., Nicholson, E., Pomeroy, A., Young, M., Carnell, P. (2022). Mapping the benefits and costs of management actions for coastal wetlands in Victoria. Report submitted to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. Deakin University, Australia. 55pp.Mazor, T., Watermeyer, K., MacDonald, K., Holden, R., Grinter, V., Hobley, T., Ferns, L. (2023) Mapping Victoria’s Blue Carbon, The State of Victoria, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA).