Other sites of interest.

• Links to other local resources
• Conferences and Workshops
  • Past major seagrass conferences and workshops
  • Upcoming events
• Links to other seagrass related sites
• Links to other WA marine biology sites
• Links to other Australian marine biology sites
• Links to some other local pages

Links to other local seagrass resources:

• Subscribe to SEAGRASS FORUM, an e-mail discussion list for all aspects of seagrass research (Note this list is now run using the MailMan list server - you can register on-line at the link above)
• Seagrass Grey Literature, a bibliography of grey literature pertaining to seagrass research
• Seagrass Theses, a bibliography of dissertations and theses pertaining to seagrass research
  

Past seagrass conferences and workshops:

The 2nd International Seagrass Biology Workshop, Western Australia (January 1996)

• Table of Contents of the Workshop Proceedings
• Manual order form for the Proceedings

The 3rd International Seagrass Biology Workshop, The Philippines (April 19-26, 1998). Selected papers published as a special issue of Aquatic Botany (1999) Vol. 65 (1-4).

Seagrass Conservation Biology, a Symposium at the 1998 Society for Conservation Biology Meeting, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (July 13-16, 1998). Selected papers published as a special issue of Pacific Conservation Biology (2000) Vol. 5(4).

The 4th International Seagrass Biology Workshop, Corsica, France (September 26-October 2, 2000) Published as a special issue of Biologia Marina Mediterranea (2000) Vol. 7 (2). Contact the conference organisers for further information.

Seagrass Restoration Workshop for the Adelaide Metropolitan Coast (May 15-16, 2001) Proceedings now available - contact Stephanie Seddon for further details.

The 5th International Seagrass Biology Workshop, Ensenada, Mexico (October 7-11, 2002)

Environmental Future of Aquatic Ecosystems (5th International Conference on Environmental Future - 5th ICEF), Zurich, Switzerland (23-27 March 2003)

ERF2003 "Estuaries on the Edge: Convergence of Oceans, Land and Culture" Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Conference, Seattle, Washington (September 14-18, 2003)
Conference web site: http://fish.washington.edu/news/erf/index.html

ECSA 37 - ERF 2004 Conference: "Estuaries and Change" Ballina, NSW, Australia, June 2004
Conference web site: http://www.scu.edu.au/ecsa37erf2004conference

Seagrass 2004 and International Seagrass Biology Workshop (ISBW6), James Cook University, Townsville, July 2004
Conference web site: http://www.tesag.jcu.edu.au/seagrass2004/

Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop 2006, Malta, 30th May ­ 3rd June 2006
Conference web site: http://events.um.edu.mt/msw2006/index.html

7th International Seagrass Biology Workshop, Zanzibar, Tanzania, September 10-16, 2006
Conference web site: http://www.ims.udsm.ac.tz/

Upcoming Events:

8th International Seagrass Biology Workshop, British Columbia, Canada, 2008 - details to be announced

Links to other seagrass related sites

• World Seagrass Association: http://www.worldseagrass.org/
• SeagrassNet: http://www.seagrassnet.org/
  
  
• Seagrass Website of China (funded by UNEP/GEF programme "Reversing Environmental Degradation Trends in the South China Sea Gulf of Thailand" and the Chinese Government) English version also available
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Florida Seagrasses
• Seagrass Ecosystems Research Laboratory at Florida International University
• University of Hawaii Botany Department Seagrass Research
• Ocean Rescue 2000 (Australia) Sea Notes Seagrass
• Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Ukraine: Seagrasses of the Black Sea
• Seagrass Recovery Inc.'s page on Seagrass remediation in Florida
• Joel Creed's Web Page (includes a list of references on the effects of boating damage and heavy metals on seagrasses)
• "Guidelines for the Conservation and Restoration of Seagrasses in the United States and Adjacent Waters" by Mark S. Fonseca, W. Judson Kenworthy, Gordon W. Thayer (November 1998). Download sites: download 1, download 2. Other related documents can be found at this web site.

... and specially designed for kids/introductory level:

• ABC On-line: Jewels of the Sea: Seagrass Meadows
• Fisheries WA: Interactive Seagrass Dive
• Queensland Department of the Environment coastal habitats page (including seagrasses)
  

Links to other Western Australian marine biology sites

• The Mangrove Web Page (includes subscribing to the MANGROVE e-mail discussion list)
• CSIRO - Marmion
  
• WA Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) WA Marine Parks
  
• University of Western Australia Marine Botany Group
  
• AMSA (WA Branch)

Links to other Australian marine biology sites:

• CSIRO Marine Labs (Hobart, Tasmania)
  
• Australian Marine Sciences Association
• Australasian Society for Phycology & Aquatic Botany

Link to some other local pages:

• Murdoch University home page.
• Fremantle home page.
• Fremantle On-line.

The Western Australian Seagrass Web pages were created and are maintained by: Mike van Keulen Murdoch University Western Australia. E-mail: keulen@murdoch.edu.au WWW: http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~keulen/ Last update: August 14, 2007