Table 1 Structure and nomenclature of the categories denoted for each seagrass morphometric data record (Data Citation 2).

From: Seagrass morphometrics at species level in Moreton Bay, Australia from 2012 to 2013

Record Structure

Detailed categories denoted for each record

Site location for each sample

Date collected

Region and subregion

Site name

GPS coordinated (Longitude & Latitude)

Biomass (BMS) (g DW m−2)

Above ground biomass (AG) per species and total for the sample

Below ground biomass (BG) per species and total for the sample

Total biomass for the sample

Species per sample: Zostera muelleri (ZM), Halophila ovalis (HO), Halophila spinulosa (Hs) Cymodocea serrulata (Cs), Halodule uninervis (Hu), Syringodium isoetifolium (Si)

 Other categories per sample: detritus, macroalgae, mangrove

Density (shoots m−2)

Species per sample: Zostera muelleri (ZM), Halophila ovalis (HO), Halophila spinulosa (Hs) Cymodocea serrulata (Cs), Halodule uninervis (Hu), Syringodium isoetifolium (Si)

Total density per sample

Leaf metrics

Average leaf area (cm−2)

Average leaf length (cm)

Average leaf width (cm)

Species per sample: Zostera muelleri (ZM), Halophila ovalis (HO), Halophila spinulosa (Hs) Cymodocea serrulata (Cs), Halodule uninervis (Hu), Syringodium isoetifolium (Si)