S5.E4 Dr Samantha Tol, Dugongs, Turtles and Seagrass

Did you know that seagrass is the only plant in the world that is capable of fruiting and flowering underwater? This is just one of many fascinating facts shared by Dr. Samantha Tol in this week's Reef & Rivers podcast. Samantha is a researcher at JCU and well known in the marine science world for her research into dugong and sea turtle poo. Her findings confirmed that dugongs and turtles are like the cassowaries of the ocean – by consuming seeds they increase the seeds viability and disperse them over a wider area.

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S5.E4 Dr Samantha Tol, Dugongs, Turtles and Seagrass is an episode from Reef And Rivers Podcast by Greg Vinall, Wet Tropics Healthy Waterways Partnership.

This episode is 20:26 long.

This episode was published on Sep 12, 2023.

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