Ship groundings are characterised in general by:

• damage to bottom features (e.g. seagrass or coral cover), which could change composition and shape (e.g. bathymetry and rugosity),
• rapid response monitoring of the damaged area is required close after the impact the area impacted is in generally relatively small to the size of reef,
• ship grounding can result in oil spill.

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