Vegetated coastal habitats have been identified as important carbon sinks. In contrast to
angiosperm-based habitats such as seagrass meadows, salt marshes and mangroves …

The role of herbivores in controlling plant species richness is a critical issue in the
conservation and management of grassland biodiversity. Numerous field experiments in …

Seagrasses occur in coastal zones throughout the world in the areas of marine habitats that
are most heavily influenced by humans. Despite a growing awareness of the importance of …

The fate of photosynthetic carbon in marine ecosystems dominated by different types of
primary producers was examined by compiling published reports on herbivory, autotrophic …

The biomass and production of seagrass populations were reassessed based on the
compilation of a large data set comprising estimates for 30 species, derived from the …

The sandy sediments that blanket the inner shelf are situated in a zone where nutrient input
from land and strong mixing produce maximum primary production and tight coupling …

Submerged vegetation respond to increased nutrient loading through a shift from slow-
growing seagrasses and large macroalgae to fast-growing macroalgae, and the ultimate …

I examine, through an extensive compilation of published reports, the nature and variability
of carbon flow (ie, primary production, herbivory, detrital production, decomposition, export …

A prominent feature of comparative life histories is the well documented negative correlation
between growth rate and life span,. Patterns of resource allocation during growth and …

Nutrient enrichment of shallow coastal waters changes the composition of plant communities
so that slow-growing, benthic macrophytes are replaced by fast-growing algae such as …