Stable isotope tracers: Enriching our perspectives and questions on sources, fates, rates, and pathways of major elements in aquatic systems

PM Glibert, JJ Middelburg… - Limnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope applications have evolved from simple characterizations of isotope
composition in organisms and organic matter, to highly complex methodologies on scales …

Stable isotope analysis as a tool for elasmobranch conservation research: a primer for non-specialists

DS Shiffman, AJ Gallagher, MD Boyle… - Marine and …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Many elasmobranch species are undergoing population declines on a global scale;
however, implementation of effective conservation and management strategies is hindered …

Seagrass sediments as a global carbon sink: Isotopic constraints

H Kennedy, J Beggins, CM Duarte… - Global …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrass meadows are highly productive habitats found along many of the world's
coastline, providing important services that support the overall functioning of the coastal …

Effects of excluding sea turtle herbivores from a seagrass bed: overgrazing may have led to loss of seagrass meadows in Bermuda

JW Fourqurean, S Manuel, KA Coates… - Marine Ecology …, 2010 - int-res.com
Protecting a Thalassia testudinum-dominated seagrass meadow from grazing by sea turtles
for 1 yr caused an increase in the biomass of seagrasses and an increase in the structural …

Implications of conserving an ecosystem modifier: increasing green turtle (Chelonia mydas) densities substantially alters seagrass meadows

A Lal, R Arthur, N Marbà, AWT Lill, T Alcoverro - Biological conservation, 2010 - Elsevier
Ecosystem modifiers have the ability to significantly alter the ecosystem they inhabit
sometimes with serious consequences for their own populations. We evaluated the ability of …

The relative importance of mangroves and seagrass beds as feeding areas for resident and transient fishes among different mangrove habitats in Florida and Belize …

A Vaslet, DL Phillips, C France, IC Feller… - Journal of Experimental …, 2012 - Elsevier
In the western Atlantic region, the contribution of mangrove food sources to fish diets has
been considered of more limited importance than previously expected due to the proximity of …

Chemical characteristics of dissolved organic nitrogen in an oligotrophic subtropical coastal ecosystem

N Maie, KJ Parish, A Watanabe, H Knicker… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2006 - Elsevier
Water samples were collected from rivers and estuarine environments within the Florida
Coastal Everglades (FCE) ecosystem, USA, and ultrafiltered dissolved organic matter …

Influence of pelagic sargassum influxes on the δ15N in Thalassia testudinum of the Mexican Caribbean coastal ecosystem

A Sánchez, P Gonzalez-Jones, KA Camacho-Cruz… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The conservation of Mexican Caribbean Ecosystems (MCE) involves ensuring their
capacity to provide resources and ecosystem services to society. Monitoring programs are …

Decadal Monitoring in Bermuda Shows a Widespread Loss of Seagrasses Attributable to Overgrazing by the Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas

JW Fourqurean, SA Manuel, KA Coates, SC Massey… - Estuaries and …, 2019 - Springer
The condition of seagrass habitat and the marine environment on the Bermuda Platform, a
mid-oceanic shallow water habitat in the northwest Atlantic, has been monitored since 2006 …

Tourism's nitrogen footprint on a Mesoamerican coral reef

DM Baker, RE Rodríguez-Martínez, ML Fogel - Coral Reefs, 2013 - Springer
Globally, the eutrophication of coastal marine environments is a worsening problem that is
accelerating the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Coral reefs are among the most …