Natural and human-induced disturbance of seagrasses

FT Short, S Wyllie-Echeverria - Environmental conservation, 1996 - cambridge.org
Many natural and human-induced events create disturbances in seagrasses throughout the
world, but quantifying losses of habitat is only beginning. Over the last decade, 90000 ha of …

Top-down impact through a bottom-up mechanism: the effect of limpet grazing on growth, productivity and carbon allocation of Zostera marina L. (eelgrass)

RC Zimmerman, DG Kohrs, RS Alberte - Oecologia, 1996 - Springer
The unusual appearance of a commensal eelgrass limpet [Tectura depicta (Berry)] from
southern California at high density (up to 10 shoot− 1) has coincided with the catastrophic …

In situ effects of shoreline type and watershed land use on submerged aquatic vegetation habitat quality in the Chesapeake and Mid-Atlantic coastal bays

JB Landry, RR Golden - Estuaries and Coasts, 2018 - Springer
Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is an ecologically and economically valuable
component of coastal estuaries that acts as an early indicator of both degrading and …

The fate of nitrogen in dredged material used for tidal marsh restoration

LW Staver, JC Cornwell, NJ Nidzieko… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tidal marsh restoration using dredged material is being undertaken in many coastal areas to
replace lost habitat and ecosystem services due to tidal marsh loss. The fate of high levels of …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the Lower Chesapeake Bay Littoral Zone & Fringing Wetlands: Ecosystem Processes and Habitat Linkages

CP Buzzelli, RL Wetzel, MB Meyers - EPA Report Collection …, 1997 - books.google.com
Background The estuarine littoral zone is a mosaic of different habitat types which are
connected by the dynamic exchange of primary production, particulate and dissolved …