Seagrass–sediment interactions, positive feedbacks and critical thresholds for occurrence: a review

WF De Boer - Hydrobiologia, 2007 - Springer
This literature review summarizes the limiting factors for seagrass occurrence, and the effect
positive feedbacks in seagrass systems have on these threshold levels. Minimum water …

Development of an epiphyte indicator of nutrient enrichment: Threshold values for seagrass epiphyte load

WG Nelson - Ecological indicators, 2017 - Elsevier
Metrics of epiphyte load on macrophytes were evaluated for use as quantitative biological
indicators for nutrient impacts in estuarine waters, based on review and analysis of the …

Carbon storage in seagrass soils: long-term nutrient history exceeds the effects of near-term nutrient enrichment

AR Armitage, JW Fourqurean - Biogeosciences, 2016 - bg.copernicus.org
The carbon sequestration potential in coastal soils is linked to aboveground and
belowground plant productivity and biomass, which in turn, is directly and indirectly …

Environmental degradation of the Mexican Caribbean reef lagoons

R Velázquez-Ochoa, S Enríquez - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Insufficient attention to the large volumes of wastewater produced by expansive tourism and
urban development in the north of the Mexican Caribbean has increased concerns on the …

Seagrass space occupation efficiency is key for their role as ecosystem engineers and ecological indicators

VM Vieira, R Santos, D Leitão-Silva… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Studies for the preservation of seagrass beds biotopes have met difficulties in establishing
appropriate methods assessing their health. We tested the efficiency of space occupation by …

Spatial and temporal patterns of aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) along two freshwater-estuarine transects in the Florida Coastal Everglades

SML Ewe, EE Gaiser, DL Childers, D Iwaniec… - Hydrobiologia, 2006 - Springer
We present here a 4-year dataset (2001–2004) on the spatial and temporal patterns of
aboveground net primary production (ANPP) by dominant primary producers (sawgrass …

Differential responses of eelgrass and macroalgae in Pacific Northwest estuaries following an unprecedented NE Pacific Ocean marine heatwave

CL Magel, F Chan, M Hessing-Lewis… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The 2013-2016 northeast Pacific Ocean marine heatwave (MHW) had myriad impacts on
marine communities, but little is known about how this event affected coastal estuaries. We …

Consistent nutrient storage and supply mediated by diverse fish communities in coral reef ecosystems

JE Allgeier, CA Layman, PJ Mumby… - Global Change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Corals thrive in low nutrient environments and the conservation of these globally imperiled
ecosystems is largely dependent on mitigating the effects of anthropogenic nutrient …

Coastal groundwater discharge–an additional source of phosphorus for the oligotrophic wetlands of the Everglades

RM Price, PK Swart, JW Fourqurean - Hydrobiologia, 2006 - Springer
In this manuscript we define a new term we call coastal groundwater discharge (CGD),
which is related to submarine groundwater discharge (SGD), but occurs when seawater …

Spatial and temporal distributions of epiphytic diatoms growing on Thalassia testudinum Banks ex König: relationships to water quality

TA Frankovich, EE Gaiser, JC Zieman, AH Wachnicka - Hydrobiologia, 2006 - Springer
The spatial and temporal distributions of the epiphytic diatom flora on Thalassia testudinum
was described within the Florida Bay estuary and at one Atlantic site east of the Florida Keys …