Seagrass landscapes and their effects on associated fauna: a review

C Boström, EL Jackson, CA Simenstad - Estuarine, Coastal and shelf …, 2006 - Elsevier
Seagrasses comprise some of the most heterogeneous landscape structures of shallow-
water estuarine/marine ecosystems in the world. However, while knowledge at the …

Seagrass ecosystems in the western Indian Ocean

M Gullström, M de la Torre Castro, SO Bandeira… - AMBIO: a Journal of the …, 2002 - BioOne
Seagrasses are marine angiosperms widely distributed in both tropical and temperate
coastal waters creating one of the most productive aquatic ecosystems on earth. In the …

Critical evaluation of the nursery role hypothesis for seagrass meadows

KL Heck Jr, G Hays, RJ Orth - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2003 - int-res.com
The vast majority of published papers concerning seagrass meadows contain statements to
the effect that seagrass beds serve as important nurseries for many species. We reviewed …

Ichthyofaunal assemblages in estuaries: a South African case study

AK Whitfield - Reviews in fish biology and fisheries, 1999 - Springer
This review places the life-history styles of fishes associated with South African estuaries in
a global context and presents a classification system incorporating all the major life-history …

The importance of seagrass beds as a habitat for fishery species

EL Jackson, AA Rowden, MJ Attrill… - … and marine biology, 2001 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Seagrass beds are thought to have a fundamental role in maintaining populations of
commercially exploited fish and invertebrate species by providing one or more of the …

Differences among fish assemblages associated with nearshore Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds, rocky–algal reefs and unvegetated sand habitats in the Adriatic …

P Guidetti - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2000 - Elsevier
Fish assemblages associated with nearshore Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds, rocky–
algal reefs and unvegetated sandy substrates were studied at two sampling localities …

Comparisons between the roles played by estuaries in the life cycles of fishes in temperate Western Australia and Southern Africa

IC Potter, LE Beckley, AK Whitfield… - Alternative life-history …, 1990 - Springer
The rivers of south-western Australia and south-eastern Africa lie at similar latitudes, open
into the Indian Ocean and frequently have estuaries that are periodically closed off from the …

Comparative study on the trophic structure, cycling and ecosystem properties of four tidal estuaries

D Baird, RE Ulanowicz - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1993 - JSTOR
This paper presents results on the comparative ecology of 4 tidal estuaries: the Ythan in
Scotland, the Ems-Dollard in The Netherlands and the Swartkops and Kromme estuaries …

Seagrasses, fish, and fisheries

B Gillanders - Seagrasses: biology, ecology and conservation, 2006 - Springer
Seagrass meadows have extremely high primary and secondary productivity and support a
great abundance and diversity of fish and invertebrates. A number of commercially and …

Nekton use of salt marsh, seagrass, and nonvegetated habitats in a south Texas (USA) estuary

LP Rozas, TJ Minello - Bulletin of marine science, 1998 - ingentaconnect.com
We quantified nekton densities to estimate relative nursery values of Spartina alterniflora salt
marsh, seagrass dominated by Ruppia maritima and Halodule wrightii, and shallow (2 drop …