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The ecological effects of physical damage from motor boats on turtle grass beds in Southern Florida
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In this paper, it was shown that the most common form of rhizome disturbance is from the propellers of motor boats, and that damage of this type is most likely to occur in the shallow passes between islands and keys.About:
This article is published in Aquatic Botany.The article was published on 1976-01-01. It has received 147 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thalassia testudinum & Turtle (robot).read more
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Natural and human-induced disturbance of seagrasses
TL;DR: In this article, the authors define disturbance, natural or human-induced, as any event that measurably alters resources available to seagrasses so that a plant response is induced that results in degradation or loss.
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Seagrass habitats: the roles of habitat complexity, competition and predation in structuring associated fish and motile macroinvertebrate assemblages
Kenneth L. Heck,Robert J. Orth +1 more
TL;DR: Based on data from a variety of geographical localities, this work considers how vegetation density, plant morphology and associated sessile colonial animals can influence abundance and diversity of predator and prey species in vegetated areas on both local and regional geographical scales.
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The ecological role of bivalve shellfish aquaculture in the estuarine environment: A review with application to oyster and clam culture in West Coast (USA) estuaries
TL;DR: Scale seems a very important management consideration and further research at estuarine landscape scales, especially for habitat use by important invertebrates and fish, may prove useful in designing and implementing best management practices.
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Role of larger herbvores in seagrass communities
TL;DR: The nutritional ecology of macroherbivores in seagrass meadows and the roles of grazing by urchins, fishes and green turtles in tropical systems and waterfowl in temperate systems are discussed in this review.
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Epiphyte-seagrass relationships with an emphasis on the role of micrograzing: a review
TL;DR: A hypothetical model is developed that describes the effect of increasing epiphytic fouling on seagrass production in the presence and absence of grazers and makes predictions on the direction of seagRass decline with diminishing light along depth and estuarine gradients.
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The Trapping and Binding of Subtidal Carbonate Sediments by Marine Vegetation in Bimini Lagoon, Bahamas
TL;DR: In the shallow water lagoon of Bimini, Bahamas, the following plants are sufficiently abundant to influence sedimentation locally: Mangroves (Rhizophora mangle), marine grass (Thalassia testudinum), macroscopic green algae (Penicillus, Batophora, Halimeda, Rhipocephalus and Udotea) and microscopic red, green and blue-green algae forming surface mats of intertwining filaments as discussed by the authors.
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The origin of nitrogen and phosphorus for growth of the marine angiosperm Thalassia testudinum
TL;DR: Yield-nutrient supply correlations indicate that a singnificant proportion of the phosphorus, and virtually all nitrogen for leaf growth are taken-up from the sediments, and that growth is generally limited by availability of nitrogen.