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Biomass-dependent seagrass resilience to sediment eutrophication

Gladstone-Gallagher RV, Hughes RW, Douglas EJ & Pilditch CA (2018)
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 501: 54-64

Highlights
  • Estuary eutrophication enriches sediment pore water with bioavailable N.
  • Sediment pore water N was experimentally enriched in 6 seagrass meadows.
  • Seagrass morphological characteristics were measured 8 weeks after enrichment.
  • Enrichment negatively affected seagrass at 2 of the 6 sites.
  • Resilience to enrichment was attributed to high seagrass biomass.
Keywords

Eutrophication, Intertidal, Estuary, Zostera muelleri, Macrofauna community, New Zealand

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