Dynamic changes in seagrass assemblages under eutrophication and implications for recovery

Over the last 20 years, loss of seagrass beds, often related with increased eutrophication, became a common problem worldwide. In the Mondego estuary (Portugal), eutrophication has triggered serious biological changes, which led to an overall increase in primary production and to a progressive repla...

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Main Author: Cardoso, P. G. (author)
Other Authors: Pardal, M. A. (author), Lillebø, A. I. (author), Ferreira, S. M. (author), Raffaelli, D. (author), Marques, J. C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2004
Subjects:
Eutrophication
Seagrass beds
Hysteresis
Macrobenthic community
Species diversity
Trophic structure
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/5389
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/5389
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Summary:Over the last 20 years, loss of seagrass beds, often related with increased eutrophication, became a common problem worldwide. In the Mondego estuary (Portugal), eutrophication has triggered serious biological changes, which led to an overall increase in primary production and to a progressive replacement of seagrass Zostera noltii beds by coarser sediments and opportunistic macroalgae.

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