Natural recovery of Zostera noltii seagrass beds and benthic nematode assemblage responses to physical disturbance caused by traditional harvesting activities

In the intertidal seagrass beds of Zostera noltii of Mira estuary (SW, Portugal) the harvesting practices are frequent. The traditional bivalve harvesting not only affects the target species as the remaining biological assemblages. The main aim of this study was to assess the disturbance caused by s...

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Main Author: Branco, Jordana (author)
Other Authors: Pedro, Silvia (author), Alves, Ana S. (author), Ribeiro, Carlos (author), Materatski, Patrick (author), Pires, Ricardo (author), Caçador, Isabel (author), Adão, Helena (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Sediment digging
Benthic nematodes
Extracellular enzymatic activity (EEA)
Zostera noltii
Natural habitat recovery
Field experiment
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/38790
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/38790

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http://hdl.handle.net/10451/38790

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