Journal
ESTUARIES AND COASTS
Volume 32, Issue 1, Pages 202-205Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9110-3
Keywords
Eelgrass; Zostera marina; Seagrass; Decline; Anthropogenic impacts; Nutrient loading; Turbidity; Indicator
Funding
- NHPA
- New Hampshire Port Authority
- University of New Hampshire
- Jackson Estuarine Laboratory [474]
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Long-term monitoring of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) beds in the central subtidal portion of the Great Bay Estuary showed declines at both transplanted sites and reference beds. Eelgrass beds transplanted as mitigation for habitat loss from port development reached comparable functions (e.g., primary production, canopy structure) to natural reference sites by the late 1990s, within 6 years of transplanting. Data from 2001 to the present show significant declines in eelgrass parameters (biomass, shoot density, canopy height, leaf area) at all sites, suggesting that these declines are the result of an estuary-wide factor.
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