Large-scale decline in offshore seagrass meadows in Bermuda

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 339, Issue , 2007, Pages 123-130

  Murdoch, T J T ^a   Glasspool, A F ^a   Outerbridge, M ^a   Ward, J ^b   Manuel, S ^b   Gray, J ^b   Nash, A ^b   Coates, K A ^a,b   Pitt, J ^c   Fourqurean, J W ^d   Barnes, P A ^e   Vierros, M ^f   Holzer, K ^c,g   Smith, S R ^c,h  

^a Bermuda Zoological Society   (Bermuda)

^b Department of Conservation Services   (Bermuda)

^c BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f World Trade Center   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^h GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic habitat mapping; Environmental monitoring; Herbivory; Seagrass die off; Syringodium filiforme; Thalassia testudinum

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT; HERBIVORY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DECLINE; REEF; SEAGRASS; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA;

PISCES; PSITTACIDAE; SYRINGODIUM FILIFORME; TESTUDINES; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 34347386211     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps339123     Document Type: Article

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