Pulsating patches: A model for the spatial and temporal dynamics of the threatened seagrass Halophila johnsonii

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 385, Issue , 2009, Pages 97-109

  Virnstein, Robert W ^a,c   Hayek, Lee Ann C ^b   Morris, Lori J ^c  

^a Seagrass Ecosystems Analysts   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect size; Halophila johnsonii; Indian River Lagoon; Long term monitoring; Pulsating patches; Seagrass; Seagrass transects; Spatial dynamics; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RARE SPECIES; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

BISCAYNE BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HALOPHILA JOHNSONII; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650553293     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08039     Document Type: Article

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