Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa seedling tolerance to wave exposure

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2223-2232

  Infantes, Eduardo ^a   Orfila, Alejandro ^a   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^b   Simarro, Gonzalo ^c   Terrados, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b Centrum voor Estuariene en Mariene Ecologie   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATING FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEAGRASS; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; WAVE ACTION;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84857722919     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.6.2223     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. ANDERSON, K., L. CLOSE, R. E. DEWREEDE, B. J. LYNCH, C. ORMOND, and M. WALKER. 2006. Biomechanical properties and holdfast morphology of coenocytic algae (Halimedales, Chlorophyta) in Bocas del Toro, Panama. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 328: 155-167, doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2005.07.005
2. BALESTRI, E., L. PIAZZI, and F. CINELLI. 1998. Survival and growth of transplanted and natural seedlings of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile in a damaged coastal area. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 228: 209-225, doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00027-6
3. BLANCHETTE, C. A. 1997. Size and survival of intertidal plants in response to wave action: A case study with Fucus gardneri. Ecology 78: 1563-1578.
4. BOLLER, M. L., and E. CARRINGTON. 2007. Interspecific comparison of hydrodynamic performance and structural properties among intertidal macroalgae. J. Exp. Biol. 210: 1874-1884, doi:10.1242/jeb.02775
5. BOUDOURESQUE, C. F., G. BERNARD, G. PERGENT, A. SHILI, and M. VERLAQUE. 2009. Regression of Mediterranean seagrasses caused by natural processes and anthropogenic disturbances and stress: A critical review. Bot. Mar. 52: 395-418, doi:10.1515/BOT.2009.057
6. BOUMA, T. J., M. B. DE VRIES, E. LOW, G. PERALTA, C. TANCZOS, J. VAN DE KOPPEL, and P. M. J. HERMAN. 2005. Trade-offs related to ecosystem engineering: A case study on stiffness ofemerging macrophytes. Ecology 86: 2187-2199, doi:10.1890/04-158804-1588
7. CABAÇ O.S., O. FERREIRA, and R. SANTOS. 2010. Population dynamics of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa in Ria Formosa lagoon following inlet artificial relocation. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 87: 510-516, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2010.02.002
8. CABAÇ O., R. SANTOS, and C. M. DUARTE. 2008. The impact of sediment burial and erosion on seagrasses: A review. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 79: 354-366, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2008.04.021
9. CAYE, G., and A. MEINESZ. 1986. Experimental study of seed germination in the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa. Aquat. Bot. 26: 79-87, doi:10.1016/0304-3770(86)90006-9
10. COSTANZA, R., and OTHERS. 1997. The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature 387: 253-260, doi:10.1038/387253a0
11. DEAN, R. G., and R. A. DALRYMPLE. 1991. Water wave mechanics for engineers and scientist. Advanced series on ocean engineering, v. 2. World Scientific.
12. DEN HARTOG, C. 1970. The seagrasses of the world. North Holland.
13. DENNY, M. W., T. L. DANIEL, and M. A. R. KOEHL. 1985. Mechanical limits to size in wave-swept organisms. Ecol. Monogr. 55: 69-102, doi:10.2307/1942526
14. FREDERIKSEN, M., D. Krause-Jensen, M. HOLMER, and J. S. LAURSEN. 2004. Spatial and temporal variation in eelgrass (Zostera marina) landscapes: Influence of physical setting. Aquat. Bot. 78: 147-165, doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2003.10.003
15. GREEN, E. P., and F. T. SHORT. 2003. World atlas of seagrasses. Univ. of California Press.
16. GUIDETTI, P., M. LORENTI, M. C. BUIA, and L. MAZZELLA. 2002. Temporal dynamics and biomass partitioning in three Adriatic seagrass species: Posidonia oceanica, Cymodocea nodosa, Zostera marina. Mar. Ecol. Pub. Staz. Zool. Napoli I 23: 51-67, doi:10.1046/j.1439-0485.2002.02722.x
17. Idestam-Almquist, J., and L. KAUTSKY. 1995. Plastic responses morphology of Potamogeton pectinatus L. to sediment and above-sediment conditions at two sites in the northern Baltic proper. Aquat. Bot. 52: 205-216, doi:10.1016/0304-3770(95)00499-8
18. INFANTES, E., J. TERRADOS, and A. ORFILA. 2011. Assessment of substratum effect on the distribution of two invasive Caulerpa (Chlorophyta) species. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 91: 434-441, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2010.11.005
19. INFANTES, E., J. TERRADOS, A. ORFILA., B. canellas, and A. Alvarez-Ella-Curia. 2009. Wave energy and the upper depth limit distribution of Posidonia oceanica. Bot. Mar. 52: 419-427, doi:10.1515/BOT.2009.050
20. KIRBY, J. T., and R. A. DALRYMPLE. 1983. A parabolic equation for the combined refraction-diffraction of Stokes waves by mildly varying topography. J. Fluid Mech. 136: 453-466, doi:10.1017/S0022112083002232
21. KIRKMAN, H. 1998. Pilot experiments on planting seedlings and small seagrass propagules in western Australia. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 37: 460-467, doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00146-0
22. KOCH, E. W. 2001. Beyond light: Physical, geological, and geochemical parameters as possible submersed aquatic vegetation habitat requirements. Estuaries 24: 1-17, doi:10.2307/1352808
23. KOCH, E. W., and others. 2009. Nonlinearity in ecosystem services: Temporal and spatial variability in coastal protection. Front. Ecol. Environ. 7: 29-37, doi:10.1890/080126
24. MADSEN, J. D., P. A. CHAMBERS, W. F. JAMES, E. W. KOCH, and D. F. WESTLAKE. 2001. The interaction between water movement, sediment dynamics and submersed macrophytes. Hydrobiologia 444: 71-84, doi:10.1023/A:1017520800568
25. MARBÀ, N., and C. M. DUARTE. 1994. Growth response of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa to experimental burial and erosion. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 107: 307-311, doi:10.3354/meps107307
26. MARTONE, P. T., and M. W. DENNY. 2008. To break a coralline: Mechanical constraints on the size and survival of a waveswept seaweed. J. Exp. Biol 211: 3433-3441, doi:10.1242/jeb.020495
27. ORTH, R. J., and others. 2006. A global crisis for seagrass ecosystems. Bioscience 56: 987-996, doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2006)56[987:AGCFSE]2.0.CO;2
28. PIAZZI, L., S. ACUNTO, and F. CINELLI. 1999. In situ survival and development of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile seedlings. Aquat. Bot. 63: 103-112, doi:10.1016/S0304-3770(98)00115-6
29. QUINN, G. P., and M. J. KEOUGH. 2002. Experimental design and data analysis for biologists. Cambridge Univ. Press.
30. RIVERS, D. O., G. A. KENDRICK, and D. I. WALKER. 2011. Microsites play an important role for seedling survival in the seagrass Amphibolis antarctica. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 40: 29-35, doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2011.03.005
31. Sand-Jensen, K. 2003. Drag and reconfiguration of freshwater macrophytes. Freshw. Biol. 48: 271-283, doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.00998.x
32. Sand-Jensen, K. 2005. Aquatic plants are open flexible structures-a reply to Sukhodolov. Freshw. Biol. 50: 196-198, doi:10.1111/j. 1365-2427.2004.01297.x
33. SHORT, F. T., R. C. DAVIS, B. S. KOPP, C. A. SHORT, and D. M. BURDICK. 2002. Site-selection model for optimal transplantation of eelgrass Zostera marina in the northeastern US. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 227: 253-267, doi:10.3354/meps227253
34. STEWART, H. L. 2004. Hydrodynamic consequences of maintaining an upright posture by different magnitudes of stiffness and buoyancy in the tropical alga Turbinaria ornata. J. Marine Syst. 49: 157-167, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2003.05.007
35. VAN KATWIJK, M. M., and D. C. R. HERMUS. 2000. Effects of water dynamics on Zostera marina: Transplantation experiments in the intertidal Dutch Wadden Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 208: 107-118, doi:10.3354/meps208107
36. WICKS, E. C., E. W. KOCH, J. M. O'NEIL, and K. ELLISTON. 2009. Effects of sediment organic content and hydrodynamic conditions on the growth and distribution of Zostera marina. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 378: 71-80, doi:10.3354/meps07885