Viability criteria for the presence of the seagrass Zostera muelleri in Moreton Bay, based on benthic light dose

MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 4127-4133

  O'Brien, K R ^a   Grinham, A ^a   Roelfsema, C M ^a   Saunders, M I ^a   Dennison, W C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic irradiance; Light limitation; Seagrass; Secchi depth; Z.muelleri

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC IRRADIANCE; COASTAL SYSTEMS; FIELD DATA; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT CONDITIONS; LIGHT PENETRATION; LIGHT-ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MORETON BAY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; QUEENSLAND; RISK MAPS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEAGRASSES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECCHI DEPTH; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; SINGLE SPECIES; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; WATER CLARITY; WATER DEPTH; Z.MUELLERI; ZOSTERA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

SEAWEED;

EID: 84858820188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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