Biodiversity loss in seagrass meadows due to local invertebrate fisheries and harbour activities

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 135, Issue , 2013, Pages 231-240

  Nordlund, Lina Mtwana ^a   Gullström, Martin ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inhaca Island; Intertidal zone; Mozambique; Protected area; Thalassodendron ciliatum; Western Indian ocean

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXPLOITATION; HARBOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; MEADOW; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INHACA ISLAND; MAPUTO [MOZAMBIQUE]; MOZAMBIQUE;

INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; THALASSODENDRON CILIATUM;

EID: 84888846246     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.10.019     Document Type: Article

References (78)

1. Alcoverro T., Mariani S. Effects of sea urchin grazing on seagrass (Thalassodendron ciliatum) beds of a Kenyan lagoon. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 2002, 226:255-263.
2. Attrill M.J., Strong J.A., Rowden A.A. Are macroinvertebrate communities influenced by seagrass structural complexity?. Ecography 2000, 23:114-121.
3. Barbier E.B., Hacker S.D., Kennedy C., Koch E.W., Stier A.C., Silliman B.R. The value of estuarine and coastal ecosystem services. Ecol. Monogr. 2011, 81:169-193.
4. Barnes D.K.A., Corrie A., Whittington M., Carvalho M.A., Gell F. Coastal shellfish resource use in the Quirimba Archipelago, Mozambique. J.Shellfish Res. 1998, 17:51-58.
5. Barnes R.S.K., Barnes M.K.S. Shore height and differentials between macrobenthic assemblages in vegetated and unvegetated areas of an intertidal sandflat. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 2012, 106:112-120.
6. Barnes R.S.K., Ellwood M.D.F. The critical scale of small-scale spatial variation in ecological patterns and processes in intertidal macrobenthic seagrass assemblages. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 2012, 98:119-125.
7. Beachler M.M., Hill D.F. Stirring up trouble? Resuspension of bottom sediments by recreational watercraft. Lake Reservoir Manage. 2003, 19:15-25.
8. Bell J.D., Pollard D.A. Ecology of fish assemblages and fisheries associated with seagrasses. Biology of Seagrasses - a Treatise on the Biology of Seagrasses with Special Reference to the Australian Region 1989, 565-609. Elsevier, Amsterdam. A.W.D. Larkum, A.J. McComb, S.A. Shepherd (Eds.).
9. Branch G.M. Notes on the ecology of Patella concolor and Cellana capensis, and the effects of human consumption on the limpet population. Afr. Zool. 1975, 10:75-85.
10. Cambridge M.L., McComb A.J. The loss of seagrasses in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia, I: the time course and magnitude of seagrass decline in relation to industrial development. Aquat. Bot. 1984, 20:229-243.
11. Cullen-Unsworth L.C., Nordlund L.M., Paddock J.R., Baker S., McKenzie L.J., Unsworth R.K.F. Seagrass meadows globally as a coupled social-ecological system: implications for human wellbeing. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.06.001.
12. de Boer W.F. Between the Tides: The Impact of Human Exploitation on an Intertidal Ecosystem, Mozambique 2000, PhD dissertation, Groningen University.
13. de Boer W.F., Blijdenstein A.F., Longamane F. Prey choice and habitat use of people exploiting intertidal recourses. Environ. Conserv. 2002, 29:238-252.
14. de Boer W.F., Longamane F.A. The exploitation of intertidal food resources in Inhaca bay, Mozambique, by shorebirds and humans. Biol. Conserv. 1996, 78:295-303.
15. de Boer W.F., Pereira T., Guissamulo A. Comparing recent and abandoned shell middens to detect the impact of human exploitation on the intertidal ecosystem. Aquat. Ecol. 2000, 34:287-297.
16. de Boer W.F., Prins H.H.T. The community structure of a tropical intertidal mudflat under human exploitation. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 2002, 59:1237-1247.
17. de Boer W.F., Rydberg L., Saide V. The influence of tidal currents on an intertidal ecosystem at Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Hydrobiologia 2000, 428:187-196.
18. de la Torre-Castro M., Rönnbäck P. Links between humans and seagrasses - an example from tropical East Africa. Ocean Coast. Manage. 2004, 47:361-387.
19. den Hartog C. The Seagrasses of the World 1970, 275. North Holland Publication Co, Amsterdam.
20. Dennison W.C., Orth R.J., Moore K.A., Stevenson J.C., Carter V., Kollar S., Bergstrom P., Batiuk R.A. Assessing water-quality with submersed aquatic vegetation. Bioscience 1993, 43:86-94.
21. Duarte C.M. The future of seagrass meadows. Environ. Conserv. 2002, 29:192-206.
22. Duarte C.M., Chiscano C.L. Seagrass biomass and production: a reassessment. Aquat. Bot. 1999, 65:159-174.
23. Duarte C.M., Dennison W.C., Orth R.J., Carruthers T.J.B. The charisma of coastal ecosystems: addressing the imbalance. Estuar. Coast. 2008, 31:233-238.
24. Durán L.R., Castilla J.C. Variation and persistence of the middle rocky intertidal community of central Chile, with and without human harvesting. Mar. Biol. 1989, 103:555-562.
25. Eckrich C., Holmquist J. Trampling in a seagrass assemblage: direct effects, response of associated fauna, and the role of substrate characteristics. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 2000, 201:199-209.
26. Eklöf J.S., de la Torre-Castro M., Gullström M., Uku J., Muthiga N., Lyimo T., Bandeira S.O. Sea urchin overgrazing of seagrasses: a review of current knowledge on causes, consequences and management. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 2008, 79:569-580.
27. Erftemeijer P.L.A., Lewis R.R. Dredging impacts on seagrass meadows. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2006, 52:1553-1572.
28. Erlandsson J., McQuaid C.D., Stanczak S. Recruit/algal interaction prevents recovery of overexploited mussel beds: Indirect evidence that post-settlement mortality structures mussel populations. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 2011, 92:132-139.
29. Espinosa F., Rivera-Ingraham G.A., Fa D., García-Gómez J.C. Effect of human pressure on population size structures of the endangered Ferruginean limpet: toward future management measures. J.Coast. Res. 2009, 25:857-863.
30. Fonseca M.S., Kenworthy W.J., Whitfield P.E. Temporal dynamics of seagrass landscapes: a preliminary comparison of chronic and extreme disturbance events. Biol. Mar. Mediterr. 2000, 7:373-376. In: Orth, R.J., Carruthers, T.J.B., Dennison, W.C., etal., 2006. A global crisis for seagrass ecosystems. BioScience 56, 987-96.
31. Francour P., Ganteaume A., Poulain M. Effects of boat anchoring in Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds in the Port-Cros National Park (north-western Mediterranean Sea). Aquat. Conserv. 1999, 9:391-400.
32. Fraschetti S., D'Ambrosio P., Micheli F., Pizzolante F., Bussotti S., Terlizzi A. Design of marine protected areas in a human-dominated seascape. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 2009, 375:13-24.
33. Gössling S., Kunkel T., Schumacher K., Zilger M. Use of molluscs, fish, and other marine taxa by tourism in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Biodivers. Conserv. 2004, 13:2623-2639.
34. Green E.P., Short F.T. World Atlas of Seagrasses 2003, 298. University of California Press, Berkeley.
35. Gullström M., Berkström C., Öhman M.C., Bodin M., Dahlberg M. Scale-dependent patterns of variability of a grazing parrotfish (Leptoscarus vaigiensis) in a tropical seagrass-dominated seascape. Mar. Biol. 2011, 158:1483-1495.
36. Gullström M., Bodin M., Nilsson P.G., Öhman M.C. Seagrass structural complexity and landscape configuration as determinants of tropical fish assemblage composition. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 2008, 363:241-255.
37. Gullström M., de la Torre Castro M., Bandeira S.O., Björk M., Dahlberg M., Kautsky N., Rönnbäck P., Öhman M.C. Seagrass ecosystems in the western Indian ocean. Ambio 2002, 31:588-596.
38. Gullström M., Lyimo T.J., Eklöf J.S., Björk M., Semesi I.S., de la Torre-Castro M. Seagrass meadows of Chwaka Bay: ecological, social and management aspects. People, Nature and Research: Past, Present and Future of Chwaka Bay, Zanzibar 2012, 89-109. WIOMSA, Zanzibar Town. M. de la Torre-Castro, T. Lyimo (Eds.).
39. Halpern B.S., Walbridge S., Selkoe K.A., Kappel C.V., Micheli F., D'Agrosa C., Bruno J.F., Casey K.S., Ebert C., Fox H.E., Fujita R., Heinemann D., Lenihan H.S., Madin E.M.P., Perry M.T., Selig E.R., Spalding M., Steneck R., Watson R. Aglobal map of human impact on marine ecosystems. Science 2008, 319:948-952.
40. Hastings K., Hesp P., Kendrick G.A. Seagrass loss associated with boat moorings at Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Ocean Coast. Manage. 1995, 26:225-246.
41. Heck K.L., Hays G., Orth R.J. Critical evaluation of the nursery role hypothesis for seagrass meadows. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 2003, 253:123-136.
42. Hemminga M.A., Duarte C.M. Seagrass Ecology 2000, 298. Cambridge University Press.
43. Hockey P.A.R., Bosman A.L. Man as an intertidal predator in Transkei: disturbance, convergence and management of a natural food resource. Oikos 1986, 46:3-14.
44. Howard R.K., Edgar G.J., Hutchings P.A. Faunal assemblages of seagrass beds. Biology of Seagrasses - a Treatise on the Biology of Seagrasses with Special Reference to the Australian Region 1989, 536-564. Elsevier, Amsterdam. A.W.D. Larkum, A.J. McComb, S.A. Sheperd (Eds.).
45. Hughes A.R., Williams S.L., Duarte C.M., Heck K.L., Waycott M. Associations of concern: declining seagrasses and threatened dependent species. Front. Ecol. Environ. 2009, 7:242-246.
46. Jiddawi N., Öhman M. Marine fisheries in Tanzania. Ambio 2002, 31:518-527.
47. Kalk M. ANatural History of Inhaca Island, Mozambique 1995, Witwatersrand University Press, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Joburg 2001 South Africa, Printed in Republic of South Africa by Creda Press (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town. third ed.
48. Keough M.J., Quinn G.P., King A. Correlations between human collecting and intertidal mollusc populations on rocky shores. Conserv Biol 1993, 7:378-391.
49. Koch E.W. Beyond light: physical, biological, and geochemical parameters as possible submersed aquatic vegetation habitat requirements. Estuaries 2001, 24:1-17.
50. Kronen M., Vunisea A. Women never hunt-but fish: highlighting equity for women in policy formulation and strategic planning in the coastal fisheries sector in Pacific Island countries. SPC Women Fish. Inform. Bull. 2007, 17:3-15.
51. Kyle R., Pearson B., Fielding P.J., Robertson W.D., Birnie S.L. Subsistence shellfish harvesting in the Maputaland marine reserve in northern Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa: rocky shore organisms. Biol. Conserv. 1997, 82:173-182.
52. Lewis R.R., Kruer C.R. Boating impacts to seagrass meadows and seagrass residents. The Program and Presentations Summary for the Boating and Waterways Management in Florida: From Stem to Stern. November 1-3, 2006 2006, 241-247. Cocoa Beach, Florida.
53. Lotze H.K., Lenihan H.S., Bourque B.J., Bradbury R., Cooke R.G., et al. Depletion, degradation, and recovery potential of estuaries and coastal seas. Science 2006, 312:1806-1809.
54. 2. Front. Ecol. Environ. 2011, 9:552-560.
55. McNeill S.E., Fairweather P.G. Single large or several small marine reserves? an experimental approach with seagrass fauna. J.Biogeogr. 1993, 20:429-440.
56. Moreno C.A. Community patterns generated by human harvesting on Chilean shores: a review. Aquat. Conserv. 2001, 11:19-30.
57. Nakamura Y., Sano M. Comparison of invertebrate abundance in seagrass bed and adjacent coral and sand areas at Amitori Bay, Iriomote Island, Japan. Fish. Sci. 2005, 71:543-550.
58. Newell R.I.E. Ecosystem influences of natural and cultivated populations of suspension-feeding bivalve molluscs: a review. J.Shellfish Res. 2004, 23:51-61.
59. Newton L.C., Parkes E.V.H., Thompson R.C. The effects of shell collecting on the abundance of gastropods on Tanzanian shores. Biol. Conserv. 1993, 63:241-245.
60. Nordlund L., de la Torre-Castro M., Jiddawi N., Erlandsson J. Socio-ecological effects from invertebrate harvesting in Tanzanian seagrass ecosystems - the need to investigate management approaches and future possibilities. 2nd Annual Agricultural Research Review Workshop, Conference Proceeding 2011.
61. Nordlund L.M. People and the Intertidal - Human Induced Changes, Biodiversity Loss, Livelihood Implications and Management in the Western Indian Ocean 2012, PhD thesis, Åbo Akademi University, Painosalama Oy, Finland.
62. Nordlund L., Erlandsson J., de la Torre-Castro M., Jiddawi N. Changes in an East African social-ecological seagrass system: invertebrate harvesting affecting species composition and local livelihood. Aquat. Living Resour. 2010, 23:399-416.
63. Nordlund L.M., Maricela de la Torre-Castro M., Erlandsson J., Conand C., Muthiga N., Jiddawi N. and Gullström M., Intertidal zone management in the Western Indian Ocean: assessing current status and future possibilities using expert opinions, Ambio, in press.
64. Orth R.J., Heck K.L., van Montfrans J. Faunal communities in seagrass beds: a review of the influence of plant structure and prey characteristics on predator-prey relationships. Estuaries 1984, 7:339-350.
65. Orth R.J., Carruthers T.J.B., Dennison W.C., Duarte C.M., Fourqurean J.W., Heck K.L., Hughes A.R., Kendrick G.A., Kenworthy W.J., Olyarnik S., Short F.T., Waycott M., Williams S.L. Aglobal crisis for seagrass ecosystems. Bioscience 2006, 56:987-996.
66. Peterson B.J., Heck K.L. Positive interactions between suspension-feeding bivalves and seagrass - a facultative mutualism. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 2001, 213:143-155.
67. Prendergast M.E., Lane P.J. Middle Holocene fishing strategies in East Africa: zooarchaeological analysis of Pundo, a Kansyore shell midden in northern Nyanza (Kenya). Int. J. Osteoarchaeol. 2010, 20:88-112.
68. Roberts C.M., Branch G., Bustamante R.H., Castilla J.C., Dugan J., Halpern B.S., Lafferty K.D., Leslie H., Lubchenco J., McArdle D., Ruckelshaus M., Warner R.R. Ecological criteria for evaluating candidate sites for marine reserves. Ecol. Appl. 2003, 13:215-228.
69. Ruiz J.M., Romero J. Effects of disturbances caused by coastal constructions on spatial structure, growth dynamics and photosynthesis of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2003, 46:1523-1533.
70. Sargent F.J., Leary T.J., Crewz D., Jruer C.R. Scarring of Florida's Seagrasses: Assessment and Management Options 1995, Technical Report TR-1, Florida Marine Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
71. Sirota L., Hovel K.A. Simulated eelgrass Zostera marina structural complexity: effects of shoot length, shoot density, and surface area on the epifaunal community of San Diego Bay, California, USA. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 2006, 326:115-131.
72. Todd P.A., Ong X., Chou L.M. Impacts of pollution on marine life in Southeast Asia. Biodivers. Conserv. 2010, 19:1063-1082.
73. Uhrin A.V., Holmquist J.G. Effects of propeller scarring on macrofaunal use of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 2003, 250:61-70.
74. Unsworth R.K.F., Cullen L.C. Recognising the necessity for Indo-Pacific seagrass conservation. Conserv. Lett. 2010, 3:63-73.
75. van der Heide T., Glovers L.L., de Fouw J., Olff H., van der Geest M., van Katwijk M.M., Piersma T., van de Koppel J., Silliman B.R., Smolders A.J.P., van Gils J.A. Athree-stage symbiosis forms the foundation of seagrass ecosystems. Science 2012, 336:1432-1434.
76. Vitousek P.M., Mooney H.A., Lubchenco J., Melillo J.M. Human domination of Earth's ecosystems. Science 1997, 277:494-499.
77. Waycott M., Duarte C.M., Carruthers T.J.B., Orth R.J., Dennison W.C., Olyarnik S., Calladine A., Fourqurean J.W., Heck K.J., Hughes A.R., Kendrick G.A., Kenworthy W.J., Short F.T., Williams S.L. Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2009, 106:12377-12381.
78. Zieman J.C. The ecological effects of physical damage from motor boats on turtle grass beds in southern Florida. Aquat. Bot. 1976, 2:127-139.