Chronic light reduction reduces overall resilience to additional shading stress in the seagrass Halophila ovalis

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 467-474

  Yaakub, Siti M ^a   Chen, Eugene ^a   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^a,b   Erftemeijer, Paul L A ^c,d   Todd, Peter A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Light history; Sediment; Singapore; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

ACCLIMATION; ADDITIONAL STRESS; DIFFERENT LIGHTS; LIGHT REDUCTIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL EFFICIENCY; SHADING TREATMENTS; SINGAPORE; SUBSTANTIAL CAPACITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACCLIMATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LIGHT QUALITY; SEAGRASS; SHADING; TURBIDITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HABITAT SELECTION; HALOPHILA OVALIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SHADING; PLANT STRESS; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; SHOOT; SINGAPORE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TURBIDITY; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCHARITACEAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

HALOPHILA OVALIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCHARITACEAE; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84902084132     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.11.030     Document Type: Article

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