Courage under fire: Seagrass persistence adjacent to a highly urbanised city-state

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 417-424

  Yaakub, Siti Maryam ^a   McKenzie, Len J ^b   Erftemeijer, Paul L A ^c,d   Bouma, Tjeerd ^a,e   Todd, Peter A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal modification; Historical distribution; Long term monitoring; Singapore

Indexed keywords

LAND RECLAMATION;

COASTAL MODIFICATIONS; CURRENT STATUS; HISTORICAL DISTRIBUTION; LONG TERM MONITORING; LONG-TERM MONITORING DATUM; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SINGAPORE; TERRESTRIAL RUNOFFS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT LOSS; PERSISTENCE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CYMODOCEA ROTUNDATA; CYMODOCEA SERRULATA; ENHALUS ACOROIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FIRE; GEOGRAPHY; HALODULE PINIFOLIA; HALOPHILA BECCARII; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SEAGRASS; SINGAPORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII; URBANIZATION; ALISMATALES; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

ALISMATIDAE; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84902117103     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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