A framework for the resilience of seagrass ecosystems

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-46

  Unsworth, Richard K F ^a   Collier, Catherine J ^b   Waycott, Michelle ^c   Mckenzie, Len J ^b   Cullen Unsworth, Leanne C ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Connectivity; Conservation; Eelgrass; Management; Meadows

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; MARINE BIOLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL REGIMES; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EELGRASS; EVIDENCE-BASED MANAGEMENTS; LONG-TERM VIABILITY; MEADOWS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MEADOW; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEAGRASS;

ACIDIFICATION; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEAGRASS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER QUALITY; ALISMATALES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALISMATIDAE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84940676243     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.08.016     Document Type: Review

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