Experimental assessment of critical anthropogenic sediment burial in eelgrass Zostera marina

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 144-153

  Munkes, Britta ^a   Schubert, Philipp R ^a   Karez, Rolf ^b   Reusch, Thorsten B H ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b Schleswig Holstein State Agency for Nature and Environment   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Carbohydrates; Mortality; Seagrass; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEDIMENTATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; BALTIC SEA; CARBOHYDRATE STORAGE; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INCREASING EFFECT; LOCAL POPULATIONS; MORTALITY; SEAGRASSES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBOHYDRATE; STARCH; SUCROSE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBOHYDRATE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOWERING; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION; SHOOT; ZOSTERA MARINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GERMANY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; TIME FACTOR; ZOSTERACEAE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; TIME FACTORS; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 84941788476     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.09.013     Document Type: Article

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