Spatially explicit feedbacks between seagrass meadow structure, sediment and light: Habitat suitability for seagrass growth

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 315-325

  Carr, Joel A ^a,b   D'Odorico, Paolo ^a   McGlathery, Karen J ^a   Wiberg, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistable dynamics; Modeling; Resilience; Seagrass; Sediment resuspension; Shear partitioning

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

BISTABLE DYNAMICS; HABITAT SUITABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; RESILIENCE; SEAGRASSES; SEDIMENT RE SUSPENSIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT SELECTION; MEADOW; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESUSPENSION; SEAGRASS;

EID: 84945396538     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.09.001     Document Type: Article

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