Do restored oyster reefs benefit seagrasses? An experimental study in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 306-313

  Sharma, Shailesh ^a,b   Goff, Joshua ^b   Moody, Ryan M ^b   Byron, Dorothy ^b   Heck, Kenneth L ^a,b   Powers, Sean P ^a,b   Ferraro, Carl ^c   Cebrian, Just ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^c Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

BACI design; Ecosystem services; Living shorelines; Shoalgrass; Water quality; Widgeongrass

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT RESTORATION; REEF; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SHORELINE; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

OSTREIDAE; RUPPIA MARITIMA;

EID: 84956626774     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12329     Document Type: Article

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