Unpredictability in seagrass restoration: analysing the role of positive feedback and environmental stress on Zostera noltii transplants

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 774-784

  Suykerbuyk, Wouter ^a,b   Govers, Laura L ^a   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^b   Giesen, Wim B J T ^a,c   de Jong, Dick J ^d   van de Voort, Roy ^d   Giesen, Kris ^a   Giesen, Paul T ^a   van Katwijk, Marieke M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c MOTT MACDONALD   (United Kingdom)

^d RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

abiotic forcing; feedback mechanisms; large scale; long term transplantation evaluation; mitigation; multi year; restoration; self facilitation; spreading of risks; Zostera noltii Hornem

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACILITATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

DRYING; FEEDBACK; PROCESSES; REDUCTION; RESTORATION; STRESSES; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

NETHERLANDS;

ALGAE; ARENICOLA MARINA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 84958993636     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12614     Document Type: Article

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