Historical and present distribution of Zostera marina in the high north (Troms County, northern Norway) – a decline over the last century

• Published in: Botanica Marina
• Main Authors: Jørgensen, Nina M., Bekkby, Trine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2013
• Subjects: Plant Science; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Balsfjorden; Norway; Northeast Atlantic; Northern Norway; Troms
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2013-0040; https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/bot-2013-0040/xml; https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/bot-2013-0040/pdf

Abstract Eelgrass meadows ( Zostera marina ) have been mapped in Troms (Norway), in the temperate northeast Atlantic, north of the polar circle, from 2008 to 2011. In this region, there is little knowledge of the distribution of the eelgrass meadows. Northern Norway has an extensive coastline with m...