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Seagrasses are marine angiosperms that grow in sheltered coastal and estuarine water bodies. They play a significant role in coastal marine ecology, and are important breeding and feeding grounds for a number of fish species. However, seagrasses are vulnerable to the impacts of some human activities...
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ftdatacite:10.25959/23206907.v1 2023-06-11T04:07:02+02:00 Tasmanian seagrass communities ... Rees, CG 2023 https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23206907.v1 https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/Tasmanian_seagrass_communities/23206907/1 unknown University Of Tasmania https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23206907 In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ article-journal Text ScholarlyArticle Thesis 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.25959/23206907.v110.25959/23206907 2023-06-01T12:09:21Z Seagrasses are marine angiosperms that grow in sheltered coastal and estuarine water bodies. They play a significant role in coastal marine ecology, and are important breeding and feeding grounds for a number of fish species. However, seagrasses are vulnerable to the impacts of some human activities through their sensitivity to reduced light energy. This may be lowered by increased turbidity and sedimentation, or the excessive growth of algal epiphytes in response to raised nutrient levels. Five seagrass species occur in Tasmania, Amphibolis antarctica (Labill.) Sonder et Aschers., Halophila australis Doty & Stone, Heterozostera tasmanica (Marten ex Aschers.), Posidonia australis Hook. f. and Zostera muelleri Irmisch & Aschers., their presence or absence defining five zones around the Tasmanian coast. Most coastal areas were sampled., and seagrass beds located. When sampling these beds, the species, depth, density, substratum and presence of algal epiphytes were recorded. Using available aerial ... Thesis Antarc* Antarctica DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Seagrasses are marine angiosperms that grow in sheltered coastal and estuarine water bodies. They play a significant role in coastal marine ecology, and are important breeding and feeding grounds for a number of fish species. However, seagrasses are vulnerable to the impacts of some human activities through their sensitivity to reduced light energy. This may be lowered by increased turbidity and sedimentation, or the excessive growth of algal epiphytes in response to raised nutrient levels. Five seagrass species occur in Tasmania, Amphibolis antarctica (Labill.) Sonder et Aschers., Halophila australis Doty & Stone, Heterozostera tasmanica (Marten ex Aschers.), Posidonia australis Hook. f. and Zostera muelleri Irmisch & Aschers., their presence or absence defining five zones around the Tasmanian coast. Most coastal areas were sampled., and seagrass beds located. When sampling these beds, the species, depth, density, substratum and presence of algal epiphytes were recorded. Using available aerial ... |
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