Variability in carbon availability and eelgrass (Zostera marina) biometrics along an estuarine gradient in Willapa Bay, WA, USA

• Main Authors: Ruesink, Jennifer L, Yang, Sylvia, Trimble, Alan C
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2015
• Subjects: Benthos; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Brackish waters; Estuary; Field observation; Growth/Morphology; North Pacific; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Plantae; Seagrass; Single species; Temperate; Tracheophyta; Zostera marina; Pacific; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.869866; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.869866

Because photosynthesis requires CO2, carbon limitation in aquatic environments could restrict primary production and provide signals in tissue chemistry. We took advantage of spatial variability of aqueous [CO2] in estuaries to examine within-estuary variation in biometrics of intertidal eelgrass (Z...