The Development, Validation, and Application of the Eelgrass Health Index

• Main Author: Anderson, Nicholas
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository 2020
• Subjects: Cree; Ecology; Eelgrass; Index; James Bay; Video Monitoring; Canada; Chisasibi; Wemindji; Eastmain; Waskaganish; Brant; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/1375; https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2414&context=thesis

Eelgrass (Zostera marina L) provides essential habitat and forage for waterbirds, fish, and other coastal marine species, nutrient and sediment capture which improves water quality, carbon storage, and wave energy buffering which reduces coastal erosion. Changes in its health can indicate other coas...