Impacts of human disturbances on seagrass communities in the Padre Island National Seashore

• Main Author: Fellows, Kelly Ann
• Other Authors: Dunton, Kenneth H.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Seagrasses; Seagrass; Padre Island National Seashore; Texas; Trampling; Seagrasses > Effect of trampling on > Texas > Padre Island National Seashore; Bird Island; Lanes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2152/86651; https://doi.org/10.26153/tsw/13602

Human trampling effects, such as those from wade fishermen, on seagrasses and surrounding sediments were examined using experimental trampling lanes in the Padre Island National Seashore (PAIS) in South Texas. Six sites were established throughout three regions in PAIS (Bird Island, Yarborough Pass,...