Land Use and Salinity Drive Changes in SAV Abundance and Community Composition

• Published in: Estuaries and Coasts
• Main Authors: Patrick,, Christopher J., Weller,, Donald E., Orth, R J, Wilcox, David J., Hannam, Michael P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2018
• Subjects: Submerged Aquatic Vegetation; Upper Chesapeake-Bay; Water-Quality; Zannichellia-Palustris; Hydrilla-Verticillata; Seagrass Ecosystems; Random Forests; Ecology; Macrophyte; Plant; Biological Sciences Peer-Reviewed Articles; Marine Biology; Sav’; Zannichellia palustris
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/1228; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/vimsarticles/article/2224/viewcontent/Patrick2018_Article_LandUseAndSalinityDriveChanges.pdf

Conserving and restoring submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) are key management goals for estuaries worldwide because SAV integrates many aspects of water quality and provides a wide range of ecosystem services. Management strategies are typically focused on aggregated abundance of several SAV specie...