Subtidal Eelgrass Declines in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire and Maine, USA

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 32 - Trang 202-205 - 2008
Nora T. Beem1, Frederick T. Short1
1Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA

Tóm tắt

Long-term monitoring of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) beds in the central subtidal portion of the Great Bay Estuary showed declines at both transplanted sites and reference beds. Eelgrass beds transplanted as mitigation for habitat loss from port development reached comparable functions (e.g., primary production, canopy structure) to natural reference sites by the late 1990s, within 6 years of transplanting. Data from 2001 to the present show significant declines in eelgrass parameters (biomass, shoot density, canopy height, leaf area) at all sites, suggesting that these declines are the result of an estuary-wide factor.

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