Unravelling the Spatial and Temporal Plasticity of Eelgrass Meadows.

ABSTRACT: The phenotypic plasticity of seagrasses enables them to adapt to changes in environmental conditions and withstand or recover from disturbance. This plasticity was demonstrated in the large variation recorded throughout a suite of bioindicators measured within Zostera marina meadows around Wales and SW England, United Kingdom. Short-term spatial data were analysed alongside long-term monitoring data to determine which bioindicators best described the status of eelgrass meadows subjected to a range of environmental and anthropogenic drivers. Shoot density, leaf length, leaf nutrients (C:N ratio, %N, %P) including stable isotope of δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N provided insight into the longer-term status of the meadows studied and a good indication of the causes of long-term de

SUBMITTER: Bertelli CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8174302 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature