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Assessment Of Seagrass Floral Community Structure From Two Caribbean Marine Protected Areas, Paul A.X. Bologna, Anthony J. Suleski
Assessment Of Seagrass Floral Community Structure From Two Caribbean Marine Protected Areas, Paul A.X. Bologna, Anthony J. Suleski
Gulf and Caribbean Research
Seagrass communities represent spatially complex and biomass producing systems comprised of intermixed seagrass and algal species. We investigated shallow water communities from two Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Caribbean: St. John, United States Virgin Islands and Cayos Cochinos, Honduras. St. John sites (4) lie within the Virgin Islands National Park and the Coral Reef National Monument and are designated within an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Honduran sites (4) lie within the designated Marine National Monument. Our results indicate that both MPAs were dominated by Thalassia testudinum with spatial coverage and shoot density significantly greater in Honduras. Many sites also showed …