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The Influence Of Abiotic And Biotic Conditions On Lifecycle Stages Is Critical For Estuarine Seagrass Resilience, Chanelle Webster, Paul S. Lavery, Caitlyn O'Dea, Marta Sanchez Alarcon, Chandra Salgado Kent, Mcmahon
The Influence Of Abiotic And Biotic Conditions On Lifecycle Stages Is Critical For Estuarine Seagrass Resilience, Chanelle Webster, Paul S. Lavery, Caitlyn O'Dea, Marta Sanchez Alarcon, Chandra Salgado Kent, Mcmahon
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
Abiotic and biotic factors influence seagrass resilience, but the strength and relative importance of the effects are rarely assessed over the complete lifecycle. This study examined the effects of abiotic (salinity, temperature, water depth) and biotic (grazing by black swans) factors on Ruppia spp. over the complete lifecycle. Structures were set up in two estuaries ( – 33.637020, 115.412608) that prevented and allowed natural swan grazing of the seagrasses in May 2019, before the start of the growing season. The density of life stage(s) was measured from June 2019 when germination commenced through to January 2020 when most of the …