Habitat fragmentation has some impacts on aspects of ecosystem functioning in a sub-tropical seagrass bed

Habitat fragmentation impacts ecosystem functioning in many ways, including reducing the availability of suitable habitat for animals and altering resource dynamics. Fragmentation in seagrass ecosystems caused by propeller scarring is a major source of habitat loss, but little is known about how sca...

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Published in:	Marine environmental research Vol. 126; pp. 95 - 108
Main Authors:	Sweatman, Jennifer L., Layman, Craig A., Fourqurean, James W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2017 Elsevier BV
Subjects:	Amphipod Amphipoda Animals Aquatic crustaceans Bahamas Biomass Community composition community structure Disturbance Dynamics Ecological function Ecosystem Ecosystems Environmental impact Environmental Monitoring Epiphytes Food-webs Fragmentation habitat destruction Habitat fragmentation Habitat loss Habitats Herbivores Herbivory Interactions Lesions Mineral nutrients Phosphorus Plant-herbivore interactions Scars Sea grasses Seagrass seagrasses Stoichiometry Studies Tropical climate Zosteraceae - physiology Bahamas Plant-herbivore interactions Stoichiometry Disturbance Habitat fragmentation Seagrass Epiphytes Food-webs Amphipod
ISSN:	0141-1136, 1879-0291, 1879-0291
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