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Seagrass epiphyte loads along a nutrient availability gradient, Florida Bay, USA

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Frankovich, TA, Fourqurean, JW·1997·Marine Ecology Progress Series

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Total epiphyte load, epiphyte chlorophyll load, epiphyte autotrophic ~n d e x and seagrass short shoot size are compared with water column nutrient concentrations and the elemental composition of seagrass leaf tlssue The s p a t ~a l patterns ~n these parameters are described across a nutrlent ava~lability gradlent In Flonda Bay, Flor~da, USA Multivanate and un~variate statistical analyses were performed on these parameters to test for correlations with vanous measures of nutnent availab~lity Most of the vanation in Thalassia testudjnum short shoot size could be descnbed by p h o s p h o ~u s avail-ab111ty dissolved organic matter in the watei column and water column inorganic nltrogen concentrations Total epiphyte and epiphyte chlorophyll loads were significantly, but weakly, colrelated with phosphorus avallab~lity The measurement of total epiphyte loads and observat~ons of e p i p h y t ~c species composition along a transect adjacent to a p o ~n t source of nutnents revealed that the effect of nutrient e n r ~c h m e n t on epiphyte levels IS pronounced but very localized Epiphyte levels may not be as sensltive to moderate nutnent enrichment as othel seagrass parameters ( e g leaf tissue nutrient content)

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  • Additional work has documented weak relationships between nutrient availability and epiphyte loading across seagrass meadows in Florida Bay and the Florida Keys.

    “Additional work has further documented weak relationships between nutrient availability and epiphyte loading across seagrass meadows in Florida Bay and the Florida Keys (Frankovich & Fourqurean 1997; Fourqurean, Muth & Boyer 2010).”

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  1. Zieman JC, Wetzel RG (1980) Methods and rates of produc- tivity In seagrasses In. Phillips RC, McRoy CP (eds) Hand- book of seagrass biology. Garland STMP Press, New York, p 87-116 Subnutted. October 11, 1996; Accepted: September 18, 1997 Proofs rece~ved from authorls): November 11, 1997

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Authors
Frankovich, T., & Fourqurean, J.
Venue
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Published
1997
Volume
159
Pages
37-50
ISSN
  • 0171-8630 (ISSN-L)
  • 1616-1599
OpenAlex
W2043293240
Cited by
148
References
6
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FWCI
1.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Marine Ecology Progress Series (publishedVersion)
Funders
South Florida Water Management District
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Biology and Ecology Research
Keywords
seagrass epiphytes, epiphyte load, Thalassia testudinum, nutrient availability, phosphorus availability, dissolved organic matter, inorganic nitrogen, nutrient enrichment, Florida Bay

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