Nutrient availability induces community shifts in seagrass meadows grazed by turtles

In the Caribbean, green turtles graze seagrass meadows dominated by Thalassia testudinum through rotational grazing, resulting in the creation of grazed and recovering (abandoned) patches surrounded by ungrazed seagrasses. We evaluated the seagrass community and its environment along a turtle grazin...

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Main Authors: Isis Gabriela Martínez López, Marloes van Den Akker, Liene Walk, Marieke M. van Katwijk, Tjisse van Der Heide, Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-09-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/7570.pdf