Caribbean-wide, long-term study of seagrass beds reveals local variations, shifts in community structure and occasional collapse.

The CARICOMP monitoring network gathered standardized data from 52 seagrass sampling stations at 22 sites (mostly Thalassia testudinum-dominated beds in reef systems) across the Wider Caribbean twice a year over the period 1993 to 2007 (and in some cases up to 2012). Wide variations in community tot...

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Main Authors: Brigitta I van Tussenbroek, Jorge Cortés, Rachel Collin, Ana C Fonseca, Peter M H Gayle, Hector M Guzmán, Gabriel E Jácome, Rahanna Juman, Karen H Koltes, Hazel A Oxenford, Alberto Rodríguez-Ramirez, Jimena Samper-Villarreal, Struan R Smith, John J Tschirky, Ernesto Weil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4036797?pdf=render