Seagrass landscapes: a terrestrial approach to the marine subtidal environment

Subtidal seagrass habitats are prime candidates for the application of principles derived from landscape ecology. Although seagrass systems are relatively simple compared to their terrestrial counterparts in terms of species diversity and structural complexity, seagrasses do display variation in spa...

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Published inTrends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) Vol. 9; no. 8; pp. 301 - 304
Main Authors Robbins, Bradley D., Bell, Susan S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.1994
Elsevier
Subjects
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Marine
Sea water ecosystems
Synecology
Subtidal zone
Habitat
Seagrass bed
Spatial variation
Vegetation structure
Sea current
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Summary:Subtidal seagrass habitats are prime candidates for the application of principles derived from landscape ecology. Although seagrass systems are relatively simple compared to their terrestrial counterparts in terms of species diversity and structural complexity, seagrasses do display variation in spatial patterns over a variety of scales. The presence of a moving water layer and its influence on faunal dispersal may be a distinguishing feature impacting ecological processes in the subtidal zone. Studying seagrass-dominated landscapes may provide a novel approach to investigating questions regarding self-similarity of spatial patterns, and offers a new perspective for analysing habitat change in a variety of marine environments.
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ISSN:0169-5347
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DOI:10.1016/0169-5347(94)90041-8