Plant-herbivore interactions in seagrass meadows

By K. Heck, J. Valentine. 2006

343 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Oceanography

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In Ecology

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2. T. Alcoverro
3. J. Romero
4. E. Serrão
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6. Carlos M. Duarte
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In Oceanography

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2. J. Romero
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4. E. Serrão
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6. A. Campbell
7. J. Fourqurean
8. Patricia Prado

Citations in the corpus

• Extensive direct measurements of Posidonia oceanica defoliation confirm the importance of herbivory in temperate seagrass meadows (2007, background): “Nevertheless, there is increasing worldwide evidence that pressure exerted by marine herbivores other than these large vertebrates may also play an important role in the energetics and interaction network of seagrass ecosystems (see review by Heck & Valentine 2006).”
• Potential for landscape-scale positive interactions among tropical marine ecosystems (2014, background): “For example, Heck & Valentine (2006) showed that seagrass declined due to surface epiphyte overgrowth following nutrient enrichment.”
• Climate Change Impacts on Seagrass Meadows and Macroalgal Forests: An Integrative Perspective on Acclimation and Adaptation Potential (2018, background): “While few temperate species use seagrass as primary food source (Heck and Valentine, 2006), poleward-extending herbivorous fishes and macrograzers such as dugongs andmarine turtles will likely have highest impact on temperate seagrass meadows in the winter months, when low light levels limit growth ”
• Natural densities of mesograzers fail to limit growth of macroalgae or their epiphytes in a temperate algal bed (2009, background): “A long tradition of field experimentation has clearly established the important role of large grazers, particularly fish, urchins and gastropods, in structuring benthic communities (Hawkins & Hartnell 1983; Carpenter 1986; Fletcher 1987; Hughes 1994; Heck & Valentine 2006).”
• A review of seagrass economic valuations: Gaps and progress in valuation approaches (2016, background): “When epibenthic fauna is removed from the system, the accumulation of epiphytes on seagrass leaves can prevent seagrasses from accessing much needed light for photosynthetic activity (Heck and Valentine, 2006).”
• Experimental evidence of chemical deterrence against multiple herbivores in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica . (2007, background): “…until very recently (e.g. Cebrian 2002), but studies compiled over the last 2 decades demonstrate that present-day grazing of seagrass biomass can be large and is of central importance in regulating the dynamics of seagrass meadows (see review by Heck & Valentine 2006 and references therein).”
• Synthesizing the effects of large, wild herbivore exclusion on ecosystem function (2019, background): “In seagrass beds, dugongs, turtles, fishes, and urchins can remove up to 90% of producer biomass (Heck & Valentine, 2006) and facilitate productivity by over 50%.”