The central role of grazing in seagrass ecology

By J. Valentine, J. Emmett Duffy. 2007

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Seagrass selection by omnivorous and herbivorous consumers: determining factors (2011, background): “…structure · Nutritional quality · Fish · Sea urchins · Feeding decision Resale or republication not permitted without written consent of the publisher Mar Ecol Prog Ser 429: 45–55, 2011 Sala 2005, Valentine & Duffy 2006), and understanding the feeding decision process remains a major challenge.”
Trophic interactions in Zostera marina beds along the Swedish coast (2008, background): “In particular, key invertebrate grazers can consume both epiphytes and seagrass, and thus their effects on seagrass can be either positive or negative, depending on the availability of alternative food (Hughes et al. 2004, Valentine & Duffy 2005).”
Trophic cascades in a temperate seagrass community (2008, background): “The current bottomÁup view of seagrass loss has been critized for underestimating the importance of grazers in controlling the growth of macroalgae in seagrass systems (Heck et al. 2000, Valentine and Duffy 2006).”
Herbivory on freshwater and marine macrophytes: A review and perspective (2016, background): “These studies, synthesized in several reviews (Cyr and Pace, 1993; Valentine and Duffy, 2006; Gruner et al., 2008; Poore et al., 2012), confirmed herbivores as key drivers of benthic ecosystems around the world.”
Plant-herbivore interactions in seagrass meadows (2006, background): “These taxa shelter on reefs but forage in the surrounding seagrass meadows and can also contribute to the formation of “halos” around reefs (Randall, 1965; McAfee and Morgan, 1996; Valentine and Duffy, 2006).”
Nutritional ecology of marine herbivorous fishes: ten years on (2009, background): “In contrast, a comprehensive review of grazing in seagrass systems (Valentine & Duffy 2006) highlighted the importance of nutritional factors: 'Compared to the well-studied role of terrestrial plant nitrogen content on herbivore food selection, the impact of seagrass leaf nutritional quality in…”
Delayed ontogenic dietary shift and high levels of omnivory in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from the NW coast of Africa (2009, background): “Green turtles are among the most important seagrass grazers in tropical regions (Valentine and Heck 1999; Hemminga and Duarte 2000; Valentine and Duffy 2006 ).”