Seagrasses and eutrophication

By J. Burkholder, D. Tomasko, B. Touchette. 2007

781 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Oceanography

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/60d4c419ebe707d55fea2c3eaeb914a1a40bad61

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Ecology

1. H. Christie
2. K. Norderhaug
3. S. Fredriksen
4. F. Moy
5. J. Burkholder
6. T. Kana
7. P. Glibert
8. L. Levin

In Oceanography

1. H. Christie
2. K. Norderhaug
3. S. Fredriksen
4. F. Moy
5. P. Glibert
6. J. Burkholder
7. T. Kana
8. L. Levin

Citations in the corpus

• Potential for landscape-scale positive interactions among tropical marine ecosystems (2014, background): “However, increased loading for longer periods generally causes a decrease in leaf density and cover, followed by shifts to ma cro - algae-dominated systems (Burkholder et al. 2007).”
• Ecological Evaluation Index continuous formula (EEI-c) application: a step forward for functional groups, the formula and reference condition values (2011, neutral): “…as heavy metal or ammonium toxicity, although they have been hypothesized (see GRÉMARE et al., 1998), might be ecologically relevant only under extreme eutrophication conditions (BURKHOLDER et al., 2007; LEONI et al., 2008), especially when multi-stressor interactions are considered (CLOERN, 2001).”
• Waves and high nutrient loads jointly decrease survival and separately affect morphological and biomechanical properties in the seagrass Zostera noltii (2012, background): “In addition to that, most of the cultural eutrophication (urban wastewater, agricultural run-off discharges) that affects seagrass habitats is mainly composed of nitrogen in the form of nitrate and ammonium and phosphorous in the form of phosphate (Burkholder et al. 2007; Cabaço et al. 2008).”
• Evidence of sewage-driven eutrophication and harmful algal blooms in Florida's Indian River Lagoon (2015, background): “in shallow, seagrass-dominated estuaries (Valiela et al., 1992; Bricker et al., 2007; Burkholder et al., 2007).”
• Large-scale shift from sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) to ephemeral algae along the south and west coast of Norway (2012, background): “Although light requirement is low (Borum et al. 2002), nutrient enrichment and excessive growth of epiphytes, may strongly contribute to crucial light reduction as has been found for seagrasses in nutrient enriched coastal waters (Burkholder et al. 2007).”
• Epiphyte-cover on seagrass (Zostera marina L.) leaves impedes plant performance and radial O2 loss from the below-ground tissue (2015, background): “Light availability is the key environmental factor regulating photosynthesis and thus the O2 supply during day-time, and small decreases in irradiance can cause significant declines in the growth and distribution of seagrasses (Burkholder et al., 2007; Ralph et al., 2007).”
• Effects of the invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea on the native seagrass, Syringodium filiforme, and associated fish and epibiota communities in the Eastern Caribbean. (2012, background): “…by disturbances such as coastal development (Cambridge and McComb, 1984), wasting disease (den Hartog, 1987), overfishing (Jackson et al., 2001), and eutrophication (Burkholder et al., 2007), disturbances that may make the expansion of an invasive species even more likely (Byrnes et al., 2007).”
• Macrophytes as habitat for fauna (2009, positive): “Shifts caused by eutrophication have been reported in a number of shallow benthic systems, where canopyforming perennial macroalgae and seagrasses have been replaced by ephemeral filamentous algae (e.g. Duarte 1995, Schramm 1996, Valiela et al. 1997, Worm & Lotze 2006, Burkholder et al. 2007).”
• Ecological Stoichiometry, Biogeochemical Cycling, Invasive Species, and Aquatic Food Webs: San Francisco Estuary and Comparative Systems (2011, background): “Increased phytoplankton and macroalgal proliferations at high nutrient levels affect seagrasses and benthic microalgae that compete for light (Harlin, 1993; Deegan, 2002; Burkholder et al., 2007), altering the food web structure by changing the habitat needed to support fish and shellfish.”
• Effects of natural and human-induced hypoxia on coastal benthos (2009, background): “The effect of hypoxic and anoxic waters on seagrasses has been studied extensively (Burkholder et al., 2007).”
• Infauna fromZostera marina L. meadows in Norway. Differences in vegetated and unvegetated areas (2010, background): “Such low oxygen values may be caused by heavy loads of drift algae or epiphytes in the seagrass beds (Burkholder et al. 2007).”