MACROALGAL CANOPIES CONTRIBUTE TO EELGRASS (ZOSTERA MARINA) DECLINE IN TEMPERATE ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS

By J. Hauxwell, J. Cebrian, C. Furlong, I. Valiela. 2001

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Effects of accumulations of sediments and drift algae on recruitment of sessile organisms associated with oyster reefs (2006, background): “Sedimentation and drift algae accumulations severely reduce the distribution and productivity of rooted angiosperms (Hauxwell et al., 2001; McGlathery, 2001) and limit soft-bottom fauna by oxygen depletion, reduced larval recruitment, and interference with feeding (Hull, 1987; Raffaelli et al.,…”
Eutrophication in shallow coastal bays and lagoons: the role of plants in the coastal filter (2007, background): “…is due to a reduction in light availability and altered biogeochemical conditions from increased algal standing stocks (as macroalgae, epiphytes and/or phytoplankton; Twilley et al. 1985, Neckles et al. 1994, Short et al. 1995, Taylor et al. 1995, Hauxwell et al. 2001, 2003, Nixon et al. 2001).”
Plant-herbivore interactions in seagrass meadows (2006, background): “These investigators also suggested that the rapid overgrowth of the seagrass leaves by epiphytic algae lead to the eventual disappearance of seagrasses from eutrophic bays and nearcoastal waters in North America (Duarte, 1995; Bricker et al., 1999; Howarth et al., 2000; NAS, 2000; Hauxwell et al., 2”
Biodiversity and the functioning of seagrass ecosystems (2006, background): “Although macroalgal blooms can smother seagrasses under excess nutrient loading (Raffaelli et al. 1998, Hauxwell et al. 2001), macroalgae can also facilitate seagrass growth under normal, low-nutrient conditions.”
Facilitation of seagrass Zostera marina productivity by suspension-feeding bivalves (2008, background): “Dense phytoplankton blooms or macroalgal growth resulting from eutrophication can reduce light penetration to the benthos and shade seagrass beds (Valiela et al. 1992, Duarte 1995, Hauxwell et al. 2001, Gobler et al. 2005).”
Effects of nitrogen addition on nitrogen metabolism and carbon reserves in the temperate seagrass Posidonia oceanica (2004, background): “Leaf overgrowth by epiphytes implying shading (Silverstein et al., 1986; Short et al., 1995; Hauxwell et al., 2001), and photosynthetic biomass reduction due to herbivory (McGlathery, 1995; Ruiz et al.”
Experimental nutrient enrichment causes complex changes in seagrass, microalgae, and macroalgae community structure in Florida Bay (2005, background): “Macroalgae are important components of seagrass communities as well, but increases in nutrient supply can cause algal proliferations that overgrow and displace aquatic vegetation (Duarte 1995; Valiela et al. 1997; Hauxwell et al. 2001; McGlathery 2001).”
The ecological role of bivalve shellfish aquaculture in the estuarine environment: A review with application to oyster and clam culture in West Coast (USA) estuaries (2009, background): “Seagrasses tend to be negatively affected by both epiphytic algal growth and macroalgal blooms (Hauxwell et al., 2001; McGlathery, 2001; Hauxwell et al., 2003).”
Shift in seagrass food web structure over decades is linked to overfishing (2012, background): “The most likely mechanisms responsible for the loss of Zostera are increased phyto plankton production, turbidity and overgrowth of epiphytic and filamentous ephemeral algae that out-compete the seagrasses for light and water column nutrients (McGlathery 1995, Hauxwell et al. 2001).”
Seagrasses and eutrophication (2007, background): “Thus, as Hauxwell et al. (2001) noted, in estuaries the effects of herbivory on macroalgal biomass tend to decrease with increasing nitrogen loads.”
Ecology of Seagrass Seeds and Seagrass Dispersal Processes (2007, background): “Pathogens, predation, inter- and intra-specific competition, nutrient limitation, movement to unsuitable germination sites, smothering by organic debris (e.g. macroalgae; Hauxwell et al., 2001; 2002; Cambridge et al., 2002) or simply failed germination can all account for seed losses (Harper et al.”
Seasonal and Spatial Patterns of "Green Tides" (Ulvoid Algal Blooms) and Related Water Quality Parameters in the Coastal Waters of Washington State, USA (2003, background): “Macroalgal blooms have been blamed for eradicating seagrass meadows, altering faunal community structure, and creating unsightly, malodorous piles on beaches (e.g., Valiela et al. 1997, Hauxwell et al. 2001).”
Macroalgal distribution patterns in a shallow, soft-bottom lagoon, with emphasis on the nonnativeGracilaria vermiculophylla andCodium fragile (2006, neutral): “…documented by quantitative surveys and baseline data sets from northern and southern United States Atlantic lagoons (e.g., Cowper 1978; Thorne-Miller et al. 1983; Virnstein and Carbonara 1985) and have been related to nutrient overenrichment (Fletcher 1996; Hauxwell et al. 2001; McGlathery 2001).”
Influence of benthic macrofauna community shifts on ecosystem functioning in shallow estuaries (2014, background): “…of submerged macrophytes in the 1980s and early 1990s showed that the inner fjord was strongly dominated by U. lactuca, while the distribution of R. maritima was limited by light availability, competition from U. lactuca (e.g., Hauxwell et al., 2001) and hypoxic events (e.g., Greve et al., 2005).”
Effects of the green macroalga Enteromorpha intestinalis on macrobenthic and seagrass assemblages in a shallow coastal estuary (2004, background): “Although clonal plants, such as seagrasses, are considered to have adapted to dynamic environments (Caraco & Kelly 1991), recovery after disturbance can be slow (Holmquist 1997, Butler & Jernakoff 1999, Hauxwell et al. 2001).”
Seagrass genotypic diversity increases disturbance response via complementarity and dominance (2010, methodology): “…Society, Journal of Ecology, 99, 445–453 loss following peak Ulva abundance and the documented negative effects of high Ulva biomass on seagrasses (Hauxwell et al. 2001; McGlathery 2001, Olyarnik 2008), we treated this algal bloom as a natural disturbance and continued running the experiment to…”
Zostera: Biology, Ecology, and Management (2007, background): “Similar impacts from direct competition with macroalgae (den Hartog, 1994; Coffaro, 1997; Hauxwell et al., 2001) and epiphytic growth (Borum, 1985) have been observed in other systems worldwide.”