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Seagrasses and Seagrass Meadows: 2006 Publications

Bando, K.J.  The roles of competition and disturbance in a marine invasion.  Biological Invasions 8(4): 755-763, 2006.

Campbell, S.J., McKenzie, L.J., and Kerville, S.P.  Photosynthetic responses of seven tropical seagrasses to elevated seawater temperature.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 330(2): 455-468, 2006.

Duffy, J.E.  Biodiversity and the functioning of seagrass ecosystems.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 311: 233-250, 2006.
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Eklof, J.S., Henriksson, R., and Kautsky, N.  Effects of tropical open-water seaweed farming on seagrass ecosystem structure and function.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 325: 73-84, 2006.
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Erftemeijer, P.L.A. and Lewis, R.R.R.  Environmental impacts of dredging on seagrasses: A review.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 52(12): 1553-1572, 2006.

France, K.E. and Duffy, J.E.  Diversity and dispersal interactively affect predictability of ecosystem function.  Nature 441(7097): 1139-1143, 2006.

Harborne, A R., Mumby, P.J., Micheli, F., Perry, C.T., Dahlgren, C.P., Holmes, K.E., and Brumbaugh, D.R.  The functional value of Caribbean coral reef, seagrass and mangrove habitats to ecosystem processes.  Advances in Marine Biology 50: 57-189, 2006.

Heck, K.L., Valentine, J.F., Pennock, J.R., Chaplin, G., and Spitzer, P.M.  Effects of nutrient enrichment and grazing on shoalgrass Halodule wrightii and its epiphytes: results of a field experiment.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 326: 145-156, 2006.
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Hindell, J.S.  Assessing the trophic link between seagrass habitats and piscivorous fishes.  Marine and Freshwater Research 57(1): 121-131, 2006.

Orth, R.J., Carruthers, T.J.B., Dennison, W.C., Duarte, C.M., Fourqurean, J.W., Heck, K.L., Hughes, A.R., Kendrick, G.A., Kenworthy, W.J., Olyarnik, S., Short, F.T., Waycott, M., and Williams, S.L.  A global crisis for seagrass ecosystems.  BioScience 56(12): 987-996, 2006.

Orth, R.J., Luckenbach, M.L., Marion, S.R., Moore, K.A., and Wilcox, D.J.  Seagrass recovery in the Delmarva Coastal Bays, USA.  Aquatic Botany 84(1): 26-36, 2006.

Pergent-Martini, C., Boudouresque, C.F., Pasqualini, V., and Pergent, G.  Impact of fish farming facilities on Posidonia oceanica meadows: a review.  Marine Ecology: An Evolutionary Perspective 27(4): 310-319, 2006.

Pihl, L., Baden, S., Kautsky, N., Ronnback, P., Soderqvist, T., Troell, M., and Wennhage, H.  Shift in fish assemblage structure due to loss of seagrass Zostera marina habitats in Sweden.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 67(1-2): 123-132, 2006.

Reed, B.J. and Hovel, K.A.  Seagrass habitat disturbance: how loss and fragmentation of eelgrass Zostera marina influences epifaunal abundance and diversity.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 326: 133-143, 2006.
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Short, F.T., Koch, E.W., Creed, J.C., Magalhaes, K.M., Fernandez, E., and Gaeckle, J.L.  SeagrassNet monitoring across the Americas: case studies of seagrass decline.  Marine Ecology: An Evolutionary Perspective 27(4): 277-289, 2006.