Short-term effect of beach replenishment on a shallow Posidonia oceanica meadow
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Title: | Short-term effect of beach replenishment on a shallow Posidonia oceanica meadow |
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Authors: | González-Correa, José Miguel | Fernández-Torquemada, Yolanda | Sánchez-Lizaso, José Luis |
Research Group/s: | Biología Marina |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada |
Keywords: | Beach replenishment | Short-term impact | Earlier impact | Posidonia oceanica |
Knowledge Area: | Biología Marina |
Date Created: | 2009 |
Issue Date: | Sep-2009 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | GONZÁLEZ CORREA, José Miguel; FERNÁNDEZ TORQUEMADA, Yolanda; SÁNCHEZ LIZASO, José Luis. “Short-term effect of beach replenishment on a shallow Posidonia oceanica meadow”. Marine Environmental Research. Vol. 68, Issue 3 (Sept. 2009). ISSN 0141-1136, pp. 143-150 |
Abstract: | Putative perturbations on a Posidonia oceanica meadow produced by recent artificial beach nourishment were evaluated in relation to four undisturbed meadows. Temporal variations of putative impacted location vs. control locations of environmental (light availability and sediment features), plant (associated epiphytes, silt–clay fraction attached to epiphytes, herbivore attack, non-structural carbohydrate reserves) and structural parameters (cover and density) of meadows were tested by asymmetrical analysis of variance beyond BACI (Before/After, Control/Impact). Additionally, two asymmetrical analyses of variance were used to test for differences in vegetative growth of horizontal rhizomes (leaf production, horizontal rhizome growth, biomass production and net secondary rhizome recruitment) before and after beach replenishment. Environmental effects induced by dumping works were only detected in connection with a higher silt–clay deposition rate. This increase was consistent with the increase of silt–clay cover attached to epiphytes. As a consequence of silt–clay smothering, a decrease of filter feeding epiphytes, starch reserves, shoot surface and shoot biomass was observed. The sensitivity of plants to sediment inputs, leads us to recommend avoidance of dumping or sediment movement in the vicinity of P. oceanica meadows. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/11311 |
ISSN: | 0141-1136 (Print) | 1879-0291 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.06.002 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.06.002 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - BM - Artículos Científicos / Scientific Papers INV - Recursos Hídricos y Desarrollo Sostenible - Artículos de Revistas |
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