Shifts in biodiversity and physical structure of seagrass beds across 5 decades at Carriacou, Grenadines
David Patriquin,
Robert E. Scheibling,
Karen Filbee-Dexter
Abstract:Caribbean seagrass beds are facing increasing anthropogenic stress, yet comprehensive ground-level monitoring programs that capture the structure of seagrass communities before the 1980s are rare. We measured the distribution of seagrass beds and species composition and abundance of seagrass and associated macroalgae and macroinvertebrates in 3 years over a 47-year period (1969, 1994, 2016) at Carriacou, Granada, an area not heavily impacted by local human activity. Seagrass cover and physical parameters of fr… Show more
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