The interaction between vegetation patchiness and tidal flows in a shortleaf seagrass meadow
Tiago D. da Silva,
Julia C. Mullarney,
Conrad A. Pilditch
et al.
Abstract:Seagrasses are critical coastal habitats that provide numerous ecosystem services. The inherent patchiness within meadows exerts a significant influence on the flow‐vegetation interaction, which, in turn, affects the array of services provided by these environments. We present field observations of vegetation distribution and hydrodynamic measurements within and surrounding an approximately 2 m diameter gap (bare sediment) in a fragmented seagrass meadow. We show that variability in mean flows and turbulence i… Show more
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