The effects of epiphytic algae and their grazers on the intertidal seagrass Zostera japonica

2000 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching Wai Fong ◽  
Shing Yip Lee ◽  
Rudolf S.S Wu
Keyword(s):  
Zostera Japonica ◽  
Epiphytic Algae ◽  
Intertidal Seagrass

13C/12C ratios in marine food webs of the Torres Strait, Queensland

1983 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 707 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Fry ◽  
RS Scalan ◽  
PL Parker
Keyword(s):  
Food Webs ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Important Food ◽  
Epiphytic Algae ◽  
Δ13c Values ◽  
Marine Food Webs ◽  
Seagrass Meadows ◽  
Marine Food ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Intertidal Seagrass

During a research cruise in 1979 to the area between New Guinea and northern Australia, 250 samples were collected for measurement of 13C/12C (δ13C) to analyse carbon flow in tropical marine food webs. Plants at the base of food webs could be divided into two groups on the basis of their mean δ13C values: benthic seagrasses (-8.8‰), macroalgae (-12.5‰) and epiphytic algae (-13.3‰) were enriched in 13C (had less-negative δ13C values) when compared to planktonic samples (-21.8‰). Animals collected offshore were enriched in 13C by up to 9.1‰ relative to planktonic samples and seemed to show an increasing 13C enrichment with increasing trophic level. Relative to these offshore specimens, animals collected in intertidal seagrass meadows were usually enriched in 13C by 2-8‰, indicating that 13C-enriched benthic plants are important food sources in grassflats. Unusual 13C- enriched values of -3 to -7‰ among benthic chitons, gastropods and holothurians at one grassbed site suggest that unsampled benthic microalgae are also important sources of food-web carbon in the Torres Strait.

Growth responses of the intertidal seagrass Zostera japonica to manipulated sea level rise conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 1379-1393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung Hyeon Kim ◽  
Jae Woo Kim ◽  
Young Kyun Kim ◽  
Kun-Seop Lee
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Zostera Japonica ◽  
Growth Responses ◽  
Intertidal Seagrass
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