Catalogus

Zoeken

Zoeken kan via de modus 'eenvoudig zoeken' (één veld) of uitgebreid via 'geavanceerd zoeken' (meerdere velden). Zo kan je bv. zoeken op een combinatie van een auteursnaam (auteur), een jaartal (jaar) en een documenttype.

Boekenmand

Nuttige resultaten kan je aanvinken en toevoegen aan een mandje. De inhoud hiervan kan je exporteren of afdrukken (naar bv. PDF).

RSS

Op de hoogte blijven van nieuw toegevoegde publicaties binnen uw interessegebied? Dit kan door een RSS-feed (?) te maken van jouw zoekopdracht.

log in

Publicaties | Kaarten

nieuwe zoekopdracht

[ meld een fout in dit record ]

mandje (0): toevoegen | toon

---

Long term expansion of a deep Syringodium filiforme meadow in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands: the potential role of hurricanes in the dispersal of seeds Kendall, M.S.; Battista, T.; Hillis-Starr, Z. (2004). Long term expansion of a deep Syringodium filiforme meadow in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands: the potential role of hurricanes in the dispersal of seeds. Aquat. Bot. 78(1): 15-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2003.09.004 In: Aquatic Botany. Elsevier Science: Tokyo; Oxford; New York; London; Amsterdam. ISSN 0304-3770; e-ISSN 1879-1522

---

Beschikbaar in	Auteurs
VLIZ: Open access 54723 [ download pdf ]

---

Trefwoorden

ASW, Lesser Antilles, US Virgin I., St. Croix Atmospheric depressions > Tropical depressions > Storms > Hurricanes Audiovisual materials > Photographs > Aerial photographs Colonization Flora > Weeds > Marine organisms > Seaweeds > Sea grass Germination Population dynamics Seeds Syringodium filiforme Kützing, 1860 [WoRMS] Saint Croix [Marine Regions] Marien/Kust

Author keywords

aerial photography; hurricane; patch dynamics; seagrass; Syringodiumfiliforme

---

Auteurs		Top
Kendall, M.S. Battista, T. Hillis-Starr, Z.

---

Abstract

Automated image classification techniques were applied to aerial photographs of a deepwater (10-20 m) Syringodium filiforme bed in Buck Island Channel, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands to quantify change in its extent from 1971 to 1999. An increase in seagrass coverage from 1.33 km2 of sea bottom to 4.34 km2 was documented. Ninety-two percent of the area already covered in 1971 was still occupied in 1999. In addition, the relative contribution of horizontal expansion of existing beds in 1971 versus that of seed dispersal and growth were estimated. Fifty-four percent of the new seagrass area in 1999 was within the distance of possible horizontal growth of 1971 patches, whereas the rest was outside of this distance suggesting that only dispersal, germination, and subsequent growth of seeds could be responsible for this new colonization. New seagrass patches were not spread randomly throughout the channel; rather they were concentrated near patch reefs but beyond the usual sand halo typical of reef/seagrass interfaces. The current period of increasing meadow extent is coincident with a greater frequency of hurricanes in the region. Since no other causal mechanism could be identified, we suggest that this higher hurricane frequency enhanced seed and seagrass fragment dispersal.

---

Alle informatie in het Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) valt onder het VLIZ Privacy beleid

Top | Auteurs