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dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Marnie L.en_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-16T04:14:43Z
dc.date.available2016en_NZ
dc.date.available2016-09-16T04:14:43Z
dc.date.issued2016en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationCampbell, M. L. (2016). Burial duration and frequency influences resilience of differing propagule types in a subtidal seagrass, Posidonia australis. PLOS ONE, 11(8), e0161309–e0161309. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161309en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/10632
dc.description.abstractSedimentation that leads to periodic, and often prolonged, burial events is becoming more common on the world’s coastlines as human populations expand and create urbanised marine environments. Different seagrass species react differently to sediment burial but many species in the southern hemisphere are yet to be examined. How seagrasses react to burial has restoration implications. There is a need to critically assess seagrass transplant propagule responses to periodic (pulse) and prolonged (press) burial events before selecting the most appropriate species, transplant propagule, and transplant site. In my study, mesocosm experiments, coupled with field measurements were used to assess how sexual (seedlings) and vegetative (sprigs) propagules of Posidonia australis responded to pulse and press burial events. Seedlings were highly susceptible to burial (both pulse and press), with no survival at the end of the experimental period. In contrast, rhizome growth in vegetative propagules was stimulated by pulse burial, although press burial events resulted in mortality. The implication for Posidonia australis restoration efforts in areas where burial is periodic, was that vegetative propagules are optimal transplant units, in comparison to seedlings. Press burial however, renders a transplant site sub-optimal for both seedling and sprig transplants.en_NZ
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dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_NZ
dc.rights© 2016 Marnie L. Campbell. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
dc.titleBurial duration and frequency influences resilience of differing propagule types in a subtidal seagrass, Posidonia australisen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0161309en_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfPLOS ONEen_NZ
pubs.begin-pagee0161309
pubs.elements-id142257
pubs.end-pagee0161309
pubs.issue8en_NZ
pubs.volume11en_NZ
dc.identifier.eissn1932-6203en_NZ


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