Pubblicazione scientifica

The distribution of large floating seagrass (Zostera marina) aggregations in northern temperate zones of Bohai Bay in the Bohai Sea, China

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
economia circolare e sostenibilità

RIASSUNTO

Seagrass meadows (Zostera marina) are important coastal ecosystems with high levels of productivity and biodiversity. They often have high biomass turnover and are susceptible to dislodgment, leading to export of biomass from seagrass beds. In September 2016, two cruises covering a total area of 52 km x 15 km (38°57'1.14"–39° 0'41.28" N, 118°45'23.22"–118°47'6.96" E) found floating Z. marina aggregations along 13 km of the transect in the northernmost area of Bohai Bay, in the Bohai Sea, China. This floating seagrass was 6.3–13.4 km northeast (offshore) of the Caofeidian seagrass bed, which is a large (10 km2) seagrass bed discovered in 2015 in the Bohai Sea, China. The modal length of floating intact shoots (from meristem to longest leaf tip) matched samples from the Caofeidian seagrass bed. The dominant individuals lengths were 40–50 cm, with less than 5% of the total number of individuals found in larger size categories (80–90 and 90–100 cm). We concluded that they originated from the nearby Caofeidian seagrass meadows.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 12/03/2019

AUTORI

MIN XU
YI ZHOU
XIAO-JING SONG
YUN-LING ZHANG
HAI-PENG ZHANG

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

KEY LAB
EAST CHINA SEA FISHERIES RSCH INST CHINESE ACAD FISHERY SCIENCES SHANGHAI CHINA
CAS KEY LAB OF MARINE ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INST OCEANOLOGY CHINESE ACAD SCIENCES QINGDAO CHINA
HEBEI PROVINCIAL RSCH INST ENG TECH OF COASTAL ECOLOGY REHABILITATION TANGSHAN CHINA
HEBEI OCEAN & FISHERIES SCIENCE RSCH INST QINGHUANGDAO CHINA
TANZANIA FISHERIES RSCH INST UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

RIVISTA

PLoS ONE, 14(3), e0201574

IMPACT FACTOR

2,870

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