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Seagrass proliferation precedes mortality during hypo-salinity events: a stress-induced morphometric response.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Collier Catherine J, Villacorta-Rath Cecilia, van Dijk Kor-jent, Takahashi Miwa, Waycott Michelle
Abstract excerpt
Halophytes, such as seagrasses, predominantly form habitats in coastal and estuarine areas. These habitats can be seasonally exposed to hypo-salinity events during watershed runoff exposing them to dramatic salinity shifts and osmotic shock. The manifestation of this osmotic shock on seagrass morphology and phenology was tested in three Indo-Pacific seagrass species, Halophila ovalis, Halodule uninervis and...
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