Seasonal acclimation of eelgrass Zostera marina growth to light. Although small patches were observed in the 1990s seagrass was locally extinct for 60 years. Tubbs, C.R. Estimates of gene flow suggested that seed dispersal was more important than pollen dispersal, effective migration (2.9 migrants/generation) occurred between the bays (14 km apart) and that the population subdivision was in part explained by disturbance and recolonization. In the Mediterranean, Zostera marina populations appear to be able to adapt to higher temperatures, and there is some evidence that they may be able to withstand marine heatwaves (Franssen et al., 2011), although UK populations may be more sensitive. Greening, H. & Janicki, A., 2006. NBN Atlas Northern Ireland. common eelgrass. The deployment of fishing gears on seagrass beds results in physical damage to the above surface part of the plants as well as to the root systems. A study by Major et al. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3770(83)90055-4, Met Office, 2016. Both culture methods produced strong, although dissimilar, changes in local hydrological conditions, which had clear effects on sediment characteristics. Zostera marina subsp. These upright sheaths desiccate more rapidly when exposed. latifolia Morong : Zostera marina var. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.07.003. Phillips & Menez (1988) note that seedlings rarely occur within the eelgrass beds except in areas cleared by storms, blow-out or excessive herbivory. Resistance to sedimentation at the pressure benchmark (30 cm of added material) is therefore assessed as ‘None’ as all individuals exposed to siltation are predicted to die and consequent resilience as ‘Low’ to ‘Very Low’. For instance, a study by Greening & Janicki (2006) found that in Florida, the USA, recovery of seagrass beds was incomplete 20 years after nutrient enrichment caused an eutrophication event. Zostera marina. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 240 (1), 37-52. The organic enrichment of the marine environment increases turbidity and causes the enrichment of the sediment in organic matter and nutrients (Pergent et al., 1999). Hiscock, S., 1987. Delefosse, M. & Kristensen, E., 2012. Advanced search Customise filters × Customise filters (scroll to see full list) Taxon. In the UK,  recovery of Zostera marina from the wasting disease in the 1930s is limited, and beds are still scarce, and often small (Davison & Hughes, 1998), which may reduce their ability to withstand heatwaves. It should be noted that coastal marine sediments where seagrasses grow are often anoxic and highly reduced due to the high levels of organic matter and slow diffusion of oxygen from the water column to the sediment. The effect of the translocation of species is covered in the pressure ‘genetic modification and translocation of indigenous species’. Common Eel-Grass. Spotted by stationerywoman on 2018-01-22. Added anthropogenic disturbance may, however, be detrimental to seagrass beds as soon as the ‘normal’ level caused by grazing birds is exceeded by human activities. They reproduce sexually via pollination of flowers and resultant sexual seed but can also reproduce and colonize sediment asexually via rhizomes. The habitat, therefore, scores a ‘High’ sensitivity. The absence of predators could be related to anti-fouling microbial compounds present in Didemnum vexillum (Tait et al., 2007). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 342 (1), 138-146. Fonseca & Bell (1998) also suggested that loss of cover (below ca 50%) led to fragmentation, and loss of habitat structural integrity. A significant decrease in shoot density as a result from trampling was only observed at a site with soft muddy substratum with no impact detected on the hard packed sand substratum. 20-300 km (McMahon et al., 2014; Kendrick et al., 2012; 2017). For example, 30% of freshwater eelgrass (Naja marina) seeds fed to ducks in Japan survived and successfully germinated after passage through their alimentary canals and potentially transported 100-200 km (Fishman & Orth, 1996). Flowering has been shown to increase with increases in temperature (Potouroglou et al., 2014) and ocean acidification (Palacios & Zimmerman, 2007), which may benefit this species in the future. Hubbard, J. Marine Biology, 133, 519-525. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.017. The fish culture had ceased in 1991; however, seagrass populations were still in decline at the time of sampling. & Boström, C., 2014. Reynolds, L.K., Waycott, M. & McGlathery, K.J., 2013. Negative effects were only observed at high abundances (1600 individual per m2) causing seeds to be buried too deep to germinate. Some plants will survive by successfully relocating rhizomes closer to the sediment surface. The invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum has been reported growing on stalks and blades of Zostera marina plants in New England, USA (Carman & Grunden, 2010). Newell, R.I. & Koch, E.W., 2004. flooding) in order to understand the process that promotes acclimation. This pattern has been seen in Chesapeake Bay, with higher summer temperatures leading to a shift in historical growth patterns, with summer declines beginning earlier (Shields et al., 2018). Koch, E.W., 1999. Demographic and genetic connectivity: the role and consequences of reproduction, dispersal and recruitment in seagrasses. Managing microevolution: restoration in the face of global change. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 374 (1), 69-77. DOI https://doi.org/10.14465/2017.arc10.006-ish. Seagrass reproduces vegetatively, i.e. Evidence shows that seagrass beds found in proximity to a source of organic discharge were severely impacted with important losses of biomass. Williams, T.P., Bubb, J.M., & Lester, J.N., 1994. Estuaries, 27 (5), 793-806. New Phytologist, 37 (1), 50-71. However, the density of flowering shoots is highly variable. A more mud dominated habitat, on the other hand, could increase sediment re-suspension and exclude seagrasses due to unfavourable light conditions. Kelly, J.R. & Volpe, J.P., 2007. During the past several decades, important losses in seagrass meadows have been documented worldwide related to an increase in nutrient load. Furthermore, in disturbed meadows, a decrease in sexual reproduction is observed, with beds maintained through vegetative spread, which will lead to decreased genetic diversity and therefore resistance (Potouroglou et al., 2014). (1997) found that adult Zostera marina in the Dutch Wadden Sea was able to cope with sedimentation rates between 2 and 13 cm per year as the plant has the capacity to elongate vertical stems enabling it to raise the leaf canopy above the sediment load. Zostera and Sargassum muticum were thought to be spatially separated due to their preferred habitat. Temperature loggers on the west coast of Scotland recorded intertidal temperatures on the high shore exceeding 40°C in 7 of the 11 years it was recorded (Burrows, 2017), and yet intertidal populations of Zostera marina var. Under the middle emission scenario, if heatwaves were occurring at a frequency of every three years by the end of this century, with heatwaves reaching a maximum intensity of 2°C for a period of 80 days, this could lead to temperatures reaching up to 24°C in summer months and is likely to lead to some seagrass mortality, although recovery should occur before the next heatwave. Organic enrichment may lead to eutrophication with adverse environmental effects including deoxygenation, algal blooms and changes in community structure (see ‘nutrient enrichment’ pressure). Short, F., Davis, R., Kopp, B., Short, C. & Burdick, D., 2002. Potting: static gear is commonly deployed in areas where seagrass beds are found, either in the form of pots or as bottom set gill or trammel nets. Major, W.W., III, Grue, C.E., Grassley, J.M. stenophylla Asch. {Zostera marina} is commonly known as {sea wrack}, and {eelgrass}. noun (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants • Syn: ↑genus Zostera • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Potamogetonaceae, ↑family Potam On the use of sediment fertilization for seagrass restoration: a mesocosm study on Zostera marina L. Aquatic Botany, 75 (2), 95-110. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 28, 277-290. Zostera marina L. var. Decapod samples were collected monthly throughout 2002 using a small beam trawl from northern Jinhae Bay, Korea. In the UK, sea surface temperatures are currently between 6-19°C (Huthnance, 2010), and Zostera marina is in the middle of its range (Potouroglou et al., 2014). The invasive seaweed almost immediately occupies the empty spaces thereby interfering with the natural regeneration cycle of the bed. A review by d’Avack et al. Natural recolonisation of seagrasses at a disused sewage sludge outfall. in Zostera marina. No evidence was found addressing the benchmark of this study. At the benchmark level, an increase in wave exposure is likely to remove surface vegetation and the majority of the root system causing some mortality. Resistance is therefore assessed as ‘None’ and resilience is considered ‘Very Low’ resulting in a ‘High’ sensitivity score. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(89)90197-4, Zipperle, A.M., Coyer, J.A., Reise, K., Stam, W.T. Franssen, S.U., Gu, J., Bergmann, N., Winters, G., Klostermeier, U.C., Rosenstiel, P., Bornberg-Bauer, E. & Reusch, T.B.H., 2011. C.P. Carbon flux in seagrass ecosystems. Zostera marina beds are characterized by high periods of growth in springtime followed by late-summer die-offs (Zimmerman et al., 1989). Networks; Networks. Common names for this species are eelgrass, seagrass, and seawrack. Marine Biology, 8 (1), 48-56. Fonseca, M.S., 1992. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12300, Frölicher, T.L., Fischer, E.M. & Gruber, N., 2018. United Kingdom Cornwall. Water-column nitrate enrichment promotes decline of eelgrass Zostera marina: evidence from seasonal mesocosm experiments. & Reusch, T.B.H., 2008. Sutton, A. Zostera. The perilous state of seagrass in the British Isles. Desiccation index: a measure of damage caused by adverse aerial exposure on intertidal eelgrass (Zostera marina) in an Oregon (USA) estuary Aquatic Botany, 76, 329-337. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 42 (1), 63-71. Kendrick, G.A., Orth, R.J., Statton, J., Hovey, R., Ruiz Montoya, L., Lowe, R.J., Krauss, S.L. Checklists containing Common Eel … (20/05/2015). Available from: http://www.ukmarinesac.org.uk/pdfs/marine-habitats-review.pdf. (2014) found that short-term exposures to a rapid increase of 4–5°C above normal temperature (25°C) during summer months resulted in widespread diebacks of Zostera marina. Therefore, with the pace of ocean warming over the next 50-80 years, UK Zostera marina populations may have the opportunity to adapt to withstand temperatures similar to those observed in Chesapeake Bay. (2015) reported that seed density in Zostera marina meadows in Hog Island Bay, Virginia, USA, decreased with increasing distance from the parent, that seed predation was low regardless of the distance from the edge of the bed, and that the seed density was strongly correlated with seed density from the previous year. Trampling: human wading in shallow coastal waters is a common activity that inherently involves trampling of the substratum. Shoot density is highest in shallow waters and declines thereafter, down to a depth limited by surface irradiance. Recovery will depend on the presence of adjacent seagrass beds and is considered to be fairly rapid scoring a ‘Medium’ resilience. & Grunden, D.W., 2010. The (potential) impact of each invasive non-indigenous species (INIS) is reported below. Seed transplantation in the late 1990s resulted in the restoration of ca 1600 ha of seagrass within 10 years (Reynolds et al., 2013). Ecosystems, 10 (8), 1311-1322. The status of Zostera angustifolia as a distinct species, a variant of Zostera marina or synonym of Zostera marina has been the focus of debate. It can be further characterized as in the Genus Zostera in the Family Zosteraceae. Moore et al. United Kingdom Torbay. 1., http://www.english-nature.org.uk/uk-marine. Effects of salinity and water temperature on the ecological performance of Zostera marina. Olsen, J.L., Coyer, J.A., Stam, W.T., Moy, F.E., Christie, H. & Jørgensen, N.M., 2013. Evolution, 52, 330-343. The experiment looked at two zones, the lower intertidal almost continuous seagrass and an upper intertidal transition zone where there were patches of perennial and annual Zostera marina. The study did not provide consistent evidence of boat anchoring impacting the seagrass habitat in this location. Van der Heide, T., van Nes, E.H., Geerling, G.W., Smolders, A.J., Bouma, T.J. & van Katwijk, M.M., 2007. Eelgrass wasting disease: cause and recurrence of a marine epidemic. However, in New York, USA, Churchill et al. A genetic comparison of 'wide-leaved' Zostera marina var. A typical response to nutrient enrichment is a decline in seagrass populations in favour of macroalgae or phytoplankton (Baden et al., 2003). For example, beds of this biotope in the south-west of Britain may contain conspicuous and distinctive assemblages of Lusitanian fauna such as Laomedea angulata, Hippocampus spp. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Boese et al. United Kingdom Swansea. Not relevant–this pressure is considered applicable to mobile species, e.g. (2015) found negative effects on shoot mortality, delayed growth and flowering and reduced carbohydrate storage even after burial under the sand at 5 cm (ca 10% of plant height) and four weeks, the lowest burial depth and shortest duration examined. Hydrobiologia, 444 (1-3), 25-42. Early life stages of seagrass, smaller in size than adult plants, are most vulnerable to this pressure as even a small load of added sediment will lead to the complete burial. An increase in sea level height of 50, 70 and 107 cm could have severe repercussions for the extent of current Zostera marina beds. Effects can be exasperated when the seagrass is exposed to multiple stressors at the same time, highlighting the importance to consider negative synergistic effects when conduction assessments. ZOPA: Zostera pacifica L. Classification . Physical disturbance may, however, be detrimental to seagrass beds as soon as the ‘normal’ level caused by grazing birds is exceeded by human activities. The experiment confirmed that Zostera marina is most susceptible to local changes in emergence regimes by being less tolerant to desiccation pressure. 3 vols, Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. It is distributed worldwide in the intertidal and subtidal zones of shallow seas, where it grows in muddy or sandy substrata, generally in areas with reduced flow and good water transparency. In addition, a longer-term or persistent increase in temperature may reduce germination rates and hence reduce recruitment and resilience (Jackson, pers comm., 2019). Williams (2001) affirms that genetic variation is essential in determining the potential of seagrass to rapidly adapt to a changing environment. Impaired productivity due to a decrease in photosynthesis will affect the growth and reproductive abilities of plants. Under light-replete conditions, results of increasing CO2 have generally been positive, and show an increase in photosynthesis, growth and sugar levels in response to increasing CO2 (Zimmerman et al., 1997, Palacios & Zimmerman, 2007, Zimmerman et al., 2017), although beneficial effects are not always apparent (Miller et al., 2017). Ehlers, A., Worm, B. Zostera marina . Fish assemblages of European tidal marshes: a comparison based on species, families and functional guilds. Van Lent & Verschuure (1994) suggest that there is a continuum of life history strategies exhibited by Zostera marina for survival in a wider range of environments. Long-term population dynamics of three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus in the White Sea during the 20th century has patterns similar to that of eelgrass Zostera marina.In this study we address possible mechanisms of such association through analysis of spatial distribution of juvenile stickleback in the wild and their substrate preferences in experimental conditions. Mortality and productivity of eelgrass Zostera marina under conditions of experimental burial with two sediment types. The sensitivity and vulnerability to man-induced change of selected communities: intertidal brown algal shrubs, Zostera beds and Sabellaria spinulosa reefs. Historically, common eelgrass (Zostera marina) was an important tidewater plant whose dried leaves were used for packing glass articles and for stuffing cushions. (2000) investigating salinity tolerance in Zostera noltei found considerable mortalities of plants at a salinity of 35 ppt. Z. marinaleaf blades are characteristically flat and wide (2-12 mm) and can reach up to 3 meters in length (Mondragon and Mondragon, 2003) although morphology is variable and depends on environmental factors such as substrate type (Short, 1983), depth (Lee et al., 2000), temperature (Moore et al., 1996), and light and nutrient availability (Short, 1983)… 1998; Phillips & Menez 1988), although genetic analysis suggests a more complex process (Kendrick et al., 2012; 2017). marina L. Berlin: Springer. Toggle navigation . Zostera marina. Seagrasses have light requirements an order of magnitude higher than other marine macrophytes making water clarity a primary factor in determining the maximum depth at which seagrasses can occur. Tolerances vary not only between species but also within species. Den Hartog, C. & Phillips, R., 2000. Dyrynda, P.E.J., 1997. (2005) investigated the effects of trawling for the blue mussels Mytilus edulis on Zostera marina beds in Maquoit Bay, USA. Non-native invasive plants: among the INIS currently present in the UK, the large brown seaweed Sargassum muticum has the most direct impact on Zostera species. Incidental removal of the key characterizing seagrass species and associated species would alter the character of the biotope. Increased flow rates, on the other hand, are likely to erode sediments, expose rhizomes and lead to loss of plants. This restriction to horizontal elongation of the roots makes the recolonization of adjacent bare patches difficult and explains why large beds are only found in gently sloping locations. In heat adapted populations of Zostera marina in Chesapeake Bay, die-offs start to occur at water temperatures of 25°C (Reusch et al., 2005). Seeds have a limited dispersal range of a few metres although they may be dispersed by storms that disturb the sediment (Zipperle et al., 2009b, 2011; McMahon et al., 2014; Kendrick et al., 2012; 2017). Leuschner, C., Landwehr, S. & Mehlig, U., 1998. Zostera marina may be partially protected from direct contact with oil due to its subtidal habitat. Depth limitation is due to light availability, with light penetration decreasing with depth and/or turbidity (Nielsen et al., 2002). & Hershner, C., 1984. Photo Credit: Louise Kane | NOAA Restoration Center. zoster – centură]. <100 km but increased with long-distances of hundreds of kilometres. An increase in CO2 and the subsequent decrease in pH as the oceans acidify is likely to have a net beneficial impact on Zostera marina beds globally, except in light-limited, deeper or more turbid waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 79, 741-743. Photosynthetic temperature acclimation in two coexisting seagrasses, Zostera marina L. and Ruppia maritima L. Aquatic Botany, 24 (2), 185-197. Seagrasses are important components of global coastal ecosystems, and the eelgrass Zostera marina L. is widely distributed along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts in the temperate northern hemisphere, but limited datum related to the contribution of sexual reproduction to population recruitment have been reported. Therefore, sensitivity is assessed as ‘High’ under the extreme sea-level rise scenario predicted for the end of this century. Newell & Koch (2004) using modelling, predicted that when sediments were resuspended, the presence of even low numbers of oysters (25 g dry tissue weight/ m2) distributed uniformly throughout the domain, reduced suspended sediment concentrations by nearly an order of magnitude. However, direct ecological impacts remain unknown and no quantitative evidence is available to assess resistance at the benchmark. Den Hartog, C., 1994. A review by d’Avack et al. Munkes, B., Schubert, P.R., Karez, R. & Reusch, T.B.H., 2015. However, some mortality from the increased temperature cannot be ruled out, particularly in the south, therefore resistance is assessed as ‘Medium’, and resilience is assessed as ‘Very Low’, as loss is likely to be a long-term decline, due to the long-term nature of ocean warming. Hall et al. Nejrup & Pedersen (2008) reported optimum salinities between 10 and 25 ppt, while den Hartog (1970) reported tolerance to salinities as low as 5 ppt. Ocean acidification has been shown to counteract the negative impacts of increasing temperatures on Zostera marina survival and growth and to enhance sexual reproduction, and the co-occurrence of these climate change pressures may be beneficial to Zostera marina (Zimmerman et al., 2017). & Stachowicz, J.J., 2004. The extent of the biotic dispersal of seeds is unclear (McMahon et al., 2014; Kendrick et al., 2012; 2017).

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