DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.09.003
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84913533768
论文题名: Eutrophication threatens Caribbean seagrasses - An example from Curaçao and Bonaire
作者: Govers L.L. ; Lamers L.P.M. ; Bouma T.J. ; de Brouwer J.H.F. ; van Katwijk M.M.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2014
卷: 89, 期: 2018-01-02 起始页码: 481
结束页码: 486
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Bioindicator
; Nutrient
; Point source
; Residential eutrophication
; Sewage discharge
; Thalassia testudinum
Scopus关键词: Housing
; Nutrients
; Plants (botany)
; Sewage
; Bioindicator
; Human activities
; Nutrient concentrations
; Nutrient levels
; Point sources
; Sewage discharges
; Thalassia testudinum
; Water measurements
; Eutrophication
; bioindicator
; concentration (composition)
; eutrophication
; nursery ground
; nutrient uptake
; point source pollution
; pollution effect
; pollution exposure
; seagrass
; sewage disposal
; Article
; Caribbean
; concentration (parameters)
; eutrophication
; human activities
; nonhuman
; nutrient loading
; plant leaf
; plant nutrient
; plant nutrition
; seagrass
; sewage disposal
; species habitat
; Thalassia testudinum
; analysis
; Caribbean Islands
; chemistry
; environmental monitoring
; growth, development and aging
; Hydrocharitaceae
; metabolism
; sediment
; water pollutant
; Bonaire
; Curacao
; Leeward Islands [Lesser Antilles]
; Cura
; Thalassia testudinum
; water pollutant
; Environmental Monitoring
; Eutrophication
; Geologic Sediments
; Hydrocharitaceae
; Plant Leaves
; Water Pollutants, Chemical
; West Indies
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: Seagrass beds are globally declining due to human activities in coastal areas. We here aimed to identify threats from eutrophication to the valuable seagrass beds of Curaçao and Bonaire in the Caribbean, which function as nursery habitats for commercial fish species. We documented surface- and porewater nutrient concentrations, and seagrass nutrient concentrations in 6 bays varying in nutrient loads. Water measurements only provided a momentary snapshot, due to timing, tidal stage, etc., but Thalassia testudinum nutrient concentrations indicated long-term nutrient loads. Nutrient levels in most bays did not raise any concern, but high leaf % P values of Thalassia in Piscadera Bay (~0.31%) and Spanish Water Bay (~0.21%) showed that seagrasses may be threatened by eutrophication, due to emergency overflow of waste water and coastal housing. We thus showed that seagrasses may be threatened and measures should be taken to prevent loss of these important nursery areas due to eutrophication. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/85846
Appears in Collections: 过去全球变化的重建 全球变化的国际研究计划
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作者单位: Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, Nijmegen, Netherlands; NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Yerseke, P.O. Box 140, Yerseke, Netherlands; Alterra, Green World Research, Department of Freshwater Ecology, P.O. Box 47, Wageningen, Netherlands
Recommended Citation:
Govers L.L.,Lamers L.P.M.,Bouma T.J.,et al. Eutrophication threatens Caribbean seagrasses - An example from Curaçao and Bonaire[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2014-01-01,89(2018-01-02)