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DOI	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111636
	Over a decade monitoring Fiji's seagrass condition demonstrates resilience to anthropogenic pressures and extreme climate events
	McKenzie L.J.; Yoshida R.L.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0025326X
卷号	160
英文摘要	Seagrass are an important marine ecosystem of the Fiji Islands. We confirm six seagrass species from the archipelago and defined five broad categories of seagrass habitat. We report, with high confidence, seagrass meadows covering 59.19 km2 of Fiji's shallow water habitats from literature and this study. Long-term monitoring of seagrass abundance, species composition, and seed banks at eight sentinel sites, found no long-term trends. Examination of key attributes that affect seagrass resilience identified meadows as predominately enduring and dominated by opportunistic species which had moderate physiological resistance, and high recovery capacity. We examined threats to Fiji's seagrass meadows from extreme climatic events and anthropogenic activities using a suite of indicators, identifying water quality as a major pressure. Based on these findings, we assessed existing protections in Fiji afforded to seagrass and their services. This understanding will help to better manage for seagrass resilience and focus future seagrass research in Fiji. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Habitats; Management; Monitoring; Resilience; Seagrass; Threats
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Ecosystems; Extreme weather; Water quality; Anthropogenic activity; Anthropogenic pressures; Extreme climates; High confidence; Long term monitoring; Seagrass habitats; Seagrass meadows; Species composition; Plants (botany); water; anthropogenic effect; anthropogenic source; climate effect; environmental disturbance; environmental management; marine pollution; seagrass; water quality; anthropogenic pressure; Article; climate; conservational seed bank; controlled study; ecosystem monitoring; ecosystem resilience; environment; Fiji; nonhuman; population abundance; seagrass; sentinel species; species composition; species habitat; water quality
来源期刊	Marine Pollution Bulletin
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/148508
作者单位	Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University, Cairns, Qld 4870, Australia; Seagrass-Watch, Cairns, Qld 4870, Australia; SeagrassFutures Fiji, Ma'afu St, Suva, Fiji
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	McKenzie L.J.,Yoshida R.L.. Over a decade monitoring Fiji's seagrass condition demonstrates resilience to anthropogenic pressures and extreme climate events[J],2020,160.
APA	McKenzie L.J.,&Yoshida R.L..(2020).Over a decade monitoring Fiji's seagrass condition demonstrates resilience to anthropogenic pressures and extreme climate events.Marine Pollution Bulletin,160.
MLA	McKenzie L.J.,et al."Over a decade monitoring Fiji's seagrass condition demonstrates resilience to anthropogenic pressures and extreme climate events".Marine Pollution Bulletin 160(2020).