Clonal integration helps larger seagrass species survive sediment burial in a tropical multispecies ecosystem

• Main Authors: Ooi, J.L.S., Kendrick, G.A., Van Niel, K.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: G Geography (General); GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/15057/1/0001.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/15057/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Seagrasses are rhizomatous clonal plants that grow submerged in coastal waters where burial under sediment - induced by bioturbation and tropical storms - is common. The effect of burial may be moderated by species-specific differences in clonal integration (resource translocation) but this has neve...