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Article: Invertebrate response to nutrient-induced changes in macrophyte assemblages in Waquoit Bay.
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- The Biological Bulletin
- Article date:
- October 1, 1995
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Coastal marine systems such as Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts, have experienced a major increase in nutrient loads through groundwater in recent decades (1). Five estuaries of Waquoit Bay (Childs River, Hamblin Pond, Jehu Pond, Quashnet River, and Sage Lot Pond) are subject to different nutrient loads due to different land uses in their watersheds (1). Nutrient loading prompts replacement of eelgrass (Zostera marina) by macroalgae-dominated communities (2). In this paper we address whether the vegetation changes caused by nutrient loading result in parallel changes in the benthic fauna of the affected areas.
In each of the five estuaries, the macrophyte and ...
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