Baseline and monitoring methods for seagrass meadows
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Aerial surveys and remote sensing are suitable baseline and monitoring methods for seagrass meadows to assess their health and density. This is important as a first step in the direction of protecting seagrass habitats. The vitality of the meadows is determined through biomass, abundance, and productivity measurement. However, care needs to be taken to consider temporal and spatial differences and to ensure statistical accuracy. The results can be compared to similar findings in other areas along the estuarine and coastal habitats.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Management
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0301-4797
Year: 1996
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Predicting immigration of two species in contrasting landscapes: Effects of scale, patch size and isolation
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The way in which a patch based metrics commonly used to predict the number of immigrants to a habitat patch performed based on data from three different years in two distinct insect systems is described. Results show that the effects of patch size and isolation on the number of immigrants are highly important to dependent on spatial scale, the organism studied and the way in which it responds to the spatial arrangement of patches.
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2005
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