Sentence examples for in eelgrass from inspiring English sources

Four principal components accounted for 81% of the variability in eelgrass cover.

Postsettled age 0 Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) seek refuge from predation in eelgrass (Zostera marina) habitat within shallow, coastal nurseries.

Using linear regression analysis, a decline in eelgrass shoot densities relative to controls was detected underneath three floats (eelgrass was eliminated under only one float) and adjacent to two floats.

Predation on tethered age 0 cod (G. morhua and G. ogac) was quantified in eelgrass patches (1 80 m2) at three sites in northeastern Newfoundland, Canada, during September and October 1999 and 2000.

The percent of a float deck grated did not contribute significantly to a multiple regression model examining change in eelgrass density that included five other dependent variables associated with the design of the floats.

Flora Bank is particularly vulnerable, with its shallow sandy bank rich in eelgrass that is vital to the health and protection of juvenile salmon.

In Denmark, eelgrass is found in both inner fjords and along moderately exposed coasts as documented by observations from 1189 monitoring sites, but is lacking from the exposed North Sea coast.

In Norway, eelgrass coverage was low in Skagerrak (c. 10%) in the 1930s owing to decimation of eelgrass by the wasting disease, but recovered in the 1950s and 1960s and, except for a temporary decrease in the late 1980s, has remained high (c. 40% cover) until the present (Johannessen et al., 2011).

However, in contrast to the low functional redundancy in the eelgrass macrobenthos (Baden and Boström, 2001; Boström et al., 2006), there is high redundancy among the rooted plants in the brackish parts of the gradient.

Based on traditional protocols and traditional Z. marina management inferences, we developed an in situ, subtidal, Complete Randomized Block Design removal experiment in an eelgrass meadow on Quadra Island, BC.

The silt fraction (<63 μm) increased and the sand fraction (63 500 μm) decreased in the eelgrass beds, which provides evidence that higher silt content in seagrass beds is the result and not the cause of seagrass presence.