Phosphorus Kinetic and Biogeochemical Studies to Support a Seagrass Simulation Model for Florida Bay
Koch M, Madden C, Jensen H, Nielsen O. 2007. Phosphorus Kinetic and Biogeochemical Studies to Support a Seagrass Simulation Model for Florida Bay. Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative. RES04-7. Everglades National Park/South Florida Natural Resources Center
Final Report. The shallow, estuarine waters of Florida Bay have long been recognized for the abundance of seagrass beds they support. In turn, seagrasses are often credited for helping stabilize sediments and serving as important primary producers in the coastal food web. Periodic seagrass die-offs continue to puzzle scientists and fuel attempts at isolating potential causes. Like all flowering plants, seagrasses depend on, and participate in, a constant rotation of nutrients. This study examines how nutrients (most notably phosphorus) cycle throughout Florida Bay, and how these periodic fluxes manifest themselves in the growth and decomposition of seagrasses. Koch, Marguerite S. 2007. Phosphorus Kinetics and Biogeochemical Studies to Support a Seagrass Ecosystem Simulation Model for Florida Bay Management. Final Report to the National Park Service (NPS) and Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative. NPS Cooperative Agreement with Florida International University. Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida. Nielsen, Ole and Marguertie S. Koch. 2006. Thalassia testudium phosphate uptake kinetics at low in situ concentrations using a P radisotope technique. Limnology and Oceanography 51(1):208-217 Nielsen, Ole I., Marguerite S. Koch, and Christopher J. Madden. 2007. Inorganic phosphorus uptake in a carbonate-dominated seagrass ecosystem. Estuaries and Coasts 30(5):827-839. Rosch, Kara L. and Marguerite S. Koch. 2009. Nitrogen and phosphorus recycling by a dominant tropical seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) across a nutrient gradient in Florida Bay. Bulletin of Marine Science 84(1):1-24.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Koch, Marguerite; Madden, Christopher; Jensen, Henning; Nielsen, Ole
- Date of Issue
- 2007-05
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- biogeochemical, CESI, everglades, Florida Bay, Modeling, Natural Resource Management, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Research, Seagrass
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Intertidal Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Estuarine Communities , Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Nutrient Dynamics | Nutrient Dynamics