Ecological biomechanics of marine macrophytes.
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DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab536
Abstract: Macroalgae and seagrasses in coastal habitats are exposed to turbulent water currents and waves that deform them and can rip them off the substratum, but that also transport essential water-borne substances to them and disperse… read more here.
Keywords: marine macrophytes; biomechanics marine; ecological biomechanics; water ... See more keywords
Ecological biomechanics of damage to macroalgae
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DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.981904
Abstract: Macroalgae provide food and habitat to a diversity of organisms in marine systems, so structural damage and breakage of thallus tissue can have important ecological consequences for the composition and dynamics of marine communities. Common… read more here.
Keywords: breakage; damage; ecological biomechanics; biomechanics damage ... See more keywords