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Survey of Disturbances in Santa Rosa Sound, Florida Seagrass Beds: Stingray Pits vs Propeller Scars
University of West Florida Libraries
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 08/2023)
10/14/2023
Abstract
Seagrass beds are an essential part of estuaries and shallow coastal waters that provide many services and support to the ecosystem. They serve as nurseries for marine life, decrease shoreline erosion and increase sediment stabilization. </br>Disturbances to seagrass beds can be natural such as stingray pits, or they can be anthropogenic such as propeller scars. </br>Stingray pits are a result of bioturbation from the stingray feeding on benthic organisms which causes a deep depression in the seagrass beds, but also can release trapped nutrients from the sediment. </br>Natural disturbances are expected to be more abundant, and to occur more frequently in seagrass beds.
Details
- Title
- Survey of Disturbances in Santa Rosa Sound, Florida Seagrass Beds
- Resource Type
- Poster
- Event
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 08/2023)
- Contributors
- Jane Caffrey (Faculty Mentor)Barbara Albrecht (Faculty Mentor)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380472261906600
- Academic Unit
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program 2023; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering ; Biology; Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation
- Language
- English