Aquatic Environment
Plant Species
Estuarine and marine
Halodule wrightii
Marine
Syringodium filiforme
Thalassia testudinum
Zostera marina
Percent Fines
Reference
• 1.8 to 9.2
• Livingston, Mcglynn, and Niu 1998
• 14.0
• Dunton 1994; Dunton 1990
• 8.1 to 28.8
• Murphey and Fonseca 1995
• 10.2 to 12.4
• Hoskin 1983
• 0.8 to 14.7
• Grady 1981
• 1.8 to 9.2
• Livingston, Mcglynn, and Niu 1998
• 7.3 to 9.9
• Hoskin 1983
• 1.9
• Wood, Odum, and Zieman 1969
• 22.0
• Lee and Dunton 1996
• 23.0 to 35.0
• Kaldy and Dunton 2000
• 4.8
• Wood, Odum, and Zieman 1969
• 14.6
• Scoffin 1970
• 2.2 to 17.1
• Koch 2001
• 1.0 to 34.0
• Burrell and Schubel 1977
• 12.2 to 34.1
• Hoskin 1983
• 0.8 to 14.7
• Grady 1981
• 35.0
• Leschen, Ford, and Evans 2010
• 2.3 to 56.3
• Koch 2001
• 13.0
• Krause-Jansen et al. 2011
• 14.0
• Marshall and Lukas 1970
• 15.0
• Orth 1977
Source: Adapted from Eisemann et al. (forthcoming)
There are several key parameters controlling SAV abundance and distribution. Five water quality parameters of critical importance for SAV are dissolved inorganic phosphorous and nitrogen, water-column light-attenuation coefficient, planktonic chlorophyll-a, and total suspended solids (TSS; Kemp et al. 2004). In many places where SAV is well studied, specific requirements with respect to each of these parameters are often documented (e.g., Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound, Florida, Northeast United States), providing an important resource to NNBF project managers looking to assess a site’s suitability for SAV. In contrast to SAV, kelp require a rock or boulder substrate for their holdfasts to adhere. Their distribution is largely limited to shallow, rocky reef areas that are less than 40 m in depth (Carr and Reed 2016).
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