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标题：Evidence for ‘critical slowing down’ in seagrass: a stress gradient experiment at the southern limit of its range
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作者：El-Hacen M. El-Hacen ; Tjeerd J. Bouma ; Gregory S. Fivash 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：17263
DOI：10.1038/s41598-018-34977-5
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：). The SEM analyses revealed that higher biofilm density and sediment accretion best explained seagrass recovery rates. Experimental disturbances were followed by slow rates of recovery, regrowth occurring mainly in the coolest months of the year. Macrofauna recolonisation lagged behind seagrass recovery. Overall, the recovery rate was six times slower in the high intertidal zone than in the low zone. The large disturbances in the low zone recovered faster than the small ones in the high zone. This provides empirical evidence for critical slowing down with increasing desiccation stress in an intertidal seagrass system.