Seasonality and depth zonation of intertidal Halophila ovalis and Zostera japonica in Ha Long Bay (northern Vietnam)
Tu, Thi Lan Huong
Nguyen, Van Tien
Nguyen, Hoang Tri
Nguyen, Van Tien
Nguyen, Hoang Tri
Seasonality and depth zonation of two common intertidal northern
Vietnamese seagrass species,
Halophila ovalisandZostera japonica, were investigated in a 50 m long
intertidal transect from
1999 till 2001.Z. japonicaoccurred in the middle intertidal (1.2 m above
mean chart datum to
mean sea level at 2.1 m above chart datum).H. ovalisoccurred deeper in
the intertidal (between 1.0
and 1.4 m above chart datum). Based on seasonally different sensitivity
to reciprocal transplants,
it is concluded that this zonation is most likely due to different
tolerances to low light availabil-ity (less inZ. japonica) and
desiccation (less inH. ovalis). Both species reached maximum shoot
densities in September–October with total biomasses around 70 g DW m
−2
. Flowering inZ. japon-icaoccurred in April only, whilstH.
ovalisflowered in November after the rainy season and again
in April. Seasonality in density and biomass was apparent and similar
between the two species. It was largely coupled to the rainy season,
which brings spates of turbid water during May–August, thereby
possibly limiting light availability and hence growth
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| Title: | Seasonality and depth zonation of intertidal Halophila ovalis and Zostera japonica in Ha Long Bay (northern Vietnam) |
| Authors: | Tu, Thi Lan Huong Nguyen, Van Tien Nguyen, Hoang Tri |
| Keywords: | Halophila ovalis;Zostera japonica;Seagrass;Clonal branching;Reciprocal transplantation;Asia |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS |
| Citation: | ISIKNOWLEDGE |
| Description: | TNS07870 ; AQUATIC BOTANY Volume: 75 Issue: 2 Pages: 147-157 |
| URI: | http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/31849 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304377002001729 |
| ISSN: | 0304-3770 |
| Appears in Collections: | Bài báo của ĐHQGHN trong Web of Science |
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