The movement ecology of seagrasses

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dc.contributor.authorMcMahon, K.
dc.contributor.authorvan Dijk, K.
dc.contributor.authorRuiz-Montoya, L.
dc.contributor.authorKendrick, G.
dc.contributor.authorKrauss, S.
dc.contributor.authorWaycott, M.
dc.contributor.authorVerduin, J.
dc.contributor.authorLowe, R.
dc.contributor.authorStatton, J.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, E.
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, C.
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractA movement ecology framework is applied to enhance our understanding of the causes, mechanisms and consequences of movement in seagrasses: marine, clonal, flowering plants. Four life-history stages of seagrasses can move: pollen, sexual propagules, vegetative fragments and the spread of individuals through clonal growth. Movement occurs on the water surface, in the water column, on or in the sediment, via animal vectors and through spreading clones. A capacity for long-distance dispersal and demographic connectivity over multiple timeframes is the novel feature of the movement ecology of seagrasses with significant evolutionary and ecological consequences. The space-time movement footprint of different life-history stages varies. For example, the distance moved by reproductive propagules and vegetative expansion via clonal growth is similar, but the timescales range exponentially, from hours to months or centuries to millennia, respectively. Consequently, environmental factors and key traits that interact to influence movement also operate on vastly different spatial and temporal scales. Six key future research areas have been identified.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityKathryn McMahon, Kor-jent van Dijk, Leonardo Ruiz-Montoya, Gary A. Kendrick, Siegfried L. Krauss, Michelle Waycott, Jennifer Verduin, Ryan Lowe, John Statton, Eloise Brown and Carlos Duarte
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2014; 281(1795):20140878-1-20140878-9
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rspb.2014.0878
dc.identifier.issn0962-8452
dc.identifier.issn1471-2954
dc.identifier.orcidWaycott, M. [0000-0002-0822-0564]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/87872
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoyal Society of London
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP130100155
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP100200429
dc.rights© 2014 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0878
dc.subjectdispersal; pollen; seed; clonal; marine
dc.titleThe movement ecology of seagrasses
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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