During 2008, Zostera noltii seagrass beds of the Mira estuary (SW coast of Portugal) suffered a total collapse. During 2009 symptoms of early recovery were observed. The availability of pre-collapse data and the sequence of sudden collapse followed by early and gradual recovery create a rare natural experiment on recovery and resilience of seagrass ecosystems. The principal goal of this study is to assess the ...
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