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Objectives of Project 5.5 are to: (1) determining the pressure:response relationships that relate the effects of dredging-generated sediments on tropical primary producers, (2) examine the pathways, rates and timeframes of recovery from impacts and; (3) identify and examine the effects of key environmental variables on the pressure:response relationships and recovery. Specifically *Experiment 4* will be studying "The interactive effects of light reduction and sediment burial on seagrasses (Laboratory Experiment)"Lineage
Statement: The final experiment will combine light reduction and sediment burial treatments in order to determine whether there are interactive effects that might alter the impact or the pressure:response relationships of seagrasses to either pressure. To be logistically feasible, the experiment will use a limited set of the treatments applied in Experiments 1 and 3. The light reduction level will be at the moderate and high levels only (no 0% reduction), and the sediment burial will be at depths that were sub-lethal when applied in isolation (indicatively, 2 and 4 cm). The treatments will be applied for two durations, nominally 1 and 3 months, but to be revised following the outcomes of Experiments 1 and 3. These experiments will conducted in the laboratory as per Experiment 1 methods, with four replicate tanks of each treatment. Due to the number of tanks required, a Repeated Measures design will be employed. The variables to be measured are indicated in thumbnail imageNotes
CreditReport Citation: Statton J, McMahon KM, McCallum R, Vivanco Bercovich M, Kendrick GA, Lavery PS. (2016). Response of a mixed tropical seagrass assemblage to burial by inorganic and organic sediments under low light. Final Report for Project 5.5.4 of the WAMSI Dredging Science Node.
Modified: 27 07 2017
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