caa a22 4500 378931857 CHVBK 20180305123631.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20040701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/BOT.2004.034 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/BOT.2004.034 Variability in abundance and morphological attributes of Zostera marina L. from the southern coast of Korea [Elektronische Daten] [Kwang Young Kim, Tae Seob Choi] The biomass and morphometric features of subtidal eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds were examined in Kwangyang Bay on the south coast of Korea. Benthic samples were collected from four sites at 2-month intervals, and various environmental parameters were simultaneously monitored. Shoot density increased from 15.7±1.4 (mean±SE) in November 1998 to 65.0±6.0 m-2 in May 1999 and gradually decreased during July-September 1999. Total biomass (shoot and rhizome-root) ranged from 20.2±5.5 in September 1999 to 188.5±19.1 g dry weight m-2 in May 1999. Shoot biomass and density were positively correlated, showing a spring peak on an annual cycle. Significant differences in leaf number per shoot, shoot length, third youngest leaf length, leaf width, leaf surface area index, internode length, root length and root number per node were observed among the sampling times. Shoot length and third youngest leaf length were positively correlated with leaf width, but poorly correlated with the leaf number per shoot. Seasonality of eelgrass beds and morphological traits of Zostera marina at Kwangyang Bay were compared to those in other temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. © Walter de Gruyter Hydrobiology nationallicence Mycology, fungi nationallicence Botany & plant sciences nationallicence biomass nationallicence eelgrass nationallicence internode nationallicence leaf nationallicence root nationallicence shoot density nationallicence Young Kim Kwang Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, Korea 500-757 aut Seob Choi Tae Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, Korea 500-757 aut Botanica Marina Walter de Gruyter 47/4(2004-07-01), 287-294 0006-8055 47:4<287 2004 47 botm https://doi.org/10.1515/BOT.2004.034 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/BOT.2004.034 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Young Kim Kwang Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, Korea 500-757 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Seob Choi Tae Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, Korea 500-757 aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Botanica Marina Walter de Gruyter 47/4(2004-07-01), 287-294 0006-8055 47:4<287 2004 47 botm CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter