Predator control on mesograzers and eelgrass epiphytes as function of eelgrass removal by grazing brants and green tides occurrence in Baja California.

PABLO JORGENSEN; CLARA M. HEREU

Washington, D.C.

Conferencia; Zostera Experimental Network (ZEN) Workshop Conference; 2014

Smithsonian Institution

We manipulated in the field the access of black brants to eelgrass plots and, in a cross design, the presence or absence of Ulva expansa mats. We followed the response of the mesograzer community, the epiphyte community on eelgrass leaves, and Zostera marina growth and cover along one year.