Environmental issues of fish farming in offshore waters: perspectives, concerns and research needs

M Holmer - Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2010 - int-res.com
Offshore fish farming is predicted to increase in the near future driven by the lack of coastal
space. In this review I discuss the environmental issues of offshore farming from experience …

Global hindcasts and future projections of coastal nitrogen and phosphorus loads due to shellfish and seaweed aquaculture

AF Bouwman, M Pawłowski, C Liu… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
A model was developed to estimate nitrogen and phosphorus budgets for aquaculture
production of crustaceans, bivalves, gastropods, and seaweed, using country production …

Eutrophication and macroalgal blooms in temperate and tropical coastal waters: nutrient enrichment experiments with Ulva spp.

M Teichberg, SE Fox, YS Olsen, I Valiela… - Global Change …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Receiving coastal waters and estuaries are among the most nutrient‐enriched environments
on earth, and one of the symptoms of the resulting eutrophication is the proliferation of …

Signatures of nutrient limitation and co‐limitation: responses of autotroph internal nutrient concentrations to nitrogen and phosphorus additions

MES Bracken, H Hillebrand, ET Borer, EW Seabloom… - Oikos, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Humans are modifying the availability of nutrients such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P),
and it is therefore important to understand how these nutrients, independently or in …

Coral reef algae

P Fong, VJ Paul - Coral reefs: an ecosystem in transition, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Benthic macroalgae, or “seaweeds,” are key members of coral reef communities
that provide vital ecological functions such as stabilization of reef structure, production of …

Eutrophication on coral reefs: what is the evidence for phase shifts, nutrient limitation and coral bleaching

MP Lesser - BioScience, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Coral reefs continue to experience extreme environmental pressure from climate change
stressors, but many coral reefs are also exposed to eutrophication. It has been proposed that …

Macroalgal blooms on southeast Florida coral reefs: I. Nutrient stoichiometry of the invasive green alga Codium isthmocladum in the wider Caribbean indicates …

BE Lapointe, PJ Barile, MM Littler, DS Littler… - Harmful algae, 2005 - Elsevier
Invasive blooms of the siphonaceous green algae Codium spp. have been considered a
symptom of coastal eutrophication but, to date, only limited biochemical evidence supports a …

Elevated nutrient content of tropical macroalgae increases rates of herbivory in coral, seagrass, and mangrove habitats

KE Boyer, P Fong, AR Armitage, RA Cohen - Coral Reefs, 2004 - Springer
We explored the role of food quality in herbivore preference for macroalgae by comparing
consumption of Acanthophora spicifera with and without elevated tissue nitrogen and …

Experimental nutrient enrichment causes complex changes in seagrass, microalgae, and macroalgae community structure in Florida Bay

AR Armitage, TA Frankovich, KL Heck, JW Fourqurean - Estuaries, 2005 - Springer
We examined the spatial extent of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) limitation of each of the
major benthic primary producer groups in Florida Bay (seagrass, epiphytes, macroalgae …

Assessment of coral reefs using herbivory/nutrient assays and indicator groups of benthic primary producers: a critical synthesis, proposed protocols, and critique of …

MM Littler, DS Littler - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid assessment protocols for determining and monitoring the status of any given coral
reef are provided and include measuring:(a) standing stocks of functional indicator …