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Table 1 Meta-data used for the seagrass biomass–density relation

From: The biomass–density relationship in seagrasses and its use as an ecological indicator

Species

Sources

No. obs.

Location

Latitude

Cymodocea nodosa

Agostini et al. [72]

12

Urbinu lagoon, Corsica

42.02

Cymodocea nodosa

Duarte and Sand-Jensen [71]

47

Ebro Delta, Spain

40.72

Cymodocea nodosa

Sghaier et al. [75]

36

Monastir Bay, Tunisia

35.37

Cymodocea nodosa

Peduzzi and Vukovic [74]

17

Golf of Trieste, Italy

45.7

Cymodocea nodosa

Cunha e Duarte [73]

5

Ria Formosa, Portugal

37.10

Halodule wrightii

Hall et al. [60]

12

Florida Bay, USA

25.14

Halodule wrightii

Creed (this study)

992

Multiple sites, American continent

Posidonia oceanica

Terrados and Pons [76]

5

Magaluf, Mallorca Island, Spain

39.30

Posidonia oceanica

Terrados and Pons [76]

5

Ses Salines, Mallorca Island, Spain

39.15

Posidonia sinuosa

Keulen [77]

14

Shoalwater bay, Queensland, Australia

− 22.42

Posidonia sinuosa

Collier et al. [78]

18

Cockburn & Warnbro sounds, Western Australia

− 32.17

Posidonia sinuosa

Fraser and Kendrick [79]

45

Cockburn & Warnbro sounds, Western Australia

− 32.17

Syringodium filiforme

Hall et al. [60]

2

Florida Bay, USA

25.14

Thalassia hemprichii

Larsson [70]

3

Inhaca & Portuguese Islands, Mozambique

− 25.9

Thalassia testudinum

Hall et al. [60]

197

Florida Bay, USA

25.14

Thalassia testudinum

Tamasko and Hall [64]

56

Charlotte Harbour, Florida, USA

26.9

Thalassia testudinum

Galegos et al. [65]

30

Cancún, Mexico

21

Thalassia testudinum

Enríquez and Pantoya-Reyes [67]

9

Puerto Morales, Cancún, Mexico

20.87

Thalassia testudinum

Paynter et al. [68]

3

Punta Cahuita, Costa Rica

9.7

Thalassia testudinum

Kaldy and Dunton [66]

20

Laguna Madre, Texas, USA

26.13

Thalassia testudinum

Medina-Gómez et al. [69]

6

Bahia de la Ascencion, Mexico

19.7

Zostera japonica

Lee et al. [49]

18

Dadae Bay, Geoje Island, Korea

34.43

Zostera japonica

Ruesink et el. [55]

20

Stackpole, Willapa Bay, Washington, USA

46.59

Zostera japonica

Ruesink et el. [55]

20

Oysterville, Willapa Bay, Washington, USA

46.54

Zostera japonica

Ruesink et el. [55]

20

Nahcotta, Willapa Bay, Washington, USA

46.49

Zostera marina

Lee et al. [49]

18

Dadae Bay, Geoje Island, Korea

34.43

Zostera marina

Olesen and Sand-Jensen [62]

32

North America, Europe & Japan

30 to 56

Zostera marina

Kim et al. [57]

46

Seomjin Estuary, South Korea

34.9

Zostera marina

Krause-Jensen et al. [56]

766

Oresund strait

55.6

Zostera marina

Möller et al. [61]

9

Prangli, Baltic Sea, Finland

59.63

Zostera marina

Möller et al. [61]

7

Sõru, Baltic Sea, Finland

58.69

Zostera marina

Möller et al. [61]

2

Saarnaki, Baltic Sea, Finland

58.80

Zostera marina

Möller et al. [61]

3

Ahelaid, Baltic Sea, Finland

58.74

Zostera marina

Ruesink et el. [55]

4

Stackpole, Willapa Bay, Washington, USA

46.59

Zostera marina

Ruesink et el. [55]

5

Oysterville, Willapa Bay, Washington, USA

46.54

Zostera marina

Ruesink et el. [55]

5

Nahcotta, Willapa Bay, Washington, USA

46.49

Zostera marina

Jones et al. [80]

34

British Isles and Nothern Ireland

50.6 to 54.6

Zostera nolti

Cabaço et al. [43]

276

Ria Formosa, Portugal

37.10

Zostera nolti

Cabaço et al. [45]

16

Ria Formosa, Portugal

37.10

Zostera noltii

Garcia-Marín et al. [46]

13

Ria Formosa, Portugal

37.1

Zostera noltii

Garcia-Marín et al. [46]

13

Huelva, Spain

37.2

Zostera noltii

Garcia-Marín et al. [46]

13

Cadiz, Spain

36.5

Zostera noltii

Plus et al. [48]

54

Thau Lagoon

43.4

Zostera noltii

Plus et al. [63]

22

Thau Lagoon

43.4