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Mesocosm experiment

Induction

Project Summary

We continued the research line initiated by the InDeGrass project and experimentally investigated the induction of anti-herbivory defences by another seagrass species. At the Ramalhete station (CCMAR), we conducted a rigorous assessment on the ability of seagrass Zostera marina to induce anti-feeding defences in response to direct grazing by mesoherbivores.

Zostera marina meadow (Ria Formosa) with isopod

Inducible anti-herbivory defences in seagrasses
Start and End Date
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Coordinating Entity
CCMAR
CCMAR Coordinators
Begoña Martínez-Crego
Project reference
Assemble-ccmar02/2013 (EU Project number 227799)
Total Budget
10000.00 €
CCMAR Budget
10000.00€

Project Activities

PI: Begoña Martínez-Crego; International collaborators: Markus Molis (AWI, Germany)

MSc. thesis by Laura Schmoock entitled “Constitutive and inducible defences against herbivory in the seagrass Zostera marina versus Cymodocea nodosa”, defended in June 2016. International Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC+). Grade 16/20

IMBRSea Professional Practice by Ayeshya M.U. Herath. IMBRSea-The International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (2018), International Consortium of Universities (University of Algarve). Supervisor: B Martínez-Crego.