USING AN INDIVIDUAL BASED MODEL TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY OF EELGRASS (ZOSTERA MARINA L.) ALONG A LATITUDINAL GRADIENT

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dc.contributor.advisorHarris, Lora Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorFoley, Jessica Lynnen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMarine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-25T06:30:14Z
dc.date.available2018-01-25T06:30:14Z
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractI explored the effects of climate change on the reproductive biology of the clonal marine angiosperm Zostera marina L. (eelgrass) using an individual-based model. The model captures whole plant ontogeny, morphology, and ecophysiology from seed to reproductive adult to simulate the plasticity of eelgrass in response to environmental variables. Using a latitudinal gradient as a proxy for climate change, virtual seeding experiments were performed in three locations along the East coast of the United States. I simulated the impacts of increased temperatures on Z. marina’s biomass, reproductive phenology, and life history. Warmer temperatures resulted in a modeled decrease of Z. marina’s total biomass, as well as altered reproductive timing and strategy. These results have implications for long term predictions of Z. marina persistence in its traditional biogeographic range, and indicate adaptation via shifts in phenology and reproductive strategy may interact to dampen some negative consequences of increased temperatures.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2K93178K
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/20397
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEcologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledclimate changeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledindividual based modelen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledphenologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledseagrassen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledZostera marinaen_US
dc.titleUSING AN INDIVIDUAL BASED MODEL TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY OF EELGRASS (ZOSTERA MARINA L.) ALONG A LATITUDINAL GRADIENTen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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