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Tampa Bay Nutrients Assignment

Seagrasses provide essential functions such as carbon dioxide conversion, habitat provision, and coastal erosion reduction. Natural disturbances like hurricanes, disease, and animal grazing account for less than 20% of seagrass losses, while human impacts primarily stem from excess nutrient introduction. For effective seagrass restoration in Tampa Bay, the focus is on increasing water clarity by reducing nitrogen and algae loads, with an expected reduction of 77 tons of total nitrogen loading per year.

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Tampa Bay Nutrients Assignment

Seagrasses provide essential functions such as carbon dioxide conversion, habitat provision, and coastal erosion reduction. Natural disturbances like hurricanes, disease, and animal grazing account for less than 20% of seagrass losses, while human impacts primarily stem from excess nutrient introduction. For effective seagrass restoration in Tampa Bay, the focus is on increasing water clarity by reducing nitrogen and algae loads, with an expected reduction of 77 tons of total nitrogen loading per year.

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1. [3 points] List 3 functions of seagrasses.

a) Conversion of carbon dioxide into organic matter


b) Provision of habitat and food to marine species
c) Reduction of coastal erosion

2. [3 points] List 3 natural disturbances that damage seagrasses?


A) Hurricanes
B) Disease
C) Animal grazing

3. [1 point] What percent of worldwide seagrass losses are


caused by natural disturbances?
Less than 20 percent of seagrass losses are due to natural causes.

4. [1 point] What is the most pervasive human impact on


seagrasses?
The most pervasive human impact on seagrasses is the introduction
of excess nutrients from fertilizer use.

5. [2 points] Describe an advantage of denitrification for


managing nutrients (please provide 1 paragraph).
Denitrification is a natural process that helps restore the normal
balance of nutrients. It relies on microorganisms that chemically alter
nitrogen into a form that is not bioavailable to marine life. A benefit of
this process is that it can continue without human intervention, as
these microorganisms are naturally occurring.

6. [1 point] What might be a disadvantage of denitrification?


One potential disadvantage of denitrification is the reliance on natural
environments that are already threatened, such as wetlands. Relying
on these environments to perform this task leaves the marine
ecosystem vulnerable if these environments are damaged or
otherwise face a reduction in denitrification capacity.

7. [4 points ] What is the guiding paradigm for Tampa Bay


seagrass restoration?
Increase of water clarity through the reduction of nitrogen and algae
load.

8. [1 point] What was the most recent year where all 4 Bay
Segments exceeded the FDEP criteria?
2014

9. [2 points] List the years where all 4 Bay Segments achieved


“stay the course” status for Historical Results.
2006-07, 2010, and 2012-14

10. [2 points] The Tampa Bay Nitrogen Management Consortium


supports nitrogen input load reduction projects in the Action
Plan for 2012-16. What reduction in Total Nitrogen loading is
expected?
It is expected that total nitrogen loading will be reduced by 77 tons per
year moving forward.

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