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From: Timing anthropogenic stressors to mitigate their impact on marine ecosystem resilience

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Responses of seagrass populations at three sites for eight dredging and one control scenario. The sites (rows) are: persistent Amphibolis in Jurien Bay, Australia (top row), colonising Halophila at Hay Point, Australia (middle row) and opportunistic Zostera in Puget Sound, USA (bottom row). Dredging scenarios (columns), all result in the absence of saturating light. Each pie slice reflects the time to recovery (a) and the ratio of the extinction risk compared to baseline (b) for dredging starting in that month. Months are indicated by numerals in the outer ring, where 12 denotes December. All results are aligned to Austral summers to enable seasonal comparisons. The outer coloured edge of each pie reports a resilience criteria score (see legend)

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