<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foley, J. L.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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 (master’s thesis).</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Graduate School of the University of Maryland</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Master of Science</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">253</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;I explored the effects of climate change on the reproductive biology of the clonal&lt;br /&gt;
marine angiosperm Zostera marina L. (eelgrass) using an individual-based model.&lt;br /&gt;
The model captures whole plant ontogeny, morphology, and ecophysiology from seed&lt;br /&gt;
to reproductive adult to simulate the plasticity of eelgrass in response to&lt;br /&gt;
environmental variables. Using a latitudinal gradient as a proxy for climate change,&lt;br /&gt;
virtual seeding experiments were performed in three locations along the East coast of&lt;br /&gt;
the United States. I simulated the impacts of increased temperatures on Z. marina&amp;rsquo;s&lt;br /&gt;
biomass, reproductive phenology, and life history. Warmer temperatures resulted in a&lt;br /&gt;
modeled decrease of Z. marina&amp;rsquo;s total biomass, as well as altered reproductive timing&lt;br /&gt;
and strategy. These results have implications for long term predictions of Z. marina&lt;br /&gt;
persistence in its traditional biogeographic range, and indicate adaptation via shifts in&lt;br /&gt;
phenology and reproductive strategy may interact to dampen some negative&lt;br /&gt;
consequences of increased temperatures.&lt;/p&gt;
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