The general model was based on three relationships: water clarity controls colonization depth, average water fluctuation and wave mixing depth determines minimum colonization depth, and site differences are determined by the shoreface slope angle. With these parameters, the model figures the key factors and provides quantitative results that predict gain from different levels of habitat restoration scenarios. "This model can be used in other coastal SAV habitats if local SAV light requirements are substituted for Lake Pontchartrain values" the authors explain.
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