Fig. 8From: The biomass–density relationship in seagrasses and its use as an ecological indicatorEffects of amonium and phosphate on the efficiency of space occupation (dgrass) by Zostera noltii and Thalassia testudinum stands. Stands in Ria Formosa are in a gradient of closeness to a wastewater treatment plant, and measured seasonally. Site 1 was the closest and more polluted and site 4 the furthest away and least polluted [45]. Stands in the Thau Lagoon sampled by Plus et al. [48]. T. testudinum stands sampled by Kaldy and Dunton [66]. Model fits by Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Linear-in-the-parameters Oblique Least Squares (LOLS) [81]. The LOLS was fit by the new debuged software provided as Additional file 3Back to article page