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Rapidly declining seagrass meadows in Brazil: Findings from satellite imagery and local knowledge

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1155-1171, May 2026.
Abstract Due to the limitations of individual monitoring approaches, integrating social perceptions with multiple advanced technologies provides a new opportunity to gain a comprehensive understanding of ecosystem degradation. We combined historical aerial mapping, satellite imagery, semi‐structured interviews with local stakeholders, and a bilingual ...
Karine Matos Magalhães, Emma Deeks, Aline da Silva Cerqueira, Gabriel Henrique Ferreira Silva, Fabiana Aguiar Santos, Terry Dawson, Pavel Kratina   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flora do Ceará: Hydrocharitaceae e as fanerógamas marinhas: Cymodoceaceae, Ruppiaceae

Rodriguésia
Resumo As áreas inundadas continentais e a região costeira do estado do Ceará apresentam comunidades vegetais aquáticas constituídas por Angiospermas.
Lígia Queiroz Matias, Hortência Helena e Silva Gonzalez, Willer Rocha de Oliveira   +2 more
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Habitat characteristics drive fish recruitment enhancement in threatened coastal nursery habitats

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 5, May 2026.
Our findings underscore the importance of habitat attributes and physical settings as the key predictors of fish enhancement across threatened coastal nurseries of North America. Restoration and management efforts should aim to optimize these factors to maximize fish recruitment potential amid ecosystem degradation. Abstract Structured coastal habitats
Juhyung Lee, Philine zu Ermgassen, Bryan DeAngelis, Min‐Sun Lee, A. Randall Hughes, Jonathan H. Grabowski   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long‐Term Trends in Juvenile Blue Crab Recruitment Patterns in a Wind‐Driven Estuary

Fisheries Oceanography, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 225-236, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Conserving exploited marine species requires understanding population dynamics across life stages and habitats. This study analyzes juvenile blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) recruitment trends in North Carolina's Albemarle‐Pamlico Estuarine System.
Erin Voigt, Lisa Etherington, David Eggleston   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing biodegradable interventions to disrupt plant–animal feedbacks and promote seagrass establishment

Restoration Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2026.
Biogeochemical and physical feedbacks are well known to prevent ecosystem recovery even after initial disturbance factors are mitigated. However, multi‐trophic interactions that may maintain disturbed areas have received less attention, despite their potential importance in mediating restoration success. In this study, we surveyed stingray feeding pits
Beatriz Marin‐Diaz, Christine Angelini, Charli Pezoldt, Katie Konchar, Andrew H. Altieri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transplanting and Survival of the Seagrass Halodule wrightii Under Controlled Conditions

Northeast Gulf Science, 1981
An area of controversy in transplanting seagrasses is the use of root stimulants. Usually some concentration of naphthalene acetic acid (NAPH) is applied to the plant's root-rhizome system before transplanting. Kelly et al. (1971) in their work with Thalassia testudinum found that soaking short shoots for one hour in a 10% solution of NAPH resulted in ...
Zimmermann, C. F., French, T. D., Montgomery, J. R.   +2 more
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Subtropical seagrass epiphytes: Nitrogen fixation rates align with Crocosphaera‐like cyanobacteria abundances

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 70, Issue 12, Page 3958-3971, December 2025.
Abstract Nitrogen fixers can enhance nitrogen availability for seagrass communities that may be nitrogen limited. However, the role of epiphytic diazotrophs, particularly cyanobacteria, in seagrass communities is not well understood. We measured nitrogen fixation rates, epiphyte biomass, and relative abundances of epiphytic diazotrophs on the leaves of
Lacey T. Bowman, Jane M. Caffrey, Lisa A. Waidner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Responses of the molluscan fauna to environmental variations in a Halodule wrightii Ascherson ecosystem from Northeastern Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2013
This study observed the spatial and temporal distributions of molluscs in a Halodule wrightii meadow, verifying if they respond satisfactorily to seasonal changes in this seagrass ecosystem. Twenty-four species were identified.
KCRISHNA V.S. BARROS, CRISTINA A. ROCHA-BARREIRA   +1 more
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Restoring Halodule uninervis: evaluating planting methods and biodiversity

Restoration Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 3, March 2025.
Seagrass provides a crucial habitat for numerous marine species and serves as a vital food source for endangered species, like dugongs. While extensive research on restoration has been conducted on certain temperate and slow‐growing climax seagrass species, limited attention has been given to tropical pioneer species.
Damboia Cossa, Minda Cossa, Jeremias Nhaca, Ilário Timba, Yudmila Chunguane, Alvaro Vetina, Adriano Macia, Martin Gullström, Eduardo Infantes   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predatory behavior of the paguroid Dardanus venosus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1848) (Anomura: Diogenidae) on the snail Aurantilaria aurantiaca (Lamarck, 1816) (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae)

Nauplius
Paguroids are usually detritivorous organisms and the occurrence of predation on mollusks is very unusual. This contribution reports the occurrence of a predatory behavior of the paguroid Dardanus venosus (H.
Felipe Bezerra Ribeiro, Helena Matthews-Cascon, Luis Ernesto Arruda Bezerra   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source