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Coproduction of marine restoration with communities facilitates stronger outcomes [PDF]
Cambridge Prisms: Coastal FuturesNear-shore marine habitats are well-documented as diverse and productive social-ecological systems; their degradation and loss have led to growing interest in marine restoration.
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Bottlenecks to seed-based seagrass restoration reveal opportunities for improvement
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023 Habitat restoration is becoming an increasingly prevalent tool in the armoury of marine conservation, particularly given the expanding interest in creating nature-based solutions to a changing climate.
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Nutrient additions to seagrass seed planting improve seedling emergence and growth
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 To maximize the opportunities of seagrass as a nature-based solution requires restoration to occur on a large scale. New methods and knowledge are required that can solve ecological bottlenecks, improving its reliability and effectiveness. Although there
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Canopy Accumulation: Are Seagrass Meadows a Sink of Microplastics?
Oceans, 2021 A growing body of research is documenting the accumulation of microplastics within marine sediments around the world. The hydrodynamic influences of seagrasses in coastal environments are shown to increase sedimentation of finer particles and as a result
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Effectiveness of Moorings Constructed from Rope in Reducing Impacts to Seagrass
Oceans, 2022 Seagrass meadows commonly reside in shallow sheltered coastal environments which are typically safe havens for mooring boats. There is evidence from around the globe that the use of common swinging chain moorings leads to halos of bare sediment in ...
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Diversity, 2023 In coastal lagoons, marine benthic macrophyte meadows can be an important element in the resistance to eutrophication of the ecosystem, as they can function as temporary nitrogen sinks, limiting the availability of this nutrient for opportunistic ...
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Seagrass Meadows Provide a Significant Resource in Support of Avifauna
Diversity, 2021 Seagrass meadows are known to be rich in fauna, with complex food webs that provide trophic subsidy to species and habitats way beyond the extent of their distribution. Birds are an often-overlooked part of marine ecosystems; not only are they crucial to
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Citizen Science Driven Big Data Collection Requires Improved and Inclusive Societal Engagement
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Marine ecosystems are in a state of crisis worldwide due to anthropogenic stressors, exacerbated by generally diminished ocean literacy. In other sectors, big data and technological advances are opening our horizons towards improved knowledge and ...
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Demersal Fish Assemblages in NE Atlantic Seagrass and Kelp
Diversity, 2020 Global fisheries are in decline, calling for urgent evidence-based action. One such action is the identification and protection of fishery-associated habitats such as seagrass meadows and kelp forests, both of which have suffered long-term loss and ...
Evie Furness, Richard K.F. Unsworth
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Decreasing seagrass density negatively influences associated fauna [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Seagrass meadows globally are disappearing at a rapid rate with physical disturbances being one of the major drivers of this habitat loss. Disturbance of seagrass can lead to fragmentation, a reduction in shoot density, canopy height and coverage, and ...
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