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Seagrass contribution to blue carbon in a shallow karstic coastal area of the Gulf of Mexico [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Seagrass meadows provide multiple ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration. However, seagrass meadows are among the most threatened ecosystems worldwide.
Tania C. Cota Lucero, Jorge A. Herrera-Silveira   +1 more
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Seagrass restoration enhances "blue carbon" sequestration in coastal waters. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Seagrass meadows are highly productive habitats that provide important ecosystem services in the coastal zone, including carbon and nutrient sequestration.
Jill T Greiner, Karen J McGlathery, John Gunnell, Brent A McKee   +3 more
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Eutrophication reduces seagrass contribution to coastal food webs

Ecosphere, 2021
Food sources and food web structure in seagrass meadows are important determinants of ecosystem functions and services. However, there is little information on the effect of eutrophication on food source contributions and food web structure in seagrass ...
Lijun Cui, Zhijian Jiang, Xiaoping Huang, Qiming Chen, Yunchao Wu, Songlin Liu, Jinlong Li, Peter I. Macreadie   +7 more
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Using Artificial Seagrass for Promoting Positive Feedback Mechanisms in Seagrass Restoration

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Worldwide, seagrass meadows are under threat. Consequently, there is a strong need for seagrass restoration to guarantee the provision of related ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration and habitat provision.
Jana Carus, Jana Carus, Carmen Arndt, Boris Schröder, Boris Schröder, Moritz Thom, Raúl Villanueva, Maike Paul   +7 more
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Seagrass meadows provide multiple benefits to adjacent coral reefs through various microhabitat functions

Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2020
Tropical seagrass meadows and coral reefs often function as interconnected marine habitats, but they are often studied and managed as homogenous units. As macrohabitats, seagrass meadows provide important benefits to adjacent reef ecosystems by acting as
Jianguo Du, Wenjia Hu, Ivan Nagelkerken, Laddawan Sangsawang, Kar Hoe Loh, Jillian Lean-Sim Ooi, Jianji Liao, Xinqing Zheng, Shuting Qiu, Bin Chen   +9 more
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The Differential Importance of Deep and Shallow Seagrass to Nekton Assemblages of the Great Barrier Reef

Diversity, 2020
Seagrass meadows are an important habitat for a variety of animals, including ecologically and socioeconomically important species. Seagrass meadows are recognised as providing species with nursery grounds, and as a migratory pathway to adjacent habitats.
Matthew A. Hayes, Eva C. McClure, Paul H. York, Kristin I. Jinks, Michael A. Rasheed, Marcus Sheaves, Rod M. Connolly   +6 more
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Variability of UK seagrass sediment carbon: Implications for blue carbon estimates and marine conservation management. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Seagrass meadows provide a multitude of ecosystem services, including a capacity to sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) within their sediments. Seagrass research in the UK is lacking and there is no published data on sediment carbon (C) within UK seagrass ...
Alix Green, Michael A Chadwick, Peter J S Jones   +2 more
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Long-Term Changes in the Unique and Largest Seagrass Meadows in the Bohai Sea (China) Using Satellite (1974–2019) and Sonar Data: Implication for Conservation and Restoration

Remote Sensing, 2021
Seagrass meadows play critical roles in supporting a high level of biodiversity but are continuously threatened by human activities, such as sea reclamation.
Shaochun Xu, Shuai Xu, Yi Zhou, Shidong Yue, Xiaomei Zhang, Ruiting Gu, Yu Zhang, Yongliang Qiao, Mingjie Liu   +8 more
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Mapping of Subtidal and Intertidal Seagrass Meadows via Application of the Feature Pyramid Network to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Orthophotos

Remote Sensing, 2021
Seagrass meadows are one of the blue carbon ecosystems that continue to decline worldwide. Frequent mapping is essential to monitor seagrass meadows for understanding change processes including seasonal variations and influences of meteorological and ...
Jundong Chen, Jun Sasaki
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Real-Time Classification of Seagrass Meadows on Flat Bottom with Bathymetric Data Measured by a Narrow Multibeam Sonar System

Remote Sensing, 2016
Seagrass meadows, one of the most important habitats for many marine species, provide essential ecological services. Thus, society must conserve seagrass beds as part of their sustainable development efforts.
Masahiro Hamana, Teruhisa Komatsu
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