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Seagrass meadows in a globally changing environment [PDF]
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2014 Seagrass meadows are valuable ecosystem service providers that are now being lost globally at an unprecedented rate, with water quality and other localised stressors putting their future viability in doubt. It is therefore critical that we learn more about the interactions between seagrass meadows and future environmental change in the anthropocene ...
Unsworth, Richard K.F. +2 more
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Stronger Together: Do Coral Reefs Enhance Seagrass Meadows “Blue Carbon” Potential?
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Seagrass meadows are important for carbon storage, this carbon is known as “blue carbon” and represents a vital ecosystem service. Recently there has been growing interest in connectivity between ecosystems and the potential for connected ecosystems to ...
Luis Alberto Guerra-Vargas +2 more
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Responsible Boating Protects Seagrass Meadows [PDF]
EDIS, 2017 Fact sheet that explains the importance of protecting seagrass meadows by responsible boating, and gives tips to boaters about how to practice seagrass safe boating.
Joy Hazell +2 more
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Biogeomorphology of the Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows [PDF]
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2016 AbstractHere we review the multiple interactions between the endemic Mediterranean seagrass, Posidonia oceanica, and coastal geomorphologic processes as an outstanding example of biogeomorphology, taking into account recent advances in the field. Seagrass meadows are among the most important elements for the functioning of marine coastal ecosystems ...
Vacchi, M. +6 more
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Escarpments within Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica meadows increase habitat heterogeneity and structural complexity enhancing fish diversity and biomass [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine ScienceSeagrass meadows provide important ecosystem services including carbon sequestration, coastal protection from erosion, and sustained biodiversity and fisheries thereby improving the wellbeing and livelihoods of coastal communities.
Enric Gomis +9 more
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Recent trend reversal for declining European seagrass meadows [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 Seagrass meadows are important but one of the most threatened ecosystems globally. Here the authors analyse data about extent and density of seagrasses in Europe from 1869 to 2016, and find evidence of recent trend reversal for declining European ...
Carmen B. de los Santos +26 more
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Current Biology, 2017 Seagrass meadows are an important and threatened ecosystem.
Unsworth, Richard K. F. +1 more
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The global distribution of seagrass meadows [PDF]
Environmental Research Letters, 2020 Abstract Seagrass meadows globally are under pressure with worldwide loss and degradation, but there is a growing recognition of the global importance of seagrass ecosystem services, particularly as a major carbon sink and as fisheries habitat.
Len J McKenzie +5 more
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Characterisation and Dynamics of an Emerging Seagrass Meadow
Remote Sensing, 2023 Seagrasses are habitat-forming species that support biodiversity and a wide range of associated ecosystem services, from blue carbon capture to providing nursery areas for a variety of organisms. Their decline has been documented worldwide and is attributed to human impacts ranging from habitat loss and eutrophication to the effects of climate change ...
Marina Dolbeth +4 more
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Seagrass restoration trials in tropical seagrass meadows of Kenya
Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science, 2022 The degradation of seagrasses is becoming prevalent in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region due to anchor damage, sea urchin herbivory, extreme events such as cyclones and floods and anthropogenic factors such as pollution and sediment inflows. Consequently, there have been numerous efforts to advance the restoration of degraded seagrass beds in ...
Uku, Jacqueline +5 more
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