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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 +2 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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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 +8 more
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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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The future of seagrass meadows [PDF]
Environmental Conservation, 2002 Seagrasses cover about 0.1–0.2% of the global ocean, and develop highly productive ecosystems which fulfil a key role in the coastal ecosystem. Widespread seagrass loss results from direct human impacts, including mechanical damage (by dredging, fishing, and anchoring), eutrophication, aquaculture, siltation, effects of coastal constructions, and food ...
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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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Measurements and modeling of acoustic propagation in a seagrass meadow [PDF]
Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 2018 This talk presents results from an acoustic propagation experiment conducted in the Lower Laguna Madre to characterize the acoustical properties of a seagrass meadow. At the location of the experiment, the water was one meter deep, and the seabed was covered by a dense growth of Thalassia testudinum, a type of seagrass that grows from a long, jointed ...
Megan S. Ballard +7 more
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Seagrass meadows in a globally changing environment
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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Seagrass Resource Assessment Using WorldView-2 Imagery in the Redfish Bay, Texas
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2019 Seagrass meadows play important roles as habitats for many marine organisms, traps for sediment, and buffers against wave actions. The objective of this paper is to map seagrass meadows in the Redfish Bay, Texas from WorldView-2 imagery. Seagrass meadows
Lihong Su, Yuxia Huang
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The role of seagrass meadows in the coastal trapping of litter
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 The accelerated discard and mismanagement of human-made products are resulting in the continued input of litter into the oceans. Models and field observations show how floating litter can accumulate in remote areas throughout the global ocean, but far less is known about the non-floating litter fraction.
Navarrete-Fernandez, T. +5 more
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