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Benthoplanidae, a new family of benthic ctenophores (Platyctenida), based on morphological and genetic data

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
The benthic ctenophore Benthoplana meteoris (adults left and bottom, planktonic juveniles to the top right), type species for the genus, which in turn is type for the newly erected family: Benthoplanidae (Ctenophora, Platyctenida). Abstract We present a phylogenetic analysis of benthic ctenophores of the order Platyctenida, sampling all but one genus ...
Nicholas Bezio, Gustav Paulay, Allen Collins   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

One hundred priority questions for advancing seagrass conservation in Europe

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Seagrass ecosystems are of fundamental importance to our planet and wellbeing. Seagrasses are marine flowering plants, which engineer ecosystems that provide a multitude of ecosystem services, for example, blue foods and carbon ...
Lina Mtwana Nordlund, Richard K. F. Unsworth, Sieglind Wallner‐Hahn, Lavenia Ratnarajah, Pedro Beca‐Carretero, Elmira Boikova, James C. Bull, Rosa M. Chefaoui, Carmen B. de losSantos, Karine Gagnon, Joxe Mikel Garmendia, Francesca Gizzi, Laura L. Govers, Camilla Gustafsson, Elitsa Hineva, Eduardo Infantes, João Canning‐Clode, Marlene Jahnke, Periklis Kleitou, Hilary Kennedy, Stefania Klayn, Tiia Moller, João Monteiro, Nerea Piñeiro‐Juncal, Emanuele Ponis, Vasillis Papathanasiou, Dimitris Poursanidis, Riccardo Pieraccini, Oscar Serrano, Ana. I. Sousa, Susanne Schäfer, Francesca Rossi, D. Sebastian Storey, Marieke M. vanKatwijk, Dave Wall, Emma A. Ward, Robert Wilkes   +36 more
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Linking food web functioning and habitat diversity for an ecosystem based management: A Mediterranean lagoon case-study [PDF]

, 2014
We propose a modelling approach relating the functioning of a transitional ecosystem with the spatial extension of its habitats. A test case is presented for the lagoon of Venice, discussing the results in the context of the application of current EU ...
Brigolin, D., Facca, C., Franco, A., Franzoi, P., Pastres, R., Pranovi, F., Sfriso, A., Sigovini, M., Soldatini, C., Tagliapietra, D., Torricelli, P., Zucchetta, M.   +11 more
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Dugong grazing and turtle cropping: grazing optimization in tropical seagrass systems?

Oecologia, 2006
Grazing by dugongs and cropping by green turtles have the capacity to alter the subsequent nutritional quality of seagrass regrowth. We examined the effects of simulated light and intensive grazing by dugongs and cropping by turtles on eight nutritionally relevant measures of seagrass chemical composition over two regrowth periods (short-term, 1-4 ...
Aragones, Lemnuel V., Lawler, Ivan R., Foley, William J., Marsh, Helene   +3 more
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Understanding marine biodiversity patterns and drivers: The fall of Icarus

Marine Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity patterns are fundamental in our understanding of the distribution of life, ecosystem function, and conservation. In this concept analysis, A survey of the existing knowledge on marine biodiversity patterns and drivers across latitudes, longitudes, and depths indicates that none of the postulated patterns represent a rule.
Roberto Danovaro
wiley   +1 more source

Reduced seagrass resilience due to environmental and anthropogenic effects may lead to future die-off events in Florida Bay

Frontiers in Marine Science
Coastal systems often depend on foundation species such as seagrasses that are supported by self-facilitation. Seagrass meadows, however, are threatened worldwide due to climate change and local human impact, disrupting self-facilitation leading to ...
Jimmy de Fouw, Jimmy de Fouw, Christopher J. Madden, Bradley T. Furman, Margaret O. Hall, Yvon Verstijnen, Yvon Verstijnen, Sander Holthuijsen, Thomas A. Frankovich, Theresa Strazisar, Michelle Blaha, Tjisse Van Der Heide, Tjisse Van Der Heide   +12 more
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Changes in the juvenile fish assemblage of a Mediterranean shallow Posidonia oceanica seagrass nursery area after half a century [PDF]

, 2019
The within-year dynamics of the juvenile fish community in a shallow seagrass-dominated nursery habitat (Posidonia oceanica) in a Mediterranean bay were compared between two surveys separated by 50 years (1960 and 2012-2013).
Cabrera Castro, Remedios, Catalán, Ignacio, Diaz-Gil, Carlos, Grau, Amalia, Grau, Antonio María, Jordà, Gabriel, Palmer, Miquel   +6 more
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Seagrasses are most vulnerable to marine heatwaves in tropical zones: local‐scale and broad climatic zone variation in thermal tolerances

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Under a changing climate, it is imperative that we understand how species may respond to temperature impacts, which can differ among populations of the same species due to local drivers. Thermal tolerance data, which can be used to assess an organism's upper thermal limits, is valuable to identify species and/or populations' susceptibility to ...
Nicole Said, Chanelle Webster, Simone Strydom, Natasha Dunham, Matthew P. Adams, Kathryn McMahon   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preliminary comparison of natural versus model-predicted recovery of vessel-generated seagrass injuries in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary [PDF]

, 2009
Each year, more than 500 motorized vessel groundings cause widespread damage to seagrasses in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). Under Section 312 of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA), any party responsible for the loss, injury, or ...
Fonseca, Mark S., Kenworthy, W. Judson, Uhrin, Amy V.   +2 more
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Regional Genetic Structure in the Aquatic Macrophyte Ruppia cirrhosa Suggests Dispersal by Waterbirds [PDF]

, 2017
The evolutionary history of the genus Ruppia has been shaped by hybridization, polyploidisation and vicariance that have resulted in a problematic taxonomy. Recent studies provided insight into species circumscription, organelle takeover by hybridization,
A Marchioni-Ortu, A Pérez-Ruzafa, AHL Huiskes, AM Zipperle, C Marco-Méndez, DC Vromans, DH Les, E Kosman, E.A. Serrão, EW Koch, EW Koch, F Alberto, F Alberto, F Dufresne, F Short, FW Allendorf, FW Cidade, G Segelbacher, I Charalambidou, I Serra, J Figuerola, J Gesti, J Martínez-Garrido, J Martínez-Garrido, J. Martínez-Garrido, J. Sánchez-Lizaso, JA Coyer, JF Sampson, JJ Doyle, JL Olsen, JTA Verhoeven, L Airoldi, L Bahri-Sfar, L Excoffier, L Triest, L Triest, L Triest, M Agami, M Huston, M Vallejo-Marin, M. González-Wangüemert, MA Hemminga, MB Davis, NA Rosenberg, NA Santamaría-Gallegos, OE Diekmann, P Borsa, P Clausen, P Dixon, P Viaroli, PG Meirmans, PW Hedrick, R Costanza, R Peakall, R Rouger, R. Bermejo, RA Hughes, RJ Toonen, S Arnaud-Haond, S Cirujano, S Cirujano, S Oliva, S Talavera, S Yu, SCH Barrett, SM Thomaz, T Jombart, T Jombart, TBH Reusch, WJ Kress, Y Ito, Y Ito   +71 more
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