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Ecosystem Function of Seagrass System in Different Hydrodynamic Regimes: Implication for Seagrass Restoration

, 2014
Seagrass meadows provide many important ecosystem services such as shoreline protection, food sources, habitat stabilization, nursery areas and as a sink for excessive carbon dioxide. However, seagrasses are globally declining at a dramatic rate.
. Rohani Ambo Rappe, Mahatma Lanuru, Khairul Amri, . Susan L. Williams   +3 more
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Evolutionary legacies structure the geography of seagrass traits across the world's oceans

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Traits modulate species' ability to track shifts in climate, yet the extent to which traits have been shaped by the contemporary environment and/or historical processes remains poorly understood. Here, we fill this gap for the world's seagrasses, habitat‐forming species that provide critical ecosystem services.
Nestor E. Bosch, Matthew McLean, Fernando Tuya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon and nitrogen contents depends on macroalgal species, their tissue section, and development stage

Phycological Research, EarlyView.
SUMMARY Assessing the potential for macroalgae to function as a carbon sink (blue carbon) and nitrogen (N) assimilation is under intensive investigation. The content of elemental carbon (C) and N in macroalgae is the best indicator of their potential; however, with respect to the thallus, C and N content varies in space and time.
Yoichi Sato, Daisuke Saito, Eri Inomata, Atsuko Tanaka, Gregory N. Nishihara   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eelgrass Distribution in the Great Bay Estuary for 2006 [PDF]

, 2008
Eelgrass in Great Bay itself decreased substantially (43%) between 2005 and 2006, due to losses in both biomass and distribution. Little Bay and the Piscataqua River showed greater change(loss of 40%) between 2005 and 2006 than previously, with very low ...
Short, Frederick T.
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Expert opinions regarding the concept of blue carbon in seaweed systems

Phycological Research, EarlyView.
SUMMARY A collection of expert opinions critically evaluates the role of seaweed in blue carbon strategies for climate change mitigation. While the concept of fast‐growing seaweed to capture atmospheric carbon is appealing, the experts largely agree that its potential for direct, long‐term carbon sequestration is currently overstated and faces ...
Gregory N. Nishihara, Yoichi Sato, Aaron M. Eger, John Barry Gallagher, Catriona Hurd, Hiroshi Kawai, Tomohiro Kuwae, Albert Pessarrodona   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunities for targeted, small‐scale law reform in marine and coastal restoration

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Across the globe, law reform is being considered as a mechanism to support, guide, and encourage the upscaling of ecological restoration. While high‐profile examples like the European Nature Restoration Law show the value of large‐scale law reform, this scale of law reform will not be feasible or politically tractable everywhere.
Justine Bell‐James, Phillipa McCormack, Nicole Shumway, Alexandra Wawryk   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Machine learning approaches to estimate Zostera marina carbon stocks across northern temperate oceans

Frontiers in Marine Science
Restoring and conserving seagrass ecosystems are considered a climate solution due to their exceptional ability to store carbon in their sediments. However, restoration and financing efforts are held back by the inherent challenges of quantifying and ...
Nicola M. Wilson, Nicola M. Wilson, Rudy Arthur, Emma Sullivan, Emma Sullivan, Robert J. W. Brewin, Regan Early, Chris Laing   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tanzanian Coastal and Marine Resources: Some Examples Illustrating Questions of Sustainable Use [PDF]

, 2001
This is Chapter 4 of the book Lessons Learned: Case Studies in Sustainable Use. The coast of Tanzania is characterised by a wide diversity of biotopes and species, typical of the tropical Indowest Pacific oceans, and the peoples living there utilise a ...
Ian Bryceson, Julius Francis
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Benthic fauna dynamics following large‐scale seagrass restoration in an exposed environment

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Seagrass meadows are vital habitats, modifying hydrodynamic energy flows and sustaining biodiversity in the benthic environment. As such, there is a growing interest in using seagrass as a nature‐based solution for coastal adaptation. However, planting seagrass in hydrodynamically exposed environments is challenging, and the trajectories and timescales
Theodor Kindeberg, Per Carlsson, Johan Hollander   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ecological basis of fishery yield of the Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands Insular Shelf: 1987 Assessment [PDF]

, 2006
A literature review was conducted to locate information on the flow of energy from primary producers to the fishery stocks of the Puerto Rican-Virgin Islands insular shelf.
Browder, Joan A., Jacobsen, Terri
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