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Scientia Marina, 2019 The functional importance of herbivory in seagrass beds is highly variable among systems. In Mediterranean seagrass meadows, macroherbivores, such as the fish Sarpa salpa and the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus, have received most research attention, so
Inés Castejón-Silvo +2 more
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The light requirements for growth and photosynthesis in seagrasses with emphasis on Texas estuaries : a literature survey [PDF]
, 1993 During the last 20 years, seagrass communities throughout the world have experienced decreased productivity and distribution. These declines have often been attributed to decreased water transparency as a result of turbidity or shading by epiphytic algae.
Dunton, Kenneth H., Kaldy, J. E.
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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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Effects of harvesting methods on sustainability of a bay scallop fishery: dredging uproots seagrass and displaces recruits [PDF]
, 2005 Fishing is widely recognized to have profound effects on estuarine and marine ecosystems (Hammer and Jansson, 1993; Dayton et al., 1995). Intense commercial and recreational harvest of valuable species can result in population collapses of target and ...
Bishop, Melanie J. +3 more
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Porewater Carbonate Chemistry Dynamics in a Temperate and a Subtropical Seagrass System [PDF]
Aquatic Geochemistry, 2020 AbstractSeagrass systems are integral components of both local and global carbon cycles and can substantially modify seawater biogeochemistry, which has ecological ramifications. However, the influence of seagrass on porewater biogeochemistry has not been fully described, and the exact role of this marine macrophyte and associated microbial communities
Theodor Kindeberg +7 more
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Positive feedbacks in seagrass ecosystems--evidence from large-scale empirical data. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Positive feedbacks cause a nonlinear response of ecosystems to environmental change and may even cause bistability. Even though the importance of feedback mechanisms has been demonstrated for many types of ecosystems, their identification and ...
Tjisse van der Heide +4 more
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Habitat connectivity in reef fish communities and marine reserve design in Old Providence-Santa Catalina, Colombia [PDF]
, 2003 On the insular platform of Old Providence/Santa Catalina, Colombia, we compared nearshore lagoonal patch reefs to those on the northern bank distant from the islands to determine the importance of habitat connectivity to fish community structure ...
Appeldoorn, R.S. +4 more
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Aeolian transport of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) beach-cast to terrestrial systems [PDF]
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2017 Abstract The annual export of the Mediterranean seagrass ( Posidonia oceanica ) litter to adjacent beaches and coastal dunes was quantified by examining the fortnight evolution of seagrass beach-cast volume on two beaches in the NW Mediterranean (Son Real and Es Trenc, Mallorca Island, Spain) for two years and analyzing the wind speed and direction ...
Maria A. Jiménez +5 more
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Methane Production by Seagrass Ecosystems in the Red Sea
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 Atmospheric methane (CH4) is the second strongest greenhouse gas and it is emitted to the atmosphere naturally by different sources. It is crucial to define the dimension of these natural emissions in order to forecast changes in atmospheric CH4 mixing ...
Neus Garcias-Bonet, Carlos M. Duarte
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Potential uptake of dissolved organic matter by seagrasses and macroalgae [PDF]
, 2011 Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) acts as a large reservoir of fixed nitrogen. Whereas DON utilization is common in the microbial community, little is known about utilization by macrophytes.
Bouma, Tjeerd J. +8 more
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