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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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Wave-Energy Dissipation: Seaweeds and Marine Plants Are Ecosystem Engineers
Fluids, 2021 Ocean waves deliver an immense amount of energy to coasts around the planet, powering high-velocity flows that interact with nearshore marine plants and animals.
Mark Denny
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FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2019 ABSTRACT This review shows that the presence of seagrass microbial community is critical for the development of seagrasses; from seed germination, through to phytohormone production and enhanced nutrient availability, and defence against pathogens and saprophytes.
Flavia Tarquinio +4 more
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The microbiology of seagrasses
, 2022 Like both terrestrial plants and other benthic marine organisms, seagrasses host abundant and diverse communities of microorganisms. These microbes fundamentally influence seagrass physiology and health, while also regulating the biogeochemical dynamics ...
Macreadie, PI +4 more
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The Effects of Non-Indigenous Macrophytes on Native Biodiversity: Case Studies from Sicily
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 Biological invasions are widely recognized as a major threat to native biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and services. Non-indigenous species (NIS) may in time become invasive (invasive alien species (IAS)), determining significant environmental ...
Francesco Paolo Mancuso +2 more
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Local Knowledge and Conservation of Seagrasses in the Tamil Nadu State of India
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2011 Local knowledge systems are not considered in the conservation of fragile seagrass marine ecosystems. In fact, little is known about the utility of seagrasses in local coastal communities.
Newmaster AF +5 more
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How seagrasses secure our coastlines [PDF]
, 2019 Seagrass meadows are hidden underwater grass fields that protect the coast and offer shelter to many sea creatures. Seagrasses are flowering plants that evolved from the land back to the sea, and they now occupy the sea bottom in shallow waters along the
Fusi, Marco, Daffonchio, Daniele
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Bioprospecting of Marine Macrophytes Using MS-Based Lipidomics as a New Approach
Marine Drugs, 2016 The marine environment supports a remarkable diversity of organisms which are a potential source of natural products with biological activities. These organisms include a wide variety of marine plants (from micro- to macrophytes), which have been used in
Elisabete Maciel +5 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 Marine litter can end up deposited on sandy beaches and become entangled in the natural wrack, threatening its roles in ecosystems. However, it is currently unknown whether the storage of both artificial and natural accumulations on sandy beaches is ...
Laura Guerrero-Meseguer +2 more
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Les écosystèmes marins de la Caraïbe : identification, diffusion et modes de gestion
Études Caribéennes, 2010 The marine environment of the Caribbean Sea is composed primarily of three main ecosystems: coral reefs, mangroves and seagrasses, home to fauna and flora.
Dominique Augier
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