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Breaking down seagrass fragmentation in a marine heatwave impacted World Heritage Area

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Habitat fragmentation can exacerbate the impacts of habitat loss but is rarely quantified in marine environments. Using satellite‐derived habitat maps, we identify widespread seagrass fragmentation following a marine heatwave that contributed to a dramatic shift in seascape structure in the Shark Bay World Heritage Area.
Michael D. Taylor, Simone Strydom, Matthew W. Fraser, Ana M. M. Sequeira, Gary A. Kendrick   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rhizosphere microbiomes of European seagrasses are selected by the plant, but are not species specific

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Seagrasses are marine flowering plants growing in soft-body sediments of intertidal and shallow sub-tidal zones. They play an important role in coastal ecosystems by stabilizing sediments, providing food and shelter for animals, and recycling nutrients ...
Catarina eCúcio, Aschwin eEngelen, Rodrigo eCosta, Gerard eMuyzer   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing convolutional neural network and random forest for benthic habitat mapping in Apollo Marine Park

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
A comparison of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Random Forest (RF) model predictions of benthic habitats within Apollo Marine Park. The CNN (left) and RF (right) classification maps show the spatial distribution of three habitat types: high energy circalittoral rock with seabed‐covering sponges, low complexity circalittoral rock with non‐crowded
Henry Simmons, Dang Nguyen, Benjamin Misiuk, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Sunil Gupta, Oli Dalby, Mary Young   +6 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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Calculating the global contribution of coralline algae to carbon burial [PDF]

, 2015
The ongoing increase in anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is changing the global marine environment and is causing warming and acidification of the oceans.
Kamenos, N. A., van der Heijden, L. H.
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Evaluating methods for high‐resolution, national‐scale seagrass mapping in Google Earth Engine

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Marine habitat mapping using satellite imagery can provide baseline and monitoring data across large spatial scales and in remote locations globally. This study evaluates how key methodological choices influence the accuracy of open‐source (for non‐commercial use), cloud‐based satellite mapping workflows for seagrass meadows in the Maldives.
Matthew Floyd, Holly K. East, Andrew J. Suggitt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

NRT2.5 a putative sodium dependent high affinity nitrate trasnporter of zostera marina l. [PDF]

, 2018
Seagrasses are the only group of vascular plants that recolonized the marine environment, possibly the most severe habitat shift ever accomplished by flowering plants.
Botella-Mesa, Miguel Angel, Díaz-García, Jordi, Fernandez, José Antonio, Rubio-Valverde, Lourdes   +3 more
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A framework for monitoring ecosystem restoration at landscape scale

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
The Landscape Restoration Monitoring Framework supports large‐scale ecosystem restoration projects to effectively assess progress towards outcomes. It provides guidance for the selection of indicators to assess change at two different time scales and across a diversity of ecosystem, ecosystem service, and socioeconomic dimensions.
Nancy Ockendon, Philippa R. Gullett, Mark H. Hancock, David Noble, Taylor Shaw, David H. L. Thomas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating ecological feedbacks across scales and levels of organization

Ecography, EarlyView.
In ecosystems, species interact in various ways with other species, and with their local environment. In addition, ecosystems are coupled in space by diverse types of flows. From these links connecting different ecological entities can emerge circular pathways of indirect effects: feedback loops.
Benoît Pichon, Sonia Kéfi, Nicolas Loeuille, Ismaël Lajaaiti, Isabelle Gounand   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bay Scallops, Argopecten irradians, in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas) [PDF]

, 2009
There is no evidence that a commercial bay scallop fishery exists anywhere in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. No data concerning scallop abundance or distribution was found for Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Hubner, Matt, Withers, Kim
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