Understanding trends in Zostera research, stressors, and response variables: a global systematic review of the seagrass genus [PDF]
PeerJBackground Seagrass meadows are ecologically significant habitats that are globally threatened. Thus, there is increased interest in conservation of seagrasses as they face widespread decline.
Hannah R. Lyford +3 more
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The organelle genomes of the endangered seagrass Zostera caespitosa reveal sequence divergences, massive gene transfer, and uncommon RNA editing types [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionZostera caespitosa, a rare submerged angiosperm, is considered endemic to the northwestern Pacific.MethodsThis study assembled and compared the mitochondrial (mt) and chloroplast (cp) genomes of Z.
Yushun Yong +4 more
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Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Four Native Mediterranean Seagrasses: A Review of Bioactive Potential and Ecological Context [PDF]
Marine DrugsThis review provides current knowledge of the potential benefits of native Mediterranean seagrasses for human health, specifically focusing on their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
Marzia Vasarri +4 more
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Seagrass Meadows Provide a Significant Resource in Support of Avifauna
Diversity, 2021 Seagrass meadows are known to be rich in fauna, with complex food webs that provide trophic subsidy to species and habitats way beyond the extent of their distribution. Birds are an often-overlooked part of marine ecosystems; not only are they crucial to
Richard K. F. Unsworth +1 more
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Revisión das poboacións de Zostera na Ría de Ribadeo. Marco legal, ameazas e posibilidades de futuro
Recursos Rurais, 2021 Neste traballo faise unha relación das cinco especies de plantas vasculares mariñas presentes na Comunidade Autónoma de Galicia (Zostera marina, Zostera noltii, Ruppia maritima, Najas minor, Najas marina) cos tipos de Unidades Ambientais do Plan Director
Diego Carreira Flores +1 more
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The perilous state of seagrass in the British Isles [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Seagrass ecosystems face widespread threat from reduced water quality, coastal development and poor land use. In recent decades, their distribution has declined rapidly, and in the British Isles, this loss is thought to have been extensive.
Benjamin L. Jones +1 more
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Известия ТИНРО, 2021 Some components of alcohol extracts from seagrass of genus Zostera were fractioned in the column filled with sorbent Sephadex LH-20 using the methods of size exclusion chromatography. Content of polyphenols in the fractions and their antioxidant activity
N. M. Aminina +2 more
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Sediment-water interactions with eelgrass (Zostera spp.) from Sinop shores of the Black Sea [PDF]
Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2020 This study is to provide information on levels of the elements in leaves and roots-rhizomes of Zostera marina and Zostera noltei, their surrounding sea water and sediments collected from Akliman and Türkeli coastal areas of Sinop city in the Black Sea ...
Elif Arici, Levent Bat
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Batumi Raptor Count: autumn raptor migration count data from the Batumi bottleneck, Republic of Georgia [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 One of the most important geographical bottlenecks for migrating raptors in the east African-Palearctic migration system is situated between the easternmost tip of the Black Sea and the Lesser Caucasus, just north of Batumi, in the Republic of Georgia ...
Jasper Wehrmann +7 more
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Пространственно‐временные изменения макрофитобентоса бухты Круглая (Черное море)
Юг России: экология, развитие, 2020 Aim. The aim of the present study is a comparative analysis of spatio‐temporal changes in the macrophytobenthos of Kruglaya Bay over a 40‐year period (1977‐2018) using a landscape approach.Material and Methods.
N. V. Mironova, T. V. Pankeeva
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