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A Holistic Framework for the Protection and Management of Seagrass Meadows as Natural Assets of the Sea of Marmara

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 36, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Seagrass meadows in the Sea of Marmara (SoM) are under unprecedented ecological stress due to cumulative anthropogenic pressures and climate‐driven changes, exacerbated by recent large‐scale disturbances such as the 2021 mucilage event. Their degradation threatens biodiversity, coastal stability and the broader ecological integrity of the ...
Uğur Karadurmuş, H. Abdullah Uçan, Mustafa Sarı   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Importance of Seasonality in Seagrass Properties for Coastal Hydro‐Morphodynamics—A Case Study in a Wadden Sea Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, Volume 130, Issue 11, November 2025.
Abstract Seagrass meadows fulfill many essential ecological functions, of which an important one is to stabilize sediment. Therefore, they are perceived as a nature‐based addition or alternative to conventional rigid coastal protection. The impact of seagrass meadows depends on their morphology, such as canopy height, shoot density, and spatial extent.
V. Mohr, W. Zhang, T. Dolch, C. Schrum
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of Zostera noltei recolonization on N and P fluxes at the sediment/water interface

Marine Pollution Bulletin
Within the scope of an ongoing seagrass active restoration program at Ria de Aveiro, Portugal, the present work aimed at evaluating the recovery of Zostera noltei meadow nutrient regulation ecosystem function, by mediating Nitrogen and Phosphorus biogeochemical processes, and translated on the nutrient fluxes (PO4-P, NOx-N and NH4-N) at the sediment ...
Fradoca, Raquel, Oliveira, V.H., Fonte, B.A., Sousa, A.I., Marques, B., Lillebø, A.I., Coelho, J.P.   +6 more
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Differential coping capacities underlie the overall resistance of temperate seagrasses to herbivory

Ecosphere, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2024.
Abstract Grazing can impart long‐lasting changes in vegetated ecosystems. How ecosystems respond to herbivory depends on the ecological and evolutionary histories of their foundational species. The overall ecosystem functioning and associated biodiversity depend on these responses but there is still little understanding on how the intensity and ...
J. Boada, T. M. Smith, A. M. Ricart, T. Alcoverro, M. Pérez, J. Romero, N. Sanmartí, Y. Ontoria, M. Pierrejen, R. Arthur, D. Alonso, M. P. Adams, F. Rossi   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decadal increase in the ecological status of a North-Atlantic intertidal seagrass meadow observed with multi-mission satellite time-series

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Seagrass meadows are monitored in the frame of several environmental programs worldwide, including the Water Framework Directive (WFD), to evaluate the ecological status of European coastal and transitional water bodies.
Maria Laura Zoffoli, Pierre Gernez, Laurent Godet, Steef Peters, Simon Oiry, Laurent Barillé   +5 more
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Seagrass recovery trajectories and recovery potential in relation to nutrient reduction

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 61, Issue 8, Page 1784-1804, August 2024.
Within a large seascape (15,000 km2) the least eutrophicated region showed seagrass recovery upon nutrient reduction. We translated the critical riverine nutrient loads for this recovery, via regional eutrophication indicators, to loads that may enable a sustained recovery in the other regions.
Marieke M. van Katwijk, Justus E. E. van Beusekom, Eelke O. Folmer, Kerstin Kolbe, Dick J. de Jong, Tobias Dolch   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Profiling of Phenolic Natural Products in the Seagrass by UPLC-MS

Natural Product Communications, 2017
Seagrasses are marine plants that play important ecological functions in coastal ecosystems. The species Zostera noltei is widely distributed along the European coasts thriving in a variety of environmental conditions. In this study, the phenolic natural
Lauren Manck, Ester Quintana, Rocío Suárez, Fernando G. Brun, Ignacio Hernández, María J. Ortega, Eva Zubía   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterisation and Dynamics of an Emerging Seagrass Meadow

Remote Sensing, 2023
Seagrasses are habitat-forming species that support biodiversity and a wide range of associated ecosystem services, from blue carbon capture to providing nursery areas for a variety of organisms.
Marina Dolbeth, Dimítri de Araújo Costa, Manuel Meyer, José Alberto Gonçalves, Ana Bio   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

One hundred priority questions for advancing seagrass conservation in Europe

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 3, Page 587-603, May 2024.
Seagrass ecosystems are of fundamental importance to our planet and wellbeing. Seagrasses are marine flowering plants which engineer ecosystems that provide a multitude of ecosystem services, for example, blue foods and carbon sequestration. Seagrass ecosystems have largely been degraded across much of their global range.
Lina Mtwana Nordlund, Richard K. F. Unsworth, Sieglind Wallner‐Hahn, Lavenia Ratnarajah, Pedro Beca‐Carretero, Elmira Boikova, James C. Bull, Rosa M. Chefaoui, Carmen B. de los Santos, Karine Gagnon, Joxe Mikel Garmendia, Francesca Gizzi, Laura L. Govers, Camilla Gustafsson, Elitsa Hineva, Eduardo Infantes, João Canning‐Clode, Marlene Jahnke, Periklis Kleitou, Hilary Kennedy, Stefania Klayn, Tiia Moller, João Monteiro, Nerea Piñeiro‐Juncal, Emanuele Ponis, Vasillis Papathanasiou, Dimitris Poursanidis, Riccardo Pieraccini, Oscar Serrano, Ana. I. Sousa, Susanne Schäfer, Francesca Rossi, D. Sebastian Storey, Marieke M. van Katwijk, Dave Wall, Emma A. Ward, Robert Wilkes   +36 more
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Latitudinal Variation into the Macrofaunal Assemblages Associated to Zostera noltei Seagrass along the Atlantic Coast of Morocco

International Journal of Zoology, 2021
Large-scale research on seagrass-associated benthic fauna is very important for future regional marine conservation. In our study, we investigated spatial and latitudinal variation of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages associated to Zostera noltei ...
Oussama Bououarour, Soilam Boutoumit, Reda El Kamcha, Hocein Bazairi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source