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A Hotspot in the Romanian Black Sea: Eelgrass Beds Drive Local Biodiversity in Surrounding Bare Sediments

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Ecosystem engineers create habitat and provide conditions otherwise unavailable for the development of diverse communities. In marine soft-bottoms in particular, the biodiversity sustained by a matrix of relatively uniform sediments can be drastically ...
Victor Surugiu, Adrian Teacă, Ilie Şvedu, Pedro A. Quijón   +3 more
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Metabolic Response of Zostera Noltei Transplants in a Historically Contaminated Ecosystem

Journal of Environmental Management
In the midst of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and newly approved EU Nature Restoration Law, ecosystem restoration efforts have gained momentum. Still, monitoring tools and early warning protocols to evaluate restoration success are necessary.
V.H. Oliveira, D. Matos, A.I. Sousa, M. Dolbeth, B. Marques, A.I. Lillebø, M.E. Pereira, S. Díez, E. Figueira, J.P. Coelho   +9 more
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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

Characterization of a resilient seagrass meadow during a decline period

Scientia Marina, 2018
Seagrasses are globally threatened ecosystems with essential ecological roles. An important limitation in seagrass conservation efforts is the poor understanding of resilient meadows. The present work studies a meadow, which maintained a large population
Bárbara Ondiviela, Lina Fernández, Araceli Puente, Gerardo García-Castrillo, José A. Juanes   +4 more
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The effect of Zostera noltei recolonization on the sediment mercury vertical profiles of a recovering coastal lagoon

Chemosphere, 2023
Mercury's extreme toxicity and persistence in the environment justifies a thorough evaluation of its dynamics in ecosystems. Aveiro Lagoon (Portugal) was for decades subject to mercury effluent discharges. A Nature-based Solution (NbS) involving Zostera noltei re-colonization is being tested as an active ecosystem restoration measure.
Oliveira, V. H., Fonte, B. A., Costa, F., Sousa, Ana I., Henriques, B., Pereira, E., Dolbeth, M., Díez, Sergi, Coelho, J. P.   +8 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
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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
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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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Recovery of the Seagrass Zostera noltei and Commercial Bivalve Populations After Shellfish Harvesting

Estuaries and Coasts
AbstractConservation efforts have raised awareness about the impact of small-scale fisheries on the distribution of seagrass plants. The patterns of recovery of the seagrass Zostera noltei and of the commercial bivalves Cerastoderma edule, Ruditapes decussatus and Ruditapes philippinarum after shellfish harvesting were studied in a field experiment in ...
Marta Román, Elsa Vázquez, Andrés Simón, Salvador Román, Celia Olabarria   +4 more
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Quantifying direct and indirect linkages between seagrasses, environment and associated macrofauna in a temperate lagoon

Marine Ecology, Volume 45, Issue 2, April 2024.
Abstract Seagrass ecosystems play a vital role in marine environments, providing essential services, including physical habitat that supports a species diversity critical to robust trophic structures. However, seagrass loss due to various influences raises concerns about the persistence of these ecosystems.
Cloverley M. Lawrence
wiley   +1 more source