There is growing concern over tipping points arising in ecosystems because of the crossing
of environmental thresholds. Tipping points lead to abrupt and possibly irreversible shifts …

Habitat loss is accelerating a global extinction crisis. Conservation requires understanding
links between species and habitats. Emerging research is revealing important associations …

Seagrasses, flowering marine plants that form underwater meadows, play a significant
global role in supporting food security, mitigating climate change and supporting …

Tropical beaches provide coastal flood protection, income from tourism, and habitat for
flagship species. They urgently need protection from erosion, which is being exacerbated by …

Positive feedbacks are generally related to the interactions between biotic processes and
abiotic drivers and may lead to the emergence of alternative stable states in ecosystems …

Some of the major challenges in seagrass restoration on exposed open coasts are the
choice of transplant design that is optimal for coastlines periodically exposed to high water …

Seagrass meadows are an important wetland habitat that have been degraded globally but
have an important carbon storage role. In order to expand the restoration of these productive …

Seagrass restoration is a common tool for ecosystem service enhancement and
compensatory mitigation for habitat loss. However, little is known about the long-term …

This work assessed the Blue Carbon (C) stock in the seagrass meadows (Zostera noltei) of
Ria de Aveiro coastal lagoon (Portugal), and evaluated its spatio-temporal trend over the …

Climate change is already transforming the seascapes of our oceans by changing the
energy availability and the metabolic rates of the organisms. Among the ecosystem …