This paper focuses on the marine foundation eelgrass species, Zostera marina, along a
gradient from the northern Baltic Sea to the north‐east Atlantic. This vast region supports a …

Accurate estimation of connectivity among populations is fundamental for determining the
drivers of population resilience, genetic diversity, adaptation and speciation. However the …

In coastal and estuarine systems, foundation species like seagrasses, mangroves,
saltmarshes or corals provide important ecosystem services. Seagrasses are globally …

To promote the sequestration of blue carbon, resource managers rely on best‐management
practices that have historically included protecting and restoring vegetated coastal habitats …

Seagrasses form the foundation of many coastal ecosystems but are rapidly declining on a
global scale. The Dutch Wadden Sea once supported extensive subtidal seagrass meadows …

Microplastics are ubiquitous in the marine environment, however, the mechanisms
governing their uptake by, and burial within, seabed habitats are poorly understood. In this …

We aim at identifying how ecosystem functioning in shallow estuaries is affected by rapid
shifts in benthic fauna communities. We use the shallow estuary, Odense Fjord, Denmark, as …

Seagrasses are important foundation species in shallow coastal ecosystems that provide
critical ecosystem services including stabilizing sediment, sequestering carbon and …

Despite of their ubiquitous distribution in marine sediments, the role of benthic fauna in
microplastic transport at the sea floor has received little attention yet. The present study …

In asking how ecosystems will change with the forces of climate change, one approach is to
identify the biotic forcing functions and focus on the ecologically dominant species, because …