Climate change and ocean acidification effects on seagrasses and marine macroalgae

M Koch, G Bowes, C Ross, XH Zhang - Global change biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although seagrasses and marine macroalgae (macro‐autotrophs) play critical ecological
roles in reef, lagoon, coastal and open‐water ecosystems, their response to ocean …

Seagrasses in an era of ocean warming: a review

HM Nguyen, PJ Ralph, L Marín‐Guirao… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrasses are valuable sources of food and habitat for marine life and are one of Earth's
most efficient carbon sinks. However, they are facing a global decline due to ocean warming …

Global challenges for seagrass conservation

RKF Unsworth, LJ McKenzie, CJ Collier… - Ambio, 2019 - Springer
Seagrasses, flowering marine plants that form underwater meadows, play a significant
global role in supporting food security, mitigating climate change and supporting …

A framework for the resilience of seagrass ecosystems

RKF Unsworth, CJ Collier, M Waycott, LJ Mckenzie… - Marine pollution …, 2015 - Elsevier
Seagrass ecosystems represent a global marine resource that is declining across its range.
To halt degradation and promote recovery over large scales, management requires a radical …

Extreme temperatures, foundation species, and abrupt ecosystem change: an example from an iconic seagrass ecosystem

JA Thomson, DA Burkholder, MR Heithaus… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme climatic events can trigger abrupt and often lasting change in ecosystems via the
reduction or elimination of foundation (ie, habitat‐forming) species. However, while the …

Impacts of climate change on submerged and emergent wetland plants

FT Short, S Kosten, PA Morgan, S Malone, GE Moore - Aquatic Botany, 2016 - Elsevier
Submerged and emergent wetland plant communities are evaluated for their response to
global climate change (GCC), focusing on seagrasses, submerged freshwater plants, tidal …

[图书][B] The biology of mangroves and seagrasses

PJ Hogarth - 2015 - books.google.com
Mangroves and seagrasses form extensive and highly productive ecosystems that are both
biologically diverse and economically valuable. This book, now in its third edition and fully …

Seagrass ecosystem trajectory depends on the relative timescales of resistance, recovery and disturbance

KR O'Brien, M Waycott, P Maxwell, GA Kendrick… - Marine Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Seagrass ecosystems are inherently dynamic, responding to environmental change across
a range of scales. Habitat requirements of seagrass are well defined, but less is known …

Tropical seagrass meadows modify seawater carbon chemistry: implications for coral reefs impacted by ocean acidification

RKF Unsworth, CJ Collier, GM Henderson… - Environmental …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Highly productive tropical seagrasses often live adjacent to or among coral reefs and utilize
large amounts of inorganic carbon. In this study, the effect of seagrass productivity on …

Temperature extremes reduce seagrass growth and induce mortality

CJ Collier, M Waycott - Marine pollution bulletin, 2014 - Elsevier
Extreme heating (up to 43° C measured from five-year temperature records) occurs in
shallow coastal seagrass meadows of the Great Barrier Reef at low tide. We measured …