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 …

The Tropical Seagrass Halophila stipulacea: Reviewing What We Know From Its Native and Invasive Habitats, Alongside Identifying Knowledge Gaps

G Winters, S Beer, DA Willette, IG Viana… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Halophila stipulacea is a small tropical seagrass, native to the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and
the Indian Ocean. It invaded the Mediterranean Sea 150 years ago as a Lessepsian migrant …

A review of the diversity and impact of invasive non-native species in tropical marine ecosystems

P Alidoost Salimi, JC Creed, MM Esch… - Marine Biodiversity …, 2021 - Springer
Tropical marine ecosystems are biologically diverse and economically invaluable. However,
they are severely threatened from impacts associated with climate change coupled with …

Projected rapid habitat expansion of tropical seagrass species in the Mediterranean Sea as climate change progresses

P Beca-Carretero, M Teichberg, G Winters… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
During the last 150 years, the tropical seagrass species Halophila stipulacea has
established itself in the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea. More recently …

Warming Threatens to Propel the Expansion of the Exotic Seagrass Halophila stipulacea

M Wesselmann, RM Chefaoui, N Marbà… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The spread of exotic species to new areas can be magnified when favored by future climatic
conditions. Forecasting future ranges using species distribution models (SDMs) could be …

Impacts of invasive alien species on nature, nature's contributions to people, and good quality of life

S Bacher, B Galil, M Nunez, M Ansong… - IPBES Invasive Alien …, 2023 - folia.unifr.ch
“The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) has a far wider range: it now occurs in these latitudes
on both sides of the Cordillera, across the continent. I saw it in unfrequented spots in Chile …

Responses of Invasive and Native Populations of the Seagrass Halophila stipulacea to Simulated Climate Change

HM Nguyen, NS Yadav, S Barak, FP Lima… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Climate change fuels invasions of plant species and displacement of local plants. Little is
known about the ecophysiological adaptation of the invasive species, and their ability to …

The rise of octocoral forests on Caribbean reefs

HR Lasker, L Bramanti, G Tsounis… - Advances in marine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Coral reefs throughout the tropics have experienced large declines in the abundance of
scleractinian corals over the last few decades, and some reefs are becoming functionally …

The tropical invasive seagrass, Halophila stipulacea, has a superior ability to tolerate dynamic changes in salinity levels compared to its freshwater relative, Vallisneria …

MA Oscar, S Barak, G Winters - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The tropical seagrass species, Halophila stipulacea, originated from the Indian Ocean and
the Red Sea, subsequently invading the Mediterranean and has recently established itself in …

Expansion and fragment settlement of the non-native seagrass Halophila stipulacea in a Caribbean bay

FOH Smulders, JA Vonk, MS Engel… - Marine Biology …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The non-native seagrass species Halophila stipulacea has spread throughout the Eastern
Caribbean since 2002, and could potentially impact the functioning of local seagrass …