The future of seagrass meadows

CM Duarte - Environmental conservation, 2002 - cambridge.org
Seagrasses cover about 0.1–0.2% of the global ocean, and develop highly productive
ecosystems which fulfil a key role in the coastal ecosystem. Widespread seagrass loss …

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 …

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 …

Blue carbon stocks in Baltic Sea eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows

ME Röhr, C Boström, P Canal-Vergés… - Biogeosciences, 2016 - bg.copernicus.org
Although seagrasses cover only a minor fraction of the ocean seafloor, their carbon sink
capacity accounts for nearly one-fifth of the total oceanic carbon burial and thus play a …

Zostera: biology, ecology, and management

AWD LARKUM, RJ ORTH, CM DUARTE… - SEAGRASSES …, 2006 - Springer
The nine species comprising the genus Zostera discussed in this chapter form a widespread
and relatively well-studied group of seagrasses. Some of the earliest studies of seagrasses …

Heat stress of two tropical seagrass species during low tides – impact on underwater net photosynthesis, dark respiration and diel in situ internal aeration

O Pedersen, TD Colmer, J Borum… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrasses grow submerged in aerated seawater but often in low O2 sediments. Elevated
temperatures and low O2 are stress factors. Internal aeration was measured in two tropical …

Dynamics of seagrass stability and change

AWD LARKUM, RJ ORTH, CM DUARTE… - Seagrasses: Biology …, 2006 - Springer
To the casual observer, seagrass meadows often appear to be uniformlandscapes with
limited structure. Belying this appearance, seagrass meadows contain considerable …

Effects of fish farm waste on Posidonia oceanica meadows: synthesis and provision of monitoring and management tools

M Holmer, M Argyrou, T Dalsgaard, R Danovaro… - Marine Pollution …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper provides a synthesis of the EU project MedVeg addressing the fate of nutrients
released from fish farming in the Mediterranean with particular focus on the endemic …

Responses of four Indo-West Pacific seagrass species to shading

CJ Collier, M Waycott, AG Ospina - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2012 - Elsevier
Seagrasses of the Great Barrier Reef predominantly occur in coastal regions where
terrestrial inputs modify water quality and photosynthetic light is highly variable. Responses …

Thermal tolerance of two seagrass species at contrasting light levels: implications for future distribution in the Great Barrier Reef

CJ Collier, S Uthicke, M Waycott - Limnology and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This study assessed metabolism, growth, and survival of two seagrass species at three
different seawater temperatures (27° C, 30° C, and 33° C) under saturating (400 µmol …