Achieving the Kunming–Montreal global biodiversity targets for blue carbon ecosystems

C Fu, A Steckbauer, H Mann, CM Duarte - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) provides a major
impetus for the restoration and conservation of blue carbon ecosystems to address the …

Biophysical models of dispersal contribute to seascape genetic analyses

M Jahnke, PR Jonsson - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Dispersal is generally difficult to directly observe. Instead, dispersal is often inferred from
genetic markers and biophysical modelling where a correspondence indicates that dispersal …

Major impacts and societal costs of seagrass loss on sediment carbon and nitrogen stocks

PO Moksnes, ME Röhr, M Holmer, JS Eklöf… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrass meadows constitute important carbon sinks, and the ongoing global loss of
seagrass habitats raises concerns about the release of carbon stored in their sediments …

Ecological connectivity of the marine protected area network in the Baltic Sea, Kattegat and Skagerrak: Current knowledge and management needs

C Berkström, L Wennerström, U Bergström - Ambio, 2022 - Springer
Marine protected areas (MPAs) have become a key component of conservation and
fisheries management to alleviate anthropogenic pressures. For MPA networks to efficiently …

Combining population genomics with demographic analyses highlights habitat patchiness and larval dispersal as determinants of connectivity in coastal fish species

H Knutsen, D Catarino, L Rogers… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Gene flow shapes spatial genetic structure and the potential for local adaptation. Among
marine animals with nonmigratory adults, the presence or absence of a pelagic larval stage …

Charting a course for genetic diversity in the UN Decade of Ocean Science

AI Thomson, FI Archer, MA Coleman… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The health of the world's oceans is intrinsically linked to the biodiversity of the ecosystems
they sustain. The importance of protecting and maintaining ocean biodiversity has been …

High levels of genetic diversity and population structure in the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica at its easternmost distribution limit

O Tutar, M Ruocco, E Dattolo, G Lacorata… - ICES Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
High levels of genetic diversity and connectivity are crucial for the persistence of local
populations, especially at the edge of species' distribution ranges. Here, we assessed the …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic diversity and connectivity in the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica: state of art and future directions

G Procaccini, E Dattolo, M Ruocco - Cah. Biol. Mar, 2023 - researchgate.net
Seagrasses are marine flowering plants providing key ecological services and functions in
coastal zones and estuaries all across the globe. Posidonia oceanica is endemic to the …

[HTML][HTML] A network analysis of connected biophysical pathways to advice eelgrass (Zostera marina) restoration

A Pastor, A Ospina-Alvarez, J Larsen… - Marine Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The North Sea and the Baltic Sea, including Danish coastal waters, have
experienced a drastic decline in eelgrass Zostera marina coverage during the past century …

Marine plant dispersal and connectivity measures differ in their sensitivity to biophysical model parameters

J Schlaefer, A Carter, S Choukroun, R Coles… - … Modelling & Software, 2022 - Elsevier
Biophysical models simulate dispersal and connectivity in marine environments by
combining numerical models that represent water circulation with biological parameters that …