Local regime shifts prevent natural recovery and restoration of lost eelgrass beds along the Swedish west coast

PO Moksnes, L Eriander, E Infantes, M Holmer - Estuaries and coasts, 2018 - Springer
Along the Swedish northwest coast, over 60% of the eelgrass meadows have been lost
since the 1980s. Despite improved water quality, no recovery has occurred, and restoration …

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 …

Using a GIS-tool to evaluate potential eelgrass reestablishment in estuaries

MR Flindt, EK Rasmussen, T Valdemarsen… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The lacking recovery of eelgrass (Zostera marina) has been observed in many coastal areas
throughout the world. Through a strategic field project we managed to characterize and …

Assessing methods for restoration of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) in a cold temperate region

L Eriander, E Infantes, M Olofsson, JL Olsen… - Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - Elsevier
More than 50% of eelgrass habitats have disappeared from the Swedish NW coast in the
last 30 years. Restoration is being proposed to assist recovery but little is known regarding …

Blue Carbon stock in Zostera noltei meadows at Ria de Aveiro coastal lagoon (Portugal) over a decade

AI Sousa, JF da Silva, A Azevedo, AI Lillebø - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
This work assessed the Blue Carbon (C) stock in the seagrass meadows (Zostera noltei) of
Ria de Aveiro coastal lagoon (Portugal), and evaluated its spatio-temporal trend over the …

Drivers of estuarine benthic species distribution patterns following a restoration of a seagrass bed: a functional trait analyses

M Dolbeth, P Cardoso, T Grilo, D Raffaelli… - Marine Pollution …, 2013 - Elsevier
We integrate information on functional diversity (FD) patterns from estuarine intertidal
benthic communities from different habitats and along a temporal disturbance gradient, to …

Attributes of successful actions to restore lakes and estuaries degraded by nutrient pollution

C Gross, JD Hagy III - Journal of Environmental Management, 2017 - Elsevier
As more success is achieved in restoring lakes and estuaries from the impacts of nutrient
pollution, there is increased opportunity to evaluate the scientific, social, and policy factors …

Sand-capping–A large-scale approach to restore organic-enriched estuarine sediments

NS Oncken, T Lange, E Kristensen… - Marine Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Decades of eutrophication have deteriorated marine coastal habitats severely and has led to
massive decline of eelgrass along European coastlines and impoverishment of benthic …

Modelling stressors on the eelgrass recovery process in two Danish estuaries

K Kuusemäe, EK Rasmussen, P Canal-Verges… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) depth limit is used as an environmental indicator in Danish
coastal waters in the Water Framework Directive (WFD) to evaluate coastal waters and their …

Application of the generic DPSIR framework to seagrass communities of Ria de Aveiro: a better understanding of this coastal lagoon

A Azevedo, AI Sousa… - Journal of Coastal …, 2013 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT Azevedo, A., Sousa, AI, Lencart e Silva, JD, Dias, JM and Lillebø, AI, 2013.
Application of the generic DPSIR framework to seagrass communities of Ria de Aveiro: a …