Miguel D. Fortes is a coastal ecologist, biodiversity, ICZM and blue carbon specialist,
focusing on seagrasses and mangroves. His works are major contributions to seagrass …

Seagrass meadows provide critical ecosystem services for coastal areas, eg, as nursery
habitats for various fish species, help with water filtration of suspended sediment, and …

The seagrass genus Halophila Thouars has more than twenty described species and is
predominately distributed over a wide geographic range along the tropical and the warm …

Dugong (Dugong dugon) populations have been shrinking globally, due in large part to
habitat fragmentation, degradation and ocean pollution, and today are listed as Vulnerable …

The genus Halophila shows the highest species diversity within the seagrass genera.
Southeast Asian countries where several boundary lines exist were considered as the origin …

Abstract Halophila major (Zollinger) Miquel (1855) has not been officially recorded as a
species that exists in Indonesia until now. Evidence of this species for Indonesia was …

Seagrasses, as marine angiosperms, play important roles in coastal ecosystems. With
increasing anthropogenic impacts, they are facing dramatic declines on a global scale …

In the present work, the influence of geographical location on the fatty acid profiles,
antioxidant potential, as well as cytotoxicity of edible dabai fruit fractions (kernel, skin, and …

The Halophila species exhibit complex characteristics due to their high degree of variation
across different bioregions. This study delves into the intricate characteristics of Halophila …

Along with coral reefs and mangroves, seagrass meadows are being threatened globally
Southeast Asia is considered within the area of seagrasses' cradle of diversity. However …