Restoration of seagrass meadows in the Mediterranean Sea: a critical review of effectiveness and ethical issues

CF Boudouresque, A Blanfuné, G Pergent, T Thibaut - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Some species of seagrasses (eg, Zostera marina and Posidonia oceanica) have declined in
the Mediterranean, at least locally. Others are progressing, helped by sea warming, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Collating evidence on the restoration efforts of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: current knowledge and gaps

A Pansini, M Bosch-Belmar, M Berlino, G Sarà… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Seagrass meadows are important shallow coastal ecosystems due to their contribution to
enhancing biodiversity, nutrient cycling, carbon burial, and sediment stabilisation, but the …

Demographic and genetic connectivity: the role and consequences of reproduction, dispersal and recruitment in seagrasses

GA Kendrick, RJ Orth, J Statton, R Hovey… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate estimation of connectivity among populations is fundamental for determining the
drivers of population resilience, genetic diversity, adaptation and speciation. However the …

The success of seagrass restoration using Enhalus acoroides seeds is correlated with substrate and hydrodynamic conditions

R Ambo-Rappe - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The extent of seagrass areas and their associated ecosystem functions and services have
been declining due to many factors. Seagrass restoration is important to mitigate such …

Future warmer seas: increased stress and susceptibility to grazing in seedlings of a marine habitat‐forming species

G Hernán, MJ Ortega, AM Gándara… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Increases in seawater temperature are expected to have negative consequences for marine
organisms. Beyond individual effects, species‐specific differences in thermal tolerance are …

Taking advantage of seagrass recovery potential to develop novel and effective meadow rehabilitation methods

A Alagna, G D'Anna, L Musco, TV Fernández… - Marine Pollution …, 2019 - Elsevier
Seagrasses are among the most threatened biomes worldwide. Until now, seagrass
rehabilitation success has reached about 38% overall and more effective approaches to …

Karst soil patch heterogeneity with gravels promotes plant root development and nutrient utilization associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Q Li, M Umer, Y Guo, K Shen, T Xia, X Xu, X Han… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi associated with plant roots play an essential role in the
belowground ecological process in karst habitats with high spatial and substrate …

Seasonal Growth Dynamics of Posidonia oceanica in a Pristine Mediterranean Gulf

E Mutlu, C Olguner, M Gökoğlu, Y Özvarol - Ocean Science Journal, 2022 - Springer
Seasonal growth dynamics and ecology of Posidonia oceanica were studied in a space
alongshore a pristine Mediterranean gulf in 2011–2012. About one-third of the present study …

Undisturbed Posidonia oceanica meadows maintain the epiphytic bacterial community in different environments

A Rotini, C Conte, G Winters, MI Vasquez… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Seagrasses harbour different and rich epiphytic bacterial communities. These microbes may
establish intimate and symbiotic relationships with the seagrass plants and change …

Field development of Posidonia oceanica seedlings changes under predicted acidification conditions

A Pansini, P Beca-Carretero, M Berlino, G Sarà… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ocean acidification has been consistently evidenced to have profound and lasting impacts
on marine species. Observations have shown seagrasses to be highly susceptible to future …