Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems

TB Atwood, RM Connolly, EG Ritchie… - Nature Climate …, 2015 - nature.com
Predators continue to be harvested unsustainably throughout most of the Earth's
ecosystems. Recent research demonstrates that the functional loss of predators could have …

Top‐down control as important as nutrient enrichment for eutrophication effects in North Atlantic coastal ecosystems

Ö Östman, J Eklöf, BK Eriksson, J Olsson… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrass and seaweed habitats constitute hotspots for diversity and ecosystem services in
coastal ecosystems. These habitats are subject to anthropogenic pressures, of which …

Seagrass ecosystem trajectory depends on the relative timescales of resistance, recovery and disturbance

KR O'Brien, M Waycott, P Maxwell, GA Kendrick… - Marine Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Seagrass ecosystems are inherently dynamic, responding to environmental change across
a range of scales. Habitat requirements of seagrass are well defined, but less is known …

Recovery of a top predator mediates negative eutrophic effects on seagrass

BB Hughes, R Eby, E Van Dyke… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
A fundamental goal of the study of ecology is to determine the drivers of habitat-forming
vegetation, with much emphasis given to the relative importance to vegetation of “bottom-up” …

Biota‐mediated carbon cycling—a synthesis of biotic‐interaction controls on blue carbon

L Ren, K Jensen, P Porada, P Mueller - Ecology Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Research into biotic interactions has been a core theme of ecology for over a century.
However, despite the obvious role that biota play in the global carbon cycle, the effects of …

The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area seagrasses: managing this iconic Australian ecosystem resource for the future

RG Coles, MA Rasheed, LJ McKenzie, A Grech… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA) includes one of the world's
largest areas of seagrass (35,000 km 2) encompassing approximately 20% of the world's …

Trophic interactions will expand geographically but be less intense as oceans warm

KY Inagaki, MG Pennino, SR Floeter… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions among species are likely to change geographically due to climate‐driven
species range shifts and in intensity due to physiological responses to increasing …

Greater consideration of animals will enhance coastal restoration outcomes

M Sievers, CJ Brown, CA Buelow, R Hale… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
As efforts to restore coastal habitats accelerate, it is critical that investments are targeted to
most effectively mitigate and reverse habitat loss and its impacts on biodiversity. One likely …

Field experimental evidence that grazers mediate transition between microalgal and seagrass dominance

PL Reynolds, JP Richardson… - Limnology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We tested the relative effects of nutrient loading, reduced predation, and reduced grazing on
eelgrass community dynamics in Chesapeake Bay and found evidence supporting the …

Seagrasses and macroalgae: importance, vulnerability and impacts

PI Macreadie, J Jarvis… - … change impacts on …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrasses and macroalgae provide ecosystem services that are imperative to human
survival and well‐being. The provision of habitat for fisheries species is one of these …