Distribution, structure and function of Nordic eelgrass (Zostera marina) ecosystems: implications for coastal management and conservation

C Boström, S Baden, AC Bockelmann… - Aquatic conservation …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This paper focuses on the marine foundation eelgrass species, Zostera marina, along a
gradient from the northern Baltic Sea to the north‐east Atlantic. This vast region supports a …

Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: what's known and what's next?

L Gamfeldt, JS Lefcheck, JEK Byrnes, BJ Cardinale… - Oikos, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Marine ecosystems are experiencing rapid and pervasive changes in biodiversity and
species composition. Understanding the ecosystem consequences of these changes is …

Relative importance of trophic interactions and nutrient enrichment in seagrass ecosystems: A broad‐scale field experiment in the Baltic− Skagerrak area

S Baden, C Boström, S Tobiasson… - Limnology and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction of eutrophication and predation in structuring seagrass Zostera marina L.
ecosystems was assessed in a field experiment in three regions along an estuarine salinity …

Ecosystem carbon fluxes in response to warming and clipping in a tallgrass prairie

S Niu, RA Sherry, X Zhou, Y Luo - Ecosystems, 2013 - Springer
Global warming and land-use change could have profound impacts on ecosystem carbon
(C) fluxes, with consequent changes in C sequestration and its feedback to climate change …

Unveiling the complexity and ecological function of aquatic macrophyte–animal networks in coastal ecosystems

F Manca, C Mulà, C Gustafsson, A Mauri… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Network theory offers innovative tools to explore the complex ecological mechanisms
regulating species associations and interactions. Although interest in ecological networks …

Tropical seaweed beds are important habitats for mobile invertebrate epifauna

S Tano, M Eggertsen, SA Wikström, C Berkström… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Marine macrophyte habitats in temperate regions provide productive habitats for numerous
organisms, with their abundant and diverse invertebrate epifaunal assemblages constituting …

Biodiversity influences ecosystem functioning in aquatic angiosperm communities

C Gustafsson, C Boström - Oikos, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Knowledge of the connection between aquatic plant diversity and ecosystem processes is
still limited. To examine how plant species diversity affects primary productivity, plant nutrient …

Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Food Web Structure in Different Environmental Settings

J Thormar, H Hasler-Sheetal, S Baden, C Boström… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
This study compares the structure of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) meadows and associated
food webs in two eelgrass habitats in Denmark, differing in exposure, connection to the open …

Plant–animal diversity relationships in a rocky intertidal system depend on invertebrate body size and algal cover

RJ Best, AL Chaudoin, MES Bracken, MH Graham… - Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Considerable research has examined the influence of herbivores on the maintenance of
plant diversity, but fewer studies have examined the reciprocal effect of plant diversity on the …

Seagrass communities in southern Moreton Bay, Australia: coverage and fragmentation trends between 1987 and 2005

AK Cuttriss, JB Prince, JG Castley - Aquatic Botany, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent (2005) detailed assessments of seagrass meadow extent and pattern in Moreton
Bay were compared with earlier assessments (1987 and 1995). Ground-truthing (2008/09) …