Climate change and ocean acidification effects on seagrasses and marine macroalgae

M Koch, G Bowes, C Ross, XH Zhang - Global change biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although seagrasses and marine macroalgae (macro‐autotrophs) play critical ecological
roles in reef, lagoon, coastal and open‐water ecosystems, their response to ocean …

Seagrasses in an era of ocean warming: a review

HM Nguyen, PJ Ralph, L Marín‐Guirao… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrasses are valuable sources of food and habitat for marine life and are one of Earth's
most efficient carbon sinks. However, they are facing a global decline due to ocean warming …

[HTML][HTML] Global challenges for seagrass conservation

RKF Unsworth, LJ McKenzie, CJ Collier… - Ambio, 2019 - Springer
Seagrasses, flowering marine plants that form underwater meadows, play a significant
global role in supporting food security, mitigating climate change and supporting …

Mediterranean warming triggers seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) shoot mortality

N Marbà, CM Duarte - Global change biology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid warming of the Mediterranean Sea threatens marine biodiversity, particularly key
ecosystems already stressed by other impacts such as Posidonia oceanica meadows. A 6 …

[HTML][HTML] Sulfide as a soil phytotoxin—a review

LPM Lamers, LL Govers, ICJM Janssen… - Frontiers in plant …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
In wetland soils and underwater sediments of marine, brackish and freshwater systems, the
strong phytotoxin sulfide may accumulate as a result of microbial reduction of sulfate during …

Mediterranean seagrass vulnerable to regional climate warming

G Jordà, N Marbà, CM Duarte - Nature climate change, 2012 - nature.com
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea, one of the regions warming fastest under climate change,,
harbours lush seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows that form the basis for a key …

A three-stage symbiosis forms the foundation of seagrass ecosystems

T Van Der Heide, LL Govers, J De Fouw, H Olff… - science, 2012 - science.org
Seagrasses evolved from terrestrial plants into marine foundation species around 100
million years ago. Their ecological success, however, remains a mystery because natural …

[HTML][HTML] A meta-analysis of multiple stressors on seagrasses in the context of marine spatial cumulative impacts assessment

J Stockbridge, AR Jones, BM Gillanders - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Humans are placing more strain on the world's oceans than ever before. Furthermore,
marine ecosystems are seldom subjected to single stressors, rather they are frequently …

[HTML][HTML] Optimum temperatures for net primary productivity of three tropical seagrass species

CJ Collier, YX Ow, L Langlois, S Uthicke… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Rising sea water temperature will play a significant role in responses of the world's seagrass
meadows to climate change. In this study, we investigated seasonal and latitudinal variation …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal stability of seagrass extent, leaf area, and carbon storage in St. Joseph Bay, Florida: a semi-automated remote sensing analysis

MC Lebrasse, BA Schaeffer, MM Coffer… - Estuaries and …, 2022 - Springer
Seagrasses are globally recognized for their contribution to blue carbon sequestration.
However, accurate quantification of their carbon storage capacity remains uncertain due, in …