What's going to be on the menu with global environmental changes?

J Hallam, NC Harris - Global Change Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing anthropogenic change is altering the planet at an unprecedented rate, threatening
biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning. Species are responding to abiotic pressures at both …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrient enrichment and herbivory alter carbon balance in temperate seagrass communities

R Jiménez-Ramos, FG Brun, JJ Vergara… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Large nutrient levels and herbivory stress, particularly when acting together, drive a variety
of responses in seagrass communities that ultimately may weaken their carbon balance. An …

A dynamic view of seagrass meadows in the wake of successful green turtle conservation

MJA Christianen, MM van Katwijk… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Concerted conservation efforts have led to a remarkable recovery of multiple green turtle
(Chelonia mydas) populations worldwide. The voracious feeding of these returning …

Marine turtles, umbrella species undergoing recovery

SA Gallegos-Fernandez, JA Trujillo-Cordova… - Frontiers in Amphibian …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Marine turtles inhabit various coastal and marine ecosystems and play significant ecological
roles throughout their life cycles. Because of the significant overlap with other species at risk …

Herbivory has a major influence on structure and condition of a Great Barrier Reef subtropical seagrass meadow

AL Scott, PH York, MA Rasheed - Estuaries and Coasts, 2021 - Springer
Grazing by all members of an herbivore community can act to structure the ecosystems they
feed on. The outcome of this grazing pressure on the plant community also depends on the …

Recovery of a cultivation grazer: A mechanism for compensatory growth of Thalassia testudinum in a Caribbean seagrass meadow grazed by green turtles

AG Gulick, RA Johnson, CG Pollock… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recovery of green turtles (Chelonia mydas), mega‐herbivores that consume seagrasses, is
resulting in dramatic ecosystem‐wide changes as meadows are returned to a natural grazed …

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) grazing plot formation creates structural changes in a multi-species Great Barrier Reef seagrass meadow

AL Scott, PH York, MA Rasheed - Marine environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) contains extensive seagrass meadows with abundant
and diverse herbivore populations. Typically, meadows in the region are multi-species and …

Marine turtle hotspots in the Gulf of Mexico and Mesoamerican Reef: Strengthening management and preparedness

E Cuevas, MA Liceaga-Correa… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Marine turtles are of the highest ecological concern in terms of conservation and restoration
programs and marine territorial ordering. Marine resource-extracting industries have severe …

Recuperación de poblaciones de tortuga verde y sus interacciones con la duna costera como línea base para una restauración ecológica integral

V Guzmán-Hernández, P Monte-Luna… - Acta botánica …, 2022 - scielo.org.mx
Antecedentes y Objetivos: La restauración ecológica se ha centrado en los componentes
físicos y vegetales de los ecosistemas, y ha dejado de lado a la fauna silvestre y sus …

Role of ingesta particle size in the green turtle grazing strategy, ontogenetic diet shifts, and responses to seagrass declines

AG Gulick, AB Meylan, PA Meylan, KM Hart, JA Gray… - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
Populations of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), a mega-herbivore that consumes
seagrasses, are recovering worldwide. Understanding green turtle adaptations to herbivory …