Megafaunal impacts on structure and function of ocean ecosystems

JA Estes, M Heithaus, DJ McCauley… - Annual Review of …, 2016‏ - annualreviews.org
Here, we identify the extant species of marine megafauna (> 45 kg maximum reported
mass), provide a conceptual template for the ways in which these species influence the …

Opportunities for seagrass research derived from remote sensing: A review of current methods

BK Veettil, RD Ward, MDAC Lima, M Stankovic… - Ecological …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Seagrass communities provide critical ecosystem and provisioning services for both human
populations and a wide range of associated species globally. However, it has been reported …

[HTML][HTML] Seagrass ecosystem services–What's next?

LM Nordlund, EL Jackson, M Nakaoka… - Marine pollution …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Seagrasses, marine flowering plants, provide a wide range of ecosystem services, defined
here as natural processes and components that directly or indirectly benefit human needs …

[كتاب][B] The biology of mangroves and seagrasses

PJ Hogarth - 2015‏ - books.google.com
Mangroves and seagrasses form extensive and highly productive ecosystems that are both
biologically diverse and economically valuable. This book, now in its third edition and fully …

Distribution, temporal change, and conservation status of tropical seagrass beds in Southeast Asia: 2000–2020

K Sudo, TEAL Quiros, A Prathep, CV Luong… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Although Southeast Asia is a hotspot of global seagrass diversity, there are considerable
information gaps in the distribution of seagrass beds. Broad-scale seagrass distribution has …

Habitat preferences of macroinvertebrate fauna among seagrasses with varying structural forms

A Gartner, F Tuya, PS Lavery, K McMahon - Journal of Experimental Marine …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The role of habitat structural complexity in sha** faunal communities has been of key
interest to marine ecologists for many years, principally due to the association between …

The ecological role of Holothuria scabra (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) within subtropical seagrass beds

SM Wolkenhauer, S Uthicke, C Burridge… - Journal of the Marine …, 2010‏ - cambridge.org
Some sea cucumbers species are heavily exploited as bêche-de-mer for the Asian food
industry and the global decline of certain highly sought after species has generated an …

Differential sampling in the assessment of conservation and biodiversity merit: a comparison of the seagrass macrofauna in three nearby South African estuaries

RSK Barnes, JL Seath, CJ Arendse - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2024‏ - Springer
To what extent is the relative biodiversity of some flagship conservation sites a result of
differential attention? Knysna estuarine bay is the topmost ranked South African estuary for …

[PDF][PDF] Impacts of climate change on Australian marine life

AJ Hobday, TA Okey, ES Poloczanska, TJ Kunz… - Report to the Australian …, 2006‏ - Citeseer
The illuminated zone of coastal and oceanic waters is inhabited by a great diversity of tiny,
usually single-celled, microscopic algae known as phytoplankton. Like all plants …

The Kuroshio Current influences genetic diversity and population genetic structure of a tropical seagrass, Enhalus acoroides

Y Nakajima, YU Matsuki, C Lian, MD Fortes… - Molecular …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Information on genetic diversity and differentiation of seagrass populations is
essential for the conservation of coastal ecosystems. However, little is known about the …