Trace elements, as building blocks of matter, are naturally present in the environment.
However, their extraction, production, use and release by men can lead to the increase of …

Marine waters in general and coastal areas in particular suffer globally from stressing
events. These events can be largely attributed to higher levels of human-induced …

Biotic indices, which reflect the quality of the environment, are widely used in the marine
realm. Sometimes, key species or ecosystem engineers are selected for this purpose. This is …

Seagrasses are key components of coastal marine ecosystems and many monitoring
programmes worldwide assess seagrass health and apply seagrasses as indicators of …

Although seagrass canopies are known to enhance particle sedimentation, there is still
limited knowledge about how seagrasses modify the vertical distribution of sediment …

Seagrass ecosystems provide a multitude of ecosystem services by acting as a nursery,
limiting erosion, improving water clarity, and acting as a globally-significant sink for …

Habitat degradation in coastal ecosystems has resulted in the fragmentation of coastal
aquatic vegetation and compromised their role in supplying essential ecological services …

Seagrass beds are highly productive coastal ecosystems providing a large array of
ecosystem services including fisheries and carbon sequestration. As seagrasses are known …

Extreme weather events are major drivers of ecological change, and their occurrence is
likely to increase due to climate change. The transient increases in atmospheric …

As discussed in the previous part of this review article, remote sensing (RS) creates
unprecedented opportunities by providing a variety of systems with different characteristics …