A framework for the resilience of seagrass ecosystems

RKF Unsworth, CJ Collier, M Waycott, LJ Mckenzie… - Marine pollution …, 2015 - Elsevier
Seagrass ecosystems represent a global marine resource that is declining across its range.
To halt degradation and promote recovery over large scales, management requires a radical …

Ocean acidification impacts on coastal ecosystem services due to habitat degradation

JM Hall-Spencer, BP Harvey - Emerging topics in life sciences, 2019 - portlandpress.com
The oceanic uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions is changing seawater
chemistry in a process known as ocean acidification. The chemistry of this rapid change in …

Impacts of climate change on submerged and emergent wetland plants

FT Short, S Kosten, PA Morgan, S Malone, GE Moore - Aquatic Botany, 2016 - Elsevier
Submerged and emergent wetland plant communities are evaluated for their response to
global climate change (GCC), focusing on seagrasses, submerged freshwater plants, tidal …

Habitat characteristics provide insights of carbon storage in seagrass meadows

I Mazarrasa, J Samper-Villarreal, O Serrano… - Marine pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Seagrass meadows provide multiple ecosystem services, yet they are among the most
threatened ecosystems on earth. Because of their role as carbon sinks, protection and …

Ocean acidification can mediate biodiversity shifts by changing biogenic habitat

JM Sunday, KE Fabricius, KJ Kroeker… - Nature Climate …, 2017 - nature.com
The effects of ocean acidification (OA) on the structure and complexity of coastal marine
biogenic habitat have been broadly overlooked. Here we explore how declining pH and …

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 …

Ocean acidification drives community shifts towards simplified non-calcified habitats in a subtropical− temperate transition zone

S Agostini, BP Harvey, S Wada, K Kon, M Milazzo… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Rising atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide are causing surface seawater pH and
carbonate ion concentrations to fall in a process known as ocean acidification. To assess the …

Blue Carbon Storage Capacity of Temperate Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Meadows

ME Röhr, M Holmer, JK Baum, M Björk… - Global …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the importance of coastal ecosystems for the global carbon budgets, knowledge of
their carbon storage capacity and the factors driving variability in storage capacity is still …

Addressing calcium carbonate cycling in blue carbon accounting

PI Macreadie, O Serrano, DT Maher, CM Duarte… - 2017 - repository.kaust.edu.sa
The capacity of the world's ecosystems to sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major focus
of research guiding conservation and restoration of these natural sinks to help mitigate …