This paper focuses on the marine foundation eelgrass species, Zostera marina, along a
gradient from the northern Baltic Sea to the north‐east Atlantic. This vast region supports a …

Sustainable management of coastal and inland water areas requires knowledge of how
tourism and recreation affects the ecosystems. Here, we present the first systematic review …

Terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem degradation is widely recognized as a major global
environmental and development problem. Although great efforts have been made to prevent …

Along the Swedish northwest coast, over 60% of the eelgrass meadows have been lost
since the 1980s. Despite improved water quality, no recovery has occurred, and restoration …

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

In this paper the concept of resilience is discussed on the base of 13 case studies from the
German branch of the International Long-Term Ecological Research Program. In the …

Policy initiatives that seek to recover lost habitats require the capacity to anticipate and
suppress the mechanisms that drive loss. The replacement of forested landscapes by simple …

Although eutrophication is considered a major driver for global seagrass loss with
aquaculture effluents being a main factor, little is known about the effect on seagrass …

Chesapeake Bay supports a diverse assemblage of marine and freshwater species of
submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) whose broad distributions are generally constrained by …

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