Fine sediment and particulate organic matter: A review and case study on ridge-to-reef transport, transformations, fates, and impacts on marine ecosystems

Z Bainbridge, S Lewis, R Bartley, K Fabricius… - Marine Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Studies documenting the effects of land-derived suspended particulate matter (SPM, ie,
particulate organic matter and mineral sediment) on marine ecosystems are typically …

Effects of dredging on critical ecological processes for marine invertebrates, seagrasses and macroalgae, and the potential for management with environmental …

MW Fraser, J Short, G Kendrick, D McLean… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Dredging can have significant impacts on benthic marine organisms through mechanisms
such as sedimentation and reduction in light availability as a result of increased suspension …

Seagrass ecosystem trajectory depends on the relative timescales of resistance, recovery and disturbance

KR O'Brien, M Waycott, P Maxwell, GA Kendrick… - Marine Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Seagrass ecosystems are inherently dynamic, responding to environmental change across
a range of scales. Habitat requirements of seagrass are well defined, but less is known …

Past and future grand challenges in marine ecosystem ecology

A Borja, JH Andersen, CD Arvanitidis… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 LifeWatch ERIC, Plaza de España, Seville, Spain, 4 Institute of
Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research …

Timing anthropogenic stressors to mitigate their impact on marine ecosystem resilience

PPY Wu, K Mengersen, K McMahon… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Better mitigation of anthropogenic stressors on marine ecosystems is urgently needed to
address increasing biodiversity losses worldwide. We explore opportunities for stressor …

Sediment Resuspension and Deposition on Seagrass Leaves Impedes Internal Plant Aeration and Promotes Phytotoxic H2S Intrusion

KE Brodersen, KJ Hammer, V Schrameyer… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
HIGHLIGHTS: Sedimentation of fine sediment particles onto seagrass leaves severely
hampers the plants' performance in both light and darkness, due to inadequate internal plant …

Setting ecologically relevant targets for river pollutant loads to meet marine water quality requirements for the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: A preliminary methodology …

JE Brodie, SE Lewis, CJ Collier, S Wooldridge… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2017 - Elsevier
Loads of suspended sediment, nutrients and pesticides discharged to the Great Barrier Reef
(GBR) have increased greatly due to agricultural and urban development of the GBR …

Predicting seagrass decline due to cumulative stressors

MP Adams, EJY Koh, MP Vilas, CJ Collier… - … Modelling & Software, 2020 - Elsevier
Seagrass ecosystems are increasingly subjected to multiple interacting stressors, making
the consequent trajectories difficult to predict. Here, we present a new process-based model …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of Fine Sediment on Seagrass Meadows: A Case Study of Zostera muelleri in Pāuatahanui Inlet, New Zealand

I Zabarte-Maeztu, FE Matheson… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Seagrass meadows are vulnerable to fine sediment (mud) pollution, with impacts usually
attributed to reduction in submerged light. Here we tested two non-exclusive hypotheses …

Increased sediment loads cause non-linear decreases in seagrass suitable habitat extent

MI Saunders, S Atkinson, CJ Klein, T Weber… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Land-based activities, including deforestation, agriculture, and urbanisation, cause
increased erosion, reduced inland and coastal water quality, and subsequent loss or …