Coastal erosion is occurring at a faster rate than in the past. The adverse impacts are not
negligible at environmental, economic, and socio-cultural levels. Hence, coastal protection …

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 …

The contribution of seagrasses to coastal protection is examined through the review of the
most relevant existing knowledge. Seagrasses are the largest submerged aquatic …

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 …

Wave attenuation by vegetation is a highly dynamic process and its quantification is
important for understanding shore protection potential and modeling coastal hydrodynamics …

The conservation of coastal ecosystems can provide considerable coastal protection
benefits, but this role has not been sufficiently accounted for in coastal planning and …

While the ability of subaquatic vegetation to attenuate wave energy is well recognized in
general, there is a paucity of data from the field to describe the rate and mechanisms of …

Laboratory measurements reveal the flow structure within and above a model seagrass
meadow (dynamically similar to Zostera marina) forced by progressive waves. Despite being …

A feedback between seagrass presence, suspended sediment and benthic light can induce
bistability between two ecosystem states: one where the presence of seagrass reduces …

An experimental study, conducted in the large wave flume of CIEM in Barcelona, is
presented to evaluate the effects of Posidonia oceanica meadows on the wave height …