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 …

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 …

Variability in the carbon storage of seagrass habitats and its implications for global estimates of blue carbon ecosystem service

PS Lavery, MÁ Mateo, O Serrano, M Rozaimi - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The recent focus on carbon trading has intensified interest in 'Blue Carbon'–carbon
sequestered by coastal vegetated ecosystems, particularly seagrasses. Most information on …

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 …

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 …

Response of seagrass indicators to shifts in environmental stressors: a global review and management synthesis

G Roca, T Alcoverro, D Krause-Jensen, TJS Balsby… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Although seagrass-based indicators are widely used to assess coastal ecosystem status,
there is little universality in their application. Matching the plethora of available indicators to …

Seagrass in a changing estuary, the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, United States

LJ Morris, LM Hall, CA Jacoby… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Seagrass is a major structural habitat in the Indian River Lagoon. Maps documented
locations and areal extents of beds periodically since the 1940s, and surveys of fixed …

Influence of water depth on the carbon sequestration capacity of seagrasses

O Serrano, PS Lavery, M Rozaimi… - Global Biogeochemical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The actual estimates of carbon stocks beneath seagrass meadows worldwide are derived
from few data, resulting in a tendency to generalize global carbon stocks from a very limited …

Responses of four Indo-West Pacific seagrass species to shading

CJ Collier, M Waycott, AG Ospina - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2012 - Elsevier
Seagrasses of the Great Barrier Reef predominantly occur in coastal regions where
terrestrial inputs modify water quality and photosynthetic light is highly variable. Responses …

Thermal tolerance of two seagrass species at contrasting light levels: implications for future distribution in the Great Barrier Reef

CJ Collier, S Uthicke, M Waycott - Limnology and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This study assessed metabolism, growth, and survival of two seagrass species at three
different seawater temperatures (27° C, 30° C, and 33° C) under saturating (400 µmol …