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 …

Large-scale losses of seagrass beds have been reported for decades and lead to numerous
restoration programs. From worldwide scientific literature and 20 years of seagrass …

In coastal and estuarine systems, foundation species like seagrasses, mangroves,
saltmarshes or corals provide important ecosystem services. Seagrasses are globally …

Seagrasses are well-known ecosystem engineers. They reduce water dynamics and
sediment resuspension, and trap fine sediments. However, exceptions of this paradigm have …

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) have been advocated to protect, sustainably manage, and
restore natural or modified ecosystems, simultaneously providing human well-being and …

It is useful to begin this chapter with definitions of the terms “rehabilitation” and “restoration.”“
Seagrass rehabilitation” is a general term with the sense of improving, augmenting or …

Seagrass species form important marine and estuarine habitats providing valuable
ecosystem services and functions. Coastal zones that are increasingly impacted by …

The extent of seagrasses has declined globally, with restoration through transplantation
seen as an important tool for reversing population loss, yet restoration studies for African …

Eelgrass, Zostera marina, is the most abundant seagrass species on the coast of Korea, but
most large eelgrass meadows have disappeared since the 1970s due to human-induced …

ABSTRACT Seagrass (Zostera muelleri Irmisch ex. Aschers) was historically prolific in
Whangarei Harbour, New Zealand, but has since declined. Over two years we compared the …