Each year millions of larval and 0+ juvenile fishes are recruited into estuarine fish
populations around the world. For several decades the roles of littoral aquatic and emergent …

This article analyses the pressures on seahorses and explores conservation responses. It
focuses on seahorses (Hippocampus spp.) but also considers pipefishes and seadragons …

The vast majority of published papers concerning seagrass meadows contain statements to
the effect that seagrass beds serve as important nurseries for many species. We reviewed …

Seagrass beds are thought to have a fundamental role in maintaining populations of
commercially exploited fish and invertebrate species by providing one or more of the …

Fish assemblages associated with nearshore Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds, rocky–
algal reefs and unvegetated sandy substrates were studied at two sampling localities …

The concept of ecosystem goods and services and the approach of a linked social–
ecological system were used to identify and describe the interactions between humans and …

Seagrass meadows have extremely high primary and secondary productivity and support a
great abundance and diversity of fish and invertebrates. A number of commercially and …

Assemblage structure and juvenile recruitment of fishes was compared amongst three
habitats: seagrass, Heterozostera tasmanica (Martens ex Aschers.) den Hartog; reef-algal; …

We quantified nekton densities to estimate relative nursery values of Spartina alterniflora salt
marsh, seagrass dominated by Ruppia maritima and Halodule wrightii, and shallow (2 drop …

The nine species comprising the genus Zostera discussed in this chapter form a widespread
and relatively well-studied group of seagrasses. Some of the earliest studies of seagrasses …