Sentinel-2 remote sensing of Zostera noltei-dominated intertidal seagrass meadows

ML Zoffoli, P Gernez, P Rosa, A Le Bris… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate habitat map** methods are urgently required for the monitoring, conservation,
and management of blue carbon ecosystems and their associated services. This study …

Evaluation of the health status of a coastal ecosystem in southeast Mexico: Assessment of water quality, phytoplankton and submerged aquatic vegetation

JA Herrera-Silveira, SM Morales-Ojeda - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2009 - Elsevier
The coastal environment of the Yucatan Peninsula (SE, Mexico) includes a wide variety of
ecosystems ranging from mangroves to coral reefs, resulting in a heterogeneous landscape …

Seagrass ecophysiological performance under ocean warming and acidification

T Repolho, B Duarte, G Dionísio, JR Paula… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Seagrasses play an essential ecological role within coastal habitats and their worldwide
population decline has been linked to different types of anthropogenic forces. We …

Consequences of shoot density and stiffness for ecosystem engineering by benthic macrophytes in flow dominated areas: a hydrodynamic flume study

G Peralta, LA Van Duren, EP Morris… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2008 - int-res.com
Within intertidal areas of European Atlantic coasts the distribution of the small seagrass
Zostera noltii and the halophyte Spartina anglica can partially overlap, despite numerous …

Spatial self‐organized patterning in seagrasses along a depth gradient of an intertidal ecosystem

T van Der Heide, TJ Bouma, EH Van Nes… - Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The spatial structure of seagrass landscapes is typically ascribed to the direct influence of
physical factors such as hydrodynamics, light, and sediment transport. We studied regularly …

Effects of seagrass beds (Zostera noltii and Z. marina) on near-bed hydrodynamics and sediment resuspension

J Widdows, ND Pope, MD Brinsley, H Asmus… - Marine Ecology …, 2008 - int-res.com
The main objectives of this flume study were to (1) quantify density dependent effects of the
short-leaf seagrass Zostera nolti on hydrodynamics and sediment resuspension from a …

Seagrass space occupation efficiency is key for their role as ecosystem engineers and ecological indicators

VM Vieira, R Santos, D Leitão-Silva… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Studies for the preservation of seagrass beds biotopes have met difficulties in establishing
appropriate methods assessing their health. We tested the efficiency of space occupation by …

Seagrasses in Portugal: a most endangered marine habitat

AH Cunha, JF Assis, EA Serrão - Aquatic Botany, 2013 - Elsevier
Numerous reports of seagrass decline around the world indicate that seagrass habitats are
undergoing a global crisis with important consequences for coastal biodiversity …

Assessing the ecological status of seagrasses using morphology, biochemical descriptors and microbial community analyses. A study in Halophila stipulacea (Forsk.) …

AY Mejia, A Rotini, F Lacasella, R Bookman… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Seagrasses are one of the most valuable marine ecosystems on earth, yet they are declining
worldwide at alarming rates. With most of seagrass monitoring based on long term …

[HTML][HTML] The morphometric acclimation to depth explains the long-term resilience of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa in a shallow tidal lagoon

G Peralta, O Godoy, LG Egea, CB de los Santos… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cadiz Bay is a shallow mesotidal lagoon with extensive populations of the seagrass
Cymodocea nodosa at intertidal and shallow subtidal elevations. This work aims to …