Seagrasses in an era of ocean warming: a review

HM Nguyen, PJ Ralph, L Marín‐Guirao… - Biological …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Seagrasses are valuable sources of food and habitat for marine life and are one of Earth's
most efficient carbon sinks. However, they are facing a global decline due to ocean warming …

Integrating within-species variation in thermal physiology into climate change ecology

S Bennett, CM Duarte, N Marbà… - … Transactions of the …, 2019‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Accurately forecasting the response of global biota to warming is a fundamental challenge
for ecology in the Anthropocene. Within-species variation in thermal sensitivity, caused by …

Changing ocean, marine ecosystems, and dependent communities

NL Bindoff, WWL Cheung, JG Kairo, J Arístegui… - 2019‏ - ri.conicet.gov.ar
The ocean is a key component of the Earth system (Chapter 1) as it provides essential life
supporting services (Inniss et al. 2017). For example, it stores heat trapped in the …

Imprint of climate change on pan-Arctic marine vegetation

D Krause-Jensen, P Archambault, J Assis… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
The Arctic climate is changing rapidly. The warming and resultant longer open water periods
suggest a potential for expansion of marine vegetation along the vast Arctic coastline. We …

Disease surveillance by artificial intelligence links eelgrass wasting disease to ocean warming across latitudes

LR Aoki, B Rappazzo, DS Beatty… - Limnology and …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ocean warming endangers coastal ecosystems through increased risk of infectious disease,
yet detection, surveillance, and forecasting of marine diseases remain limited. Eelgrass …

From coast to coast to coast: ecology and management of seagrass ecosystems across Canada

GEP Murphy, JC Dunic, EM Adamczyk, SJ Bittick… - Facets, 2021‏ - facetsjournal.com
Seagrass meadows are among the most productive and diverse marine ecosystems,
providing essential structure, functions, and services. They are also among the most …

Century‐long records reveal shifting challenges to seagrass recovery

D Krause‐Jensen, CM Duarte… - Global Change …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Global losses over the 20th century placed seagrass ecosystems among the most
threatened ecosystems in the world, with eutrophication, and associated deterioration of the …

Climate change projections reveal range shifts of eelgrass Zostera marina in the Northwest Atlantic

KL Wilson, HK Lotze - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2019‏ - int-res.com
Climate change is altering the distribution of marine species around the globe, including
those providing critical 3-dimensional structure in important coastal habitats. We analysed …

High temperatures cause reduced growth, plant death and metabolic changes in eelgrass Zostera marina

KJ Hammer, J Borum, H Hasler-Sheetal… - Marine Ecology …, 2018‏ - int-res.com
We investigated temperature effects on eelgrass Zostera marina L. growing close to its
southern distribution limit along the eastern coast of North America in Virginia, USA. We …

Physiological and morphological effects of a marine heatwave on the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa

A Deguette, I Barrote, J Silva - Scientific Reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are increasing in frequency and intensity as part of climate
change, yet their impact on seagrass is poorly known. The present work evaluated the …