The planetary role of seagrass conservation

RKF Unsworth, LC Cullen-Unsworth, BLH Jones… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Seagrasses are remarkable plants that have adapted to live in a marine environment. They
form extensive meadows found globally that bioengineer their local environments and …

Toward a coordinated global observing system for seagrasses and marine macroalgae

JE Duffy, L Benedetti-Cecchi, J Trinanes… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In coastal waters around the world, the dominant primary producers are benthic
macrophytes, including seagrasses and macroalgae, that provide habitat structure and food …

Seagrass beds acting as a trap of microplastics-Emerging hotspot in the coastal region?

Y Huang, X **ao, C Xu, YD Perianen, J Hu… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics is an emerging environmental problem in the world. However, presence and
fate of microplastics in seagrass meadows are barely known. In this study, the abundance …

Social equity and benefits as the nexus of a transformative Blue Economy: A sectoral review of implications

AM Cisneros-Montemayor, M Moreno-Báez, M Voyer… - Marine Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The term 'Blue Economy'is increasingly used in various marine sectors and
development frameworks. For it to be a truly useful approach, however, we argue that social …

[HTML][HTML] Historical analysis exposes catastrophic seagrass loss for the United Kingdom

AE Green, RKF Unsworth, MA Chadwick… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The spatial extent of seagrass is poorly mapped, and knowledge of historical loss is limited.
Here, we collated empirical and qualitative data using systematic review methods to provide …

Biotechnology for carbon capture and fixation: Critical review and future directions

MA Zahed, E Movahed, A Khodayari… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
To mitigate the growing threat of climate change and develop novel technologies that can
eliminate carbon dioxide, the most abundant greenhouse gas derived from the flue gas …

Stocks and losses of soil organic carbon from Chinese vegetated coastal habitats

C Fu, Y Li, L Zeng, H Zhang, C Tu, Q Zhou… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Global vegetated coastal habitats (VCHs) represent a large sink for organic carbon (OC)
stored within their soils. The regional patterns and causes of spatial variation, however …

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 …

Species traits and geomorphic setting as drivers of global soil carbon stocks in seagrass meadows

H Kennedy, JF Pagès, D Lagomasino… - Global …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Our knowledge of the factors that can influence the stock of organic carbon (OC) that is
stored in the soil of seagrass meadows is evolving, and several causal effects have been …

Factors regulating the coastal nutrient filter in the Baltic Sea

J Carstensen, DJ Conley, E Almroth-Rosell, E Asmala… - Ambio, 2020 - Springer
The coastal zone of the Baltic Sea is diverse with strong regional differences in the physico-
chemical setting. This diversity is also reflected in the importance of different biogeochemical …