Seagrass–sediment interactions, positive feedbacks and critical thresholds for occurrence: a review

WF De Boer - Hydrobiologia, 2007 - Springer
This literature review summarizes the limiting factors for seagrass occurrence, and the effect
positive feedbacks in seagrass systems have on these threshold levels. Minimum water …

Effects of disturbances caused by coastal constructions on spatial structure, growth dynamics and photosynthesis of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica

JM Ruiz, J Romero - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2003 - Elsevier
The light-limitation hypothesis was tested to assess whether water turbidity had caused the
decline of a Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile meadow in an area affected by a …

Variability in the carbon storage of seagrass habitats and its implications for global estimates of blue carbon ecosystem service

PS Lavery, MÁ Mateo, O Serrano, M Rozaimi - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The recent focus on carbon trading has intensified interest in 'Blue Carbon'–carbon
sequestered by coastal vegetated ecosystems, particularly seagrasses. Most information on …

Decline of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) production over two decades in the face of warming of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

V Litsi‐Mizan, PT Efthymiadis, V Gerakaris… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The response of Posidonia oceanica meadows to global warming of the Eastern
Mediterranean Sea, where the increase in sea surface temperature (SST) is particularly …

Dynamics of millenary organic deposits resulting from the growth of the Mediterranean seagrassPosidonia oceanica

MA Mateo, J Romero, M Pérez, MM Littler… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 1997 - Elsevier
The Mediterranean seagrassPosidonia oceanicaaccumulates large quantities of organic
debris as roots, rhizomes and leaf sheaths are progressively buried forming a …

Effects of fish farm loadings on seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) distribution, growth and photosynthesis

JM Ruiz, M Pérez, J Romero - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2001 - Elsevier
The spatial extent and timing of the impact of fish farms on the distribution and performance
of a Posidonia oceanica meadow were examined in an embayment of the south-eastern …

Carbon and nutrient deposition in a Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadow

E Gacia, CM Duarte… - Limnology and …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The annual depositional flux of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorous (P) to the
sediments under a northeast Spain Posidonia oceanica meadow was evaluated, and the …

Are seagrass growth and survival constrained by the reducing conditions of the sediment?

J Terrados, CM Duarte, L Kamp-Nielsen, NSR Agawin… - Aquatic Botany, 1999 - Elsevier
A literature review of the effects of the reducing conditions of the sediment on seagrass
metabolism, growth and survival, and of the morphological and physiological adaptations …

Growth and population dynamics of Posidonia oceanica on the Spanish Mediterranean coast: elucidating seagrass decline

N Marbà, CM Duarte, J Cebrián, ME Gallegos… - Marine Ecology …, 1996 - int-res.com
The growth and population dynamics of Posidonia oceanica were examined in 29 meadows
along 1000 km of the Spanish Mediterranean coast (from 36" 46'to 42" 22'N). oceanica …

The root/rhizome system of seagrasses: an asset and a burden

MA Hemminga - Journal of Sea Research, 1998 - Elsevier
Large-scale declines in seagrass vegetation have been frequently observed in recent
decades. Many of these declines can be traced to the reduction of light levels in the water …