With a global increase in coastal development, together with increasing storminess and
continuing sea level rise, coastal erosion has become a serious problem along a significant …

Vegetated marine and freshwater habitats are being increasingly lost around the world.
Habitat restoration is a critical step for conserving these valuable habitats, but new …

Due to climate change the pathogenic bacterium Vibrio vulnificus proliferates along brackish
coastlines, posing risks to public health, tourism, and aquaculture. Here we investigated …

The accelerated discard and mismanagement of human-made products are resulting in the
continued input of litter into the oceans. Models and field observations show how floating …

Seagrass meadows provide crucial ecosystem services for coastal environments and were
shown to reduce the abundance of waterborne pathogens linked to infections in humans …

Seagrass beds act as blue carbon sinks globally as they enhance the trap** of recalcitrant
(ie, low biodegradability) organic carbon in their sediments. Recent studies also show that …

Seagrasses, a polyphyletic group of about 60 marine angiosperm species, are the
foundation of diverse and functionally important marine habitats along sheltered …

Global (eg climate change) and local factors (eg nutrient enrichment) act together in nature
strongly hammering coastal ecosystems, where seagrasses play a critical ecological role …

HIGHLIGHTS: Sedimentation of fine sediment particles onto seagrass leaves severely
hampers the plants' performance in both light and darkness, due to inadequate internal plant …

Large nutrient levels and herbivory stress, particularly when acting together, drive a variety
of responses in seagrass communities that ultimately may weaken their carbon balance. An …