Seagrass meadows provide multiple ecosystem services, yet they are among the most
threatened ecosystems on earth. Because of their role as carbon sinks, protection and …

Flow dynamics in Zostera marina L.(eelgrass) were studied in a large seawater flume.
Velocity and turbulence intensity profiles were measured at 3 free-stream flow velocities (5 …

Making nature's value visible to humans is a key issue for the XXI century and it is crucial to
identify and measure natural capital to incorporate benefits or costs of changes in ecosystem …

The conservation of the coastal marine environment requires the possession of information
that enables the global quality of the environment to be evaluated reliably and relatively …

The taxonomical and trophic structures of the vagile fauna communities of the leaf stratum in
a Posidonia oceanica meadow at Ischia (Gulf of Naples, Italy) were investigated at five …

The distribution and abundance of littoral ascidians were analyzed with respect to thelr
possible relationships with environmental stress. As part of a multidisciplinary research …

Dried leaf fragments of the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica were used as tracer
particles to test if seagrass leaf canopies reduce particle resuspension. Half Petri dishes …

The effects of sedimentation on the development and structure of macroalgal assemblages
were investigated from June 1992 to December 1993 on a rocky subtidal shore South of …

Investigations were carried out in a Posidonia oceanica meadow at Ischia (Gulf of Naples)
along a depth gradient from 1 to 32 m in November 1979 and May 1981. In these two …

In the past three decades seagrass research has adopted several disciplines and matured
into a global science. One of the approaches we can use to focus our science to benefit the …