Blue carbon as a natural climate solution

PI Macreadie, MDP Costa, TB Atwood… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs), including mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and tidal
marshes, store carbon and provide co-benefits such as coastal protection and fisheries …

A global review of green turtle diet: sea surface temperature as a potential driver of omnivory levels

N Esteban, JA Mortimer, HJ Stokes, JO Laloë… - Marine Biology, 2020 - Springer
To better understand dietary requirements, trophic shifts, and trophic interactions of the
threatened green turtle (Chelonia mydas), we conducted a comprehensive global review …

The global distribution of seagrass meadows

LJ McKenzie, LM Nordlund, BL Jones… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Seagrass meadows globally are under pressure with worldwide loss and degradation, but
there is a growing recognition of the global importance of seagrass ecosystem services …

A review of a decade of lessons from one of the world's largest MPAs: conservation gains and key challenges

GC Hays, HJ Koldewey, S Andrzejaczek, MJ Attrill… - Marine Biology, 2020 - Springer
Given the recent trend towards establishing very large marine protected areas (MPAs) and
the high potential of these to contribute to global conservation targets, we review outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] A changing climate for seagrass conservation?

RKF Unsworth, LJ McKenzie, LM Nordlund… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Tropical coral reefs are threatened and in decline, and their future is highly uncertain. With
increasing rates of climate change and rising global temperatures, people looking to coral …

Remote submerged banks and mesophotic ecosystems can provide key habitat for endangered marine megafauna

GC Hays, JO Laloë, JA Mortimer, A Rattray… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The importance of some ecosystems remains poorly understood. We showed that
mesophotic ecosystems (30 to 150 m) are a key habitat for a critically endangered species …

[HTML][HTML] Bottlenecks to seed-based seagrass restoration reveal opportunities for improvement

RKF Unsworth, CM Bertelli, L Coals… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Habitat restoration is becoming an increasingly prevalent tool in the armoury of marine
conservation, particularly given the expanding interest in creating nature-based solutions to …

Seagrass structural traits drive fish assemblages in small-scale fisheries

BL Jones, LM Nordlund, RKF Unsworth… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Seagrasses–a group of foundation species in coastal ecosystems–provide key habitat for
diverse and abundant faunal assemblages and support numerous ecosystem functions and …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping and assessing seagrass meadows changes and blue carbon under past, current, and future scenarios

M Montero-Hidalgo, F Tuya, F Otero-Ferrer… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Seagrasses store large amounts of blue carbon and mitigate climate change, but they have
suffered strong regressions worldwide in recent decades. Blue carbon assessments may …

Hydrodynamics across seagrass meadows and its impacts on Indonesian coastal ecosystems: A review

J Risandi, H Rifai, KM Lukman, CFA Sondak… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Seagrass canopies are important components of the world's coastal environments providing
critical ecological services. Nearshore hydrodynamics, ie, waves and currents, are essential …