Ten golden rules for restoration to secure resilient and just seagrass social‐ecological systems

RKF Unsworth, BLH Jones, CM Bertelli… - Plants, People …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Seagrass meadows are a globally important habitat subject to
significant loss. As efforts to restore these sensitive habitats are hampered by their high cost …

Are habitat fragmentation effects stronger in marine systems? A review and meta-analysis

LA Yeager, J Estrada, K Holt, SR Keyser… - Current Landscape …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of the Review The importance of habitat fragmentation in driving
biodiversity loss has been recently debated. While the negative effects of habitat loss are …

Don't go breaking apart: Anthropogenic disturbances predict meadow fragmentation of an endangered seagrass

DS Swadling, GJ West, PT Gibson… - Aquatic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although it is well established that human activities are linked to the loss of seagrasses
worldwide, the influence of anthropogenic disturbances on the habitat fragmentation of …

Inclusion of intra-and interspecific facilitation expands the theoretical framework for seagrass restoration

YS Zhang, RK Gittman, SE Donaher… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Restoration is increasingly utilized as a strategy to stymie the loss of coastal habitats.
Coastal habitat restoration has predominantly emphasized designs that minimize physical …

Bivalve facilitation mediates seagrass recovery from physical disturbance in a temperate estuary

SE Donaher, CJ Baillie, CS Smith, YS Zhang… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid global degradation of coastal habitats can be attributed to anthropogenic activities
associated with coastal development, aquaculture, and recreational surface water use …

Physical drivers of seagrass spatial configuration: the role of thresholds

AV Uhrin, MG Turner - Landscape Ecology, 2018 - Springer
Context Seagrass landscapes vary substantially in extent and pattern, resulting from depth
zonation and hydrodynamic stress gradients and may exhibit threshold behavior in …

[HTML][HTML] Population dynamics of a fragmented subtidal Zostera marina population affected by shell fishing

C Baranano, E Fernández, P Morán, P Urbieta… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This investigation illustrates the spatial and temporal dynamics of a Zostera marina seagrass
meadow affected by clam harvesting. Photointerpretation of satellite imagery corresponding …

Disturbance size and frequency mediate the coexistence of benthic spatial competitors

MCN Castorani, ML Baskett - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Disturbance plays a key role in structuring community dynamics and is central to
conservation and natural resource management. However, ecologists continue to debate …

Size matters: variations in seagrass seed size at local scales affects seed performance

TM Smith, CDH Sherman, EE Cumming, PH York… - Hydrobiologia, 2022 - Springer
Seed size can have an impact on angiosperm reproductive fitness. Ecological theory
predicts plants that will produce larger seeds in stressful environments to increase the …

Seed Burial Alleviates Wave Energy Constraints on Zostera marina (Eelgrass) Seedling Establishment at Restoration-Relevant Scales

SR Marion, RJ Orth, M Fonseca, A Malhotra - Estuaries and Coasts, 2021 - Springer
Bottlenecks for successful seedling establishment can be both biotic and abiotic, and
understanding the contribution of these processes is important in restoration efforts in order …