Long‐term declines and recovery of meadow area across the world's seagrass bioregions

JC Dunic, CJ Brown, RM Connolly… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As human impacts increase in coastal regions, there is concern that critical habitats that
provide the foundation of entire ecosystems are in decline. Seagrass meadows face growing …

Trade-offs and synergies between seagrass ecosystems and fishing activities: a global literature review

M Herrera, A Tubío, P Pita, E Vázquez… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Seagrass ecosystems support human well-being by delivering a wide range of ecosystem
services. Particularly important is the significant role they play in food provisioning by …

Learnings from the past to inform future ecosystem restoration projects: an Australian perspective

R Araya‐López, M Wartman… - Restoration …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal and marine ecosystems provide valuable ecosystem services and functions.
Unfortunately, these habitats have experienced increasing anthropogenic and climate …

An experimental framework for selectively breeding corals for assisted evolution

A Humanes, EA Beauchamp, JC Bythell… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coral cover on tropical reefs has declined during the last three decades due to the
combined effects of climate change, destructive fishing, pollution, and land use change …

The success of seagrass restoration using Enhalus acoroides seeds is correlated with substrate and hydrodynamic conditions

R Ambo-Rappe - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The extent of seagrass areas and their associated ecosystem functions and services have
been declining due to many factors. Seagrass restoration is important to mitigate such …

Investigating transplantation as a mechanism for seagrass restoration in South Africa

MF Mokumo, JB Adams… - Restoration Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The extent of seagrasses has declined globally, with restoration through transplantation
seen as an important tool for reversing population loss, yet restoration studies for African …

Naturally-detached fragments of the endangered seagrass Posidonia australis collected by citizen scientists can be used to successfully restore fragmented meadows

G Ferretto, TM Glasby, AGB Poore, CT Callaghan… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Posidonia australis is a slow-growing seagrass that forms extensive meadows in sheltered
coastal locations which are often popular areas for recreational boating. Traditional block …

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 …

The dynamics of seagrass ecosystems: history, past accomplishments, and future prospects

RJ Orth, KL Heck Jr - Estuaries and Coasts, 2023 - Springer
The goal of this perspective is to review how seagrass research has evolved over the past
half century to our current state of knowledge. We review how our knowledge of seagrass …

Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, 1813 seedlings as a potential integrative tool for restoring damaged meadows

G Mancini, D Ventura, E Casoli… - Restoration …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrasses provide key ecological services in coastal marine and estuarine environments.
Human activities and environmental changes affect seagrasses compromising their structure …