The Baltic Sea as a time machine for the future coastal ocean

TBH Reusch, J Dierking, HC Andersson… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Coastal global oceans are expected to undergo drastic changes driven by climate change
and increasing anthropogenic pressures in coming decades. Predicting specific future …

[HTML][HTML] Export from seagrass meadows contributes to marine carbon sequestration

CM Duarte, D Krause-Jensen - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Seagrasses export a substantial portion of their primary production, both in particulate and
dissolved organic form, but the fate of this export production remains unaccounted for in …

[HTML][HTML] Recent trend reversal for declining European seagrass meadows

CB de Los Santos, D Krause-Jensen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Seagrass meadows, key ecosystems supporting fisheries, carbon sequestration and coastal
protection, are globally threatened. In Europe, loss and recovery of seagrasses are reported …

[HTML][HTML] Seagrass ecosystem services and their variability across genera and geographical regions

L Mtwana Nordlund, EW Koch, EB Barbier, JC Creed - Plos one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Threats to and loss of seagrass ecosystems globally, impact not only natural resources but
also the lives of people who directly or indirectly depend on these systems. Seagrass …

Essential ocean variables for global sustained observations of biodiversity and ecosystem changes

P Miloslavich, NJ Bax, SE Simmons… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sustained observations of marine biodiversity and ecosystems focused on specific
conservation and management problems are needed around the world to effectively mitigate …

Long-term nutrient reductions lead to the unprecedented recovery of a temperate coastal region

JS Lefcheck, RJ Orth, WC Dennison… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Humans strongly impact the dynamics of coastal systems, yet surprisingly few studies
mechanistically link management of anthropogenic stressors and successful restoration of …

The fundamental role of ecological feedback mechanisms for the adaptive management of seagrass ecosystems–a review

PS Maxwell, JS Eklöf, MM van Katwijk… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrass meadows are vital ecosystems in coastal zones worldwide, but are also under
global threat. One of the major hurdles restricting the success of seagrass conservation and …

[HTML][HTML] Recovery of Danish coastal ecosystems after reductions in nutrient loading: a holistic ecosystem approach

B Riemann, J Carstensen, K Dahl, H Fossing… - Estuaries and …, 2016 - Springer
In the 1980s, Danish coastal waters suffered from eutrophication and several nutrient
management plans have been implemented during the years to improve ecological status …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastic retention by marine vegetated canopies: Simulations with seagrass meadows in a hydraulic flume

CB de Los Santos, AS Krång, E Infantes - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine canopies formed by seagrass and other coastal vegetated ecosystems could act as
sinks of microplastics for being efficient particle traps. Here we investigated for the first time …

Blue carbon stocks in Baltic Sea eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows

ME Röhr, C Boström, P Canal-Vergés… - Biogeosciences, 2016 - bg.copernicus.org
Although seagrasses cover only a minor fraction of the ocean seafloor, their carbon sink
capacity accounts for nearly one-fifth of the total oceanic carbon burial and thus play a …