Spatial planning principles for marine ecosystem restoration

SE Lester, AK Dubel, G Hernán, J McHenry… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Coastal and marine ecosystems characterized by foundation species, such as seagrass
beds, coral reefs, salt marshes, oyster reefs, and mangrove forests, are rich in biodiversity …

Lessons learned from over thirty years of eelgrass restoration on the US West Coast

M Ward, K Beheshti - Ecosphere, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrass habitats, which provide essential ecosystem functions such as water quality
improvement, biodiversity support, ocean acidification amelioration, and sediment carbon …

Advancing an integrated understanding of land–ocean connections in shaping the marine ecosystems of coastal temperate rainforest ecoregions

BPV Hunt, S Alin, A Bidlack… - Limnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Land and ocean ecosystems are strongly connected and mutually interactive. As climate
changes and other anthropogenic stressors intensify, the complex pathways that link these …

Rapid enhancement of multiple ecosystem services following the restoration of a coastal foundation species

KM Beheshti, SL Williams, KE Boyer… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The global decline of marine foundation species (kelp forests, mangroves, salt marshes, and
seagrasses) has contributed to the degradation of the coastal zone and threatens the loss of …

Integrating genetics, biophysical, and demographic insights identifies critical sites for seagrass conservation

M Jahnke, PO Moksnes, JL Olsen… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The eelgrass Zostera marina is an important foundation species of coastal areas in the
Northern Hemisphere, but is continuing to decline, despite management actions. The …

Recovery and Community Succession of the Zostera marina Rhizobiome after Transplantation

L Wang, MK English, F Tomas… - Applied and …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Seagrasses can form mutualisms with their microbiomes that facilitate the exchange of
energy sources, nutrients, and hormones and ultimately impact plant stress resistance. Little …

The state of the Salish sea

KL Sobocinski - 2021 - cedar.wwu.edu
This report synthesizes information on past, current, and emerging stressors within the
Salish Sea estuarine ecosystem. The Salish Sea is a complex waterbody shared by Coast …

Projections of algae, eelgrass, and zooplankton ecological interactions in the inner Salish Sea–for future climate, and altered oceanic states

T Khangaonkar, A Nugraha, L Premathilake… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Future projections based on the IPCC high emissions scenario RCP8. 5 have previously
shown that the Pacific Northwest coastal waters will be subjected to altered ocean states in …

Water temperature variability in the Coos Estuary and its potential link to eelgrass loss

MJ Marin Jarrin, DA Sutherland… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Subtidal water temperatures in estuaries influence where organisms can survive and are
determined by oceanic, atmospheric and riverine heat fluxes, modulated by the distinct …

Zoning seagrass protection in lap an lagoon, vietnam using a novel integrated framework for sustainable coastal management

NT Ha, TD Pham, TTH Tran - Wetlands, 2021 - Springer
Seagrass is a key factor of the nature-based solution to climate change impacts, however,
this resource has been lost and degraded worldwide in both of area and habitats. Protection …