Seagrass restoration is possible: insights and lessons from Australia and New Zealand

YM Tan, O Dalby, GA Kendrick, J Statton… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Seagrasses are important marine ecosystems situated throughout the world's coastlines.
They are facing declines around the world due to global and local threats such as rising …

Seagrasses in an era of ocean warming: a review

HM Nguyen, PJ Ralph, L Marín‐Guirao… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrasses are valuable sources of food and habitat for marine life and are one of Earth's
most efficient carbon sinks. However, they are facing a global decline due to ocean warming …

Phenotypic plasticity under rapid global changes: The intrinsic force for future seagrasses survival

J Pazzaglia, TBH Reusch, A Terlizzi… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal oceans are particularly affected by rapid and extreme environmental changes with
dramatic consequences for the entire ecosystem. Seagrasses are key ecosystem …

Dramatic loss of seagrass habitat under projected climate change in the Mediterranean Sea

RM Chefaoui, CM Duarte, EA Serrão - Global change biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Although climate warming is affecting most marine ecosystems, the Mediterranean is
showing earlier impacts. Foundation seagrasses are already experiencing a well …

Decline of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) production over two decades in the face of warming of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

V Litsi‐Mizan, PT Efthymiadis, V Gerakaris… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The response of Posidonia oceanica meadows to global warming of the Eastern
Mediterranean Sea, where the increase in sea surface temperature (SST) is particularly …

Stress memory in seagrasses: first insight into the effects of thermal priming and the role of epigenetic modifications

HM Nguyen, M Kim, PJ Ralph, L Marín-Guirao… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
While thermal priming and the relative role of epigenetic modifications have been widely
studied in terrestrial plants, their roles remain unexplored in seagrasses so far. Here, we …

Thermo-priming increases heat-stress tolerance in seedlings of the Mediterranean seagrass P. oceanica

J Pazzaglia, F Badalamenti, J Bernardeau-Esteller… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Seawater warming and increased incidence of marine heatwaves (MHW) are threatening
the integrity of coastal marine habitats including seagrasses, which are particularly …

Physiological and molecular evidence of differential short-term heat tolerance in Mediterranean seagrasses

L Marín-Guirao, JM Ruiz, E Dattolo, R Garcia-Munoz… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
The increase in extreme heat events associated to global warming threatens seagrass
ecosystems, likely by affecting key plant physiological processes such as photosynthesis …

Heat‐stress induced flowering can be a potential adaptive response to ocean warming for the iconic seagrass Posidonia oceanica

L Marín‐Guirao, L Entrambasaguas, JM Ruiz… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is particularly vulnerable to warming and the abrupt
declines experienced by the endemic Posidonia oceanica populations after recent …

Does Warming Enhance the Effects of Eutrophication in the Seagrass Posidonia oceanica?

J Pazzaglia, A Santillán-Sarmiento… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Seagrass meadows are disappearing at rates comparable to those reported for mangroves,
coral reefs, and tropical rainforests. One of the main causes of their decline is the so-called …