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How Seagrasses Support Achievement of Multiple International Commitments
Seagrass ecosystems can directly or indirectly support progress towards most of the United Nations SDGs and are essential to the delivery of targets relating…
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Seagrass Ecosystem Resilience
The resilience has become a prominent aspect of management and research due to their extensive provision of ecosystem services and their vulnerability to multiple…
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Seagrass Extent Change Within Shark Bay’s Marine Park
Extreme climate event, a marine heatwave, drives massive losses of one of the world’s largest and continuous seagrass ecosystem in Shark Bay, Western Australia.…
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Threats to Seagrass Ecosystems
Seagrasses are a key marine habitat that has been globally declining since the 1930s, with the most recent census estimating that 7 per cent…
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Country-Scale Seagrass Mapping
Country-scale mapping efforts in Greece reveal an extent of 2,510 km2 of seagrasses between 0 and 40 m deep across the full 40,951 km2…
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The Climate Regulation Value Provided by Seagrasses in Gazi Bay, Kenya to Different Regions Across the Globe
The beneficiaries of seagrass sequestration and storage of atmospheric carbon are the global population, given that regulating and mitigating climate change provide global benefits.…
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Extra-local benefits of seagrass meadows in supporting fisheries: Atlantic cod fisheries
The habitats that seagrasses provide for juvenile Atlantic cod, generate nutritional (food for people) and economic ( job creation) benefits. This example illustrates how…
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Seagrasses Support Megafauna
The provision of shelter, feeding and nursery grounds are critical ecosystem services delivered by seagrasses worldwide, as evidenced by the high diversity and abundance…
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High-Value Global Fisheries Linked to Seagrass
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide eat seagrass-associated seafood on a daily basis. Seagrasses enhance fisheries by providing a critical nursery habitat, trophic support,…
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Seagrass and other Coastal Habitats
Seagrass ecosystems do not occur in isolation. In the tropics, seagrass meadows typically exist in close proximity to mangroves and coral reefs, whereas in…
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Seagrass Ecosystem Services
Seagrass ecosystems provide a wide variety of services that support human well-being around the world. Seagrasses play a significant global role in supporting food…
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