Healthy seagrasses form underwater meadows teeming with fish and shellfish. A successful large-scale restoration project in Virginia could become a model for reseeding damaged seagrass beds worldwide.
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Oxygen produced by these plants helps animals boost their metabolism to match the heat.
Seagrass may look unassuming, but healthy oceans depend on the huge meadows that grow in temperate and tropical waters.
Far more megafauna species use coastal wetlands than we thought. And it affects the way we need to address the extinction crisis.
The sediments that accumulate beneath seagrass meadows can act as secure vaults for shipwrecks and other precious artefacts, by stopping water and oxygen from damaging the delicate timbers.
New research highlights the role of sea turtles and dugong in the dispersal of seeds and maintenance of seagrass meadows, an important marine habitat and the primary food source for both animals.
Seagrass meadows play a significant role in supporting world fishery productivity.
The ‘canaries of the sea’ are sending a worrying message about the health of our oceans.
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Associate Professor in Marine Biology, Swansea University
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Chief Conservation Officer, Project Seagrass & Research Affiliate, Swansea University
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Research Fellow, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor in Biology, Flinders University
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Principal Researcher, Coastal Ecology, Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC)
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences and Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
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PhD Candidate, Marine Ecology, University of Edinburgh
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Research Fellow, Global Wetlands Project, Australia Rivers Institute, Griffith University
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Gary Kendrick is a Friend of The Conversation.
Winthrop Professor, Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Professor in Marine Science, Griffith University
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, James Cook University
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Emeritus Professor of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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Visiting Fellow, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Research Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Smithsonian Institution
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Emeritus Professor of Environmental Governance, UCL