Climate Change Seagrass
Can we forecast oceanic habitat changes in a transferrable way?
Folmer et al., 2016. E.O. Folmer, J.E.E. van Beusekom, T. Dolch, U. Gräwe, M.M. van Katwijk, K. Kolbe, C.J.M. Philippart.…
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Seagrass Wasting Disease is Affecting our Oceans
Citation: Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett, Brooke K. Sullivan, Katie Robinson, Osu Lilje, Peter I. Macreadie, Frank H. Gleason. Pathogenic Labyrinthula associated…
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Coastal Management Modeling Physical oceanography Remote Sensing Seagrass
What do remote sensing, machine learning, and statistics have in common? Enhancing the accuracy of seagrass monitoring, for one.
Citation: Ha NT, Manley-Harris M, Pham TD, Hawes I. A Comparative Assessment of Ensemble-Based Machine Learning and Maximum Likelihood Methods…
Biodiversity Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Human impacts Restoration Seagrass
Missing the (Kelp) Forest for the Trees: An Overlooked Factor in Blue Carbon Storage
A recent study exposes an overlooked carbon sink in the form of kelp forests. According to scientists' estimates, a kelp…
Climate Change Ecology Seagrass
Life Finds a Way: Eelgrass Beds Respond in Surprising Ways to Extreme Warming Events
Article: Reynolds LK, DuBois K, Abbott JM, Williams SL, Stachowicz JJ (2016) Response of a Habitat-Forming Marine Plant to a…
Behavior Book Review Coral Ecology Evolution Parasitism Seagrass
Grunts and Gnathiids: One Fish’s Daily Migration to Escape Parasites?
Animals move for a number of reasons. The French grunt leaves the coral reefs at night for seagrass. A group…
Biology Coastal Management Ecology Invasive Species Seagrass
Seagrass Invasion! Tunicates colonizing seagrass beds impact plant and animal community
Seagrass habitats worldwide are in decline due to a number of factors. What happens when an invasive species comes on…
Book Review Ecology Evolution Seagrass
Seagrass Fights Back Against Grazing!
If you were a plant, like seagrass, how would you prevent other creatures from eating you? Do you even try?…
Conservation Ecology Seagrass
It’s a TRAP! Predators help trap carbon in coastal sediments
Vegetated coastal ecosystems, such as salt marshes, can trap and store carbon for millennia. This perspective investigates how the effects…
Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Human impacts Seagrass
Seagrass, Disturbance, and the Blue Carbon Cycle
Seagrass beds bury carbon incredibly well! What happens to that carbon when you uproot, plow through, or otherwise disturb seagrasses?…
Climate Change Ecology Seagrass
Kelps forced into hiding: Underwater forests troubled by warm oceans
Kelp forests are highly productive and diverse ecosystems found in cool coastal waters. A new study suggests that warmer waters…
Biology Coastal Management Harmful Algal Bloom Seagrass
Sewage pollution running amuck in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon
Harmful algal blooms are common events that occur in coastal waters. In Florida’s Indian River Lagoon, nutrient groundwater runoff initiates…
Book Review Climate Change Ecology Seagrass
The Northward Expansion: Tropical Fish Settling the Temperate Seagrass Prairie
How will northward shifting tropical species interact with the temperate habitats they encounter? An example from seagrass habitat in the…