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Seagrass ecosystem services: assessment and scale of benefits
de los Santos, Carmen B.; Scott, Abbi; Arias-Ortiz, Ariane; Jones, Benjamin; Kennedy, Hilary; Mazarrasa, Inés; McKenzie, Len; Nordlund, Lina MtwanaSeagrass ecosystems provide a wide variety of services that support human well-being around the world (Barbier et al. 2011). It is estimated that more than 1 billion people live within 100 km of a coast with seagrass meadows, thus potentially benefiting from their provisioning, regulating and cultural services. Seagrasses play a significant global role in supporting food security, mitigating climate change, enr...
Toward a coordinated global observing system for seagrasses and marine macroalgae
Duffy, J. Emmett; Benedetti-Cecchi, Lisandro; Trinanes, Joaquin; Muller-Karger, Frank E.; Ambo-Rappe, Rohani; Boström, ChristofferIn coastal waters around the world, the dominant primary producers are benthic macrophytes, including seagrasses and macroalgae, that provide habitat structure and food for diverse and abundant biological communities and drive ecosystem processes. Seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests play key roles for coastal societies, contributing to fishery yields, storm protection, biogeochemical cycling and storage, an...