Nature Communications (Jul 2019)
Recent trend reversal for declining European seagrass meadows
- Carmen B. de los Santos,
- Dorte Krause-Jensen,
- Teresa Alcoverro,
- Núria Marbà,
- Carlos M. Duarte,
- Marieke M. van Katwijk,
- Marta Pérez,
- Javier Romero,
- José L. Sánchez-Lizaso,
- Guillem Roca,
- Emilia Jankowska,
- José Lucas Pérez-Lloréns,
- Jérôme Fournier,
- Monica Montefalcone,
- Gérard Pergent,
- Juan M. Ruiz,
- Susana Cabaço,
- Kevan Cook,
- Robert J. Wilkes,
- Frithjof E. Moy,
- Gregori Muñoz-Ramos Trayter,
- Xavier Seglar Arañó,
- Dick J. de Jong,
- Yolanda Fernández-Torquemada,
- Isabelle Auby,
- Juan J. Vergara,
- Rui Santos
Affiliations
- Carmen B. de los Santos
- Centre of Marine Sciences of Algarve (CCMAR), University of Algarve
- Dorte Krause-Jensen
- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University
- Teresa Alcoverro
- Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC)
- Núria Marbà
- Global Change Research Group, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB)
- Carlos M. Duarte
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Researh Center (RSRC) and Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC)
- Marieke M. van Katwijk
- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen
- Marta Pérez
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona
- Javier Romero
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona
- José L. Sánchez-Lizaso
- Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, University of Alicante
- Guillem Roca
- Global Change Research Group, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB)
- Emilia Jankowska
- Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences
- José Lucas Pérez-Lloréns
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Research Institute, University of Cádiz
- Jérôme Fournier
- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS UMR 7204 Centre d’Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, Station de Biologie Marine
- Monica Montefalcone
- DiSTAV, Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa
- Gérard Pergent
- Coastal Ecosystem Team (FRES 3041/UMR 6134), University of Corsica
- Juan M. Ruiz
- Seagrass Ecology Group, Oceanographic Center of Murcia, Spanish Institute of Oceanography
- Susana Cabaço
- Centre of Marine Sciences of Algarve (CCMAR), University of Algarve
- Kevan Cook
- Natural England, Pydar House
- Robert J. Wilkes
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Frithjof E. Moy
- Institute of Marine Research
- Gregori Muñoz-Ramos Trayter
- Medi Ambient, Ajuntament de Badalona
- Xavier Seglar Arañó
- Medi Ambient, Ajuntament de Badalona
- Dick J. de Jong
- Department Sea and Delta, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Rijkswaterstaat
- Yolanda Fernández-Torquemada
- Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, University of Alicante
- Isabelle Auby
- LER Arcachon-Anglet, IFREMER, Quai du commandant Silhouette
- Juan J. Vergara
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Research Institute, University of Cádiz
- Rui Santos
- Centre of Marine Sciences of Algarve (CCMAR), University of Algarve
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11340-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Seagrass meadows are important but one of the most threatened ecosystems globally. Here the authors analyse data about extent and density of seagrasses in Europe from 1869 to 2016, and find evidence of recent trend reversal for declining European seagrass meadows.
