It may be not be as visible as tropical rainforests or wetlands but seagrass plays a vital role in the global ecosystem, says Richard Unsworth, filtering pollution and providing food to fish
… Seagrass may be 'uncharismatic' but it still … Richard Unsworth | 4th October 2010 Comment Seagrass Natural World Fish Wetlands Biodiversity seagrass.jpg Seagrasses of the area the size …
Seagrass provides a key marine habitat, writes Richard Unsworth - it stablises the sea floor, sustains rich ecosystems, soaks up excess nutrients, sequesters carbon dioxide, feeds dugongs, and nurtures young cod. Hadn't we better stop wiping out some 1,500 sq.km of seagrass meadows every year?
… the love of cod, let's save our disappearing seagrass Richard K. F. Unsworth | 4th November … 2014 Comment Oceans Fish Ecology Food cod-seagrass-john-carroll-cut.jpg Seagrass. Photo: Richard Unsworth. Seagrass …
The Census of Marine Life is finally complete after a decade of work by 2,700 scientists from 80 countries
… Environment Network READ MORE... COMMENT Seagrass may be 'uncharismatic' but it still … as tropical rainforests or wetlands but seagrass plays a vital role in the global …
Plans for a new international airport in the coastal city of Mumbai will destroy yet more of its mangrove ecosystems, and there are fears the deal has already been closed
… for other inshore marine habitats, such as seagrass beds and coral reefs. A recent …