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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1685-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1685-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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08 Apr 2024
Research article |
| 08 Apr 2024
| 08 Apr 2024
Structural complexity and benthic metabolism: resolving the links between carbon cycling and biodiversity in restored seagrass meadows
Theodor Kindeberg
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
Karl Michael Attard
Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
Danish Institute for Advanced Study, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
Jana Hüller
Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
Julia Müller
Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
Cintia Organo Quintana
Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
SDU Climate Cluster, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
Eduardo Infantes
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 451 78, Kristineberg, Sweden
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- Microplastics reduce eelgrass tolerance to heat stress with implications for restoration and blue carbon L. Egea et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2026.123980
- Antibiotic pollution alters the microbiome and reduces primary production and growth in the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson L. Egea & R. Jiménez-Ramos https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107242
- Open-Coast Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Transplant Catalyzes Rapid Mirroring of Structure and Function of Extant Eelgrasses R. Sanders et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-025-01609-x
- Enhanced carbon burial in seagrass meadows under ocean acidification revealed by carbon dioxide vents T. Kindeberg et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03349-7
- Microbial Mediation of Biogeochemical Cycles in Seagrass Ecosystems: Functions, Stressors, and Technological Innovations K. Taneti et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.70100
- Temporal and Spatial Invariance of Allometric Parameters for Predicting Leaf Biomass in Zostera marina: A Theoretical and Empirical Reassessment C. Leal-Ramírez et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16052445
- Estimation of metabolic dynamics of restored seagrass meadows in a Southeast Asia islet: insights from ex situ benthic incubation M. Bandibas-Natividad et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-5157-2025
- Ecological Characteristics of Temperate Seagrass Beds in Qingdao Coastal Waters and Ecological Response Relationships with Benthic Macrofauna Communities and Environmental Factors J. Sha et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17120816
- Filling the monitoring gap: aquatic ecosystem metabolism as a cost-effective, scalable tool for assessing marine carbon dioxide removal E. Chua & H. Palevsky https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae798c
- Enhanced benthic biodiversity and primary productivity with reduced turbidity in a coastal receiving environment A. Lohrer et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70129
- The largest single-species Nanozostera japonica seagrass meadow of China: Its decline, restoration attempts, and short-term effects on macrobenthos and soil bacterial communities S. Yue et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176957
- An autonomous and economical benthic incubation chamber for measuring dissolved oxygen fluxes in shallow, low‐flow environments L. Groff et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.70039
- Organic–inorganic carbon coupling shapes carbon dioxide fluxes in seagrass ecosystems M. Natividad et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03805-4
- Benthic biodiversity of drifting Furcellaria lumbricalis and Fucus spp. mats similar to seagrass meadows, despite low oxygen concentrations J. Severinson & P. Moksnes https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15132
- Spatial–multivariate modelling of seagrass ecological quality index (SEQI) in Central to Eastern Indonesia R. Ambo-Rappe et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181904
- Carbon stocks in two temperate Zostera meadows in the Yellow Sea, North China R. Gu et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2025.109077
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Seagrass meadows are hotspots for biodiversity and productivity, and planting seagrass is proposed as a tool for mitigating biodiversity loss and climate change. We assessed seagrass planted in different years and found that benthic oxygen and carbon fluxes increased as the seabed developed from bare sediments to a mature seagrass meadow. This increase was partly linked to the diversity of colonizing algae which increased the light-use efficiency of the seagrass meadow community.
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