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Article from the December 2006 edition
Bioscience Article Diagram
Conceptual diagrams for (a) tropical and (b) temperate seagrass ecosystems, detailing key ecosystem services and major mechanisms of seagrass loss. (c) Temperate and tropical seagrass genera (and family names), from ephemeral to persistent.
A global crisis for seagrass ecosystems; Orth et al 2006
This paper, just out in Bioscience (December 2006 56(12): 987-996), is the first synthesis product of an NCEAS (National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis) project on Global Seagrass Trajectories in which Bill Dennison and Tim Carruthers from IAN are participating. The paper concludes that "There is a critical need for a targeted global conservation effort that includes a reduction of watershed nutrient and sediment inputs to seagrass habitats and a targeted educational program informing regulators and the public of the value of seagrass meadows".
The Integration & Application Network is an initiative of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
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