Extinction risk assessment of the world's seagrass species

Seagrass distribution mapsRecently published in Biological Conservation, 144(7): 1961–1971, this paper describes the the probability of extinction for the world's seagrass species under the categories and criteria of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. The focus was to determine the risk of extinction for individual seagrass species, a four-year process involving seagrass experts internationally, compilation of data on species' status, populations, and distribution, and review of the biology and ecology of each of the world's seagrass species. Ten seagrass species are at elevated risk of extinction (14% of all seagrass species), with three species qualifying as Endangered.