Morphological and physiological differences between two morphotypes of Zostera noltii Hornem. from the south-western Iberian Peninsula. Helgol. Mar. Res. 54: 80–86. doi: 10.1007/s101520050005 Peralta, ...

Seagrass is an unsung hero. It breaks the force of crashing waves, serves as a home for fish and juvenile lobsters, stores carbon dioxide, and pumps oxygen into the ocean. It’s also in danger.

Seagrass used to be so plentiful in Scotland that it had all sorts of uses, from thatching to fertilizer, but it has been on ...

The loss of seagrass in the waters around the UK is much higher than previously estimated. A new study published in Frontiers in Plant Science concludes that, with high certainty, at least 44% of the ...

Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 56. Proceedings of the 10th International Coastal Symposium ICS 2009, Vol. II (2009), pp. 1100-1104 (5 pages) Seagrasses are marine flowering plants ...

As June envelops the acre the view from my desk disappears. A rising wave of fuchsia has left me a hazy glimpse of Inishturk, a few last green fields, and enough of the ocean to take my thoughts ...

Scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), a conservation charity, are restoring seagrass meadows in the Thames estuary, in the hope of improving water quality and creating habitats for ...

Coastwatch is launching a national campaign to assess the state of Ireland's sea-grass populations which play a critical role and in countering climate change by capturing carbon and provide a rich ...