Stability - Time hypothesis - more stable an environment the longer organisms have to adapt - leading to greater diversity
(Sanders, 1986)
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Despite being under intense demographic, ecological and economic pressures, estuarine environments provide highly valuable ecosystem benefits for humans and a major supply of macronutrients to the worlds oceans
(Stathham, 2012)
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The evolution of sharks suggests ecological and physiological factors mediate the selective pressures acting on these traits along two major gradients, body size and habitat depth
(Gleiss, Potvin, Goldbogen, 2017)
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Climate change may lead to a maximum global loss of 10-15% of mangrove forest, but annual rates of deforestation average at 1-2%
(Alongi, 2008)
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Case Study - Florida - Construction of appropriate slopes and tidal creeks - after 7 years mangrove was restored without any planting
(Lewis, 2005)
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Case Study - Malaysia - Declining mangroves of 1% per year - Seedlings planted - Only 30% of transplants survived (8 months) considered successful
(Hashim et al., 2010)
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Availability of ZP examined through field experiments, caught an average of 71mg ZP per day, but coral needs 1300mg ZP per day - Not enough
(Johannes et al., 1970)
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Coral reefs were degraded long before more recent changes attributed to climate change and disease
(Kaveh & Farhoudi, 2013)
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Researchers in China found microplastics trapped in seagrass sediments
(Huang et al., 209)
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Ecosystem services estimated at US$34,000 per ha
(Short, 2011)
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Seagrass beds have a fundamental role in maintaining populations of commercially exploited fish and invertebrate species by providing one or more of the following: permanent habitat; a nursery; a feeding area; refuge
(Jackson et al., 2001)
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Data from the Caribbean found 175 species of epipbionts attached to turtle grass
(Morrisey & Sumich, 2009)
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(Stathham, 2012)
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Despite being under intense demographic, ecological and economic pressures, estuarine environments provide highly valuable ecosystem benefits for humans and a major supply of macronutrients to the worlds oceans
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