One hundred priority questions for advancing seagrass conservation in Europe
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- Natural Resources and Sustainable Development Department of Earth Sciences Uppsala University Sweden
- Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering Swansea University Wales UK, Bracka Industrial Estate Bridgend Wales UK
- Integrated Marine Observing System Hobart Tasmania Australia, Global Ocean Observing System International Oceanographic Commission UNESCO Paris France
- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (IIM‐CSIC) Vigo Spain
- Institute of Biology University of Latvia Latvia
- Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering Swansea University Wales UK
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Area of Biodiversity and Conservation Instituto de Investigación en Cambio Global (IICG‐URJC) Spain
- Centre of Marine Sciences of Algarve (CCMAR) Portugal
- Institute of Marine Research (IMR) His Norway
- AZTI‐ BRTA (Marine Research), Pasaia Spain
- MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET ‐ Aquatic Research Network Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI) Portugal
- Conservation Ecology Group GELIFES The Netherlands AND Department of Coastal Systems University of Groningen Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) The Netherlands
- Tvärminne Zoological Station Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Helsinki Finland
- Institute of Oceanology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Bulgaria
- Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences University of Gothenburg Kristineberg Sweden
- Department of Marine Sciences – Tjärnö Marine Laboratory University of Gothenburg Strömstad Sweden
- Marine and Environmental Research (MER) Lab Limassol Cyprus
- School of Ocean Sciences Bangor University Anglesey UK
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Bulgaria
- Estonian Marine Institute University of Tartu Tallinn Harjumaa Estonia
- MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET ‐ Aquatic Research Network Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI) Portugal, Faculty of Life Sciences University of Madeira Portugal
- ECOMARE – Laboratory for Innovation and Sustainability of Marine Biological Resources CESAM – Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies Department of Biology University of Aveiro Aveiro Portugal
- ISPRA ‐ Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research Chioggia Italy
- Fisheries Research Institute Greece
- Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics The Remote Sensing Lab Heraklion Greece
- Department of Biology Marine Biology Research Group Ghent University Ghent Belgium
- Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CEAB‐CISC) Blanes Spain
- Dipartimento di Ecologia Marina IntegrataGenoa Marine Centre (GMC) Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Genoa Marine Center Genoa Italy
- Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Enviroment (ICBM) Germany
- Department of Environmental Science Radboud Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences Radboud University Nijmegen The Netherlands
- National Biodiversity Data Centre Carriganore Co. Waterford Ireland
- Institute of Marine Sciences School of Biological Sciences University of Portsmouth UK
- Environmental Protection Agency Castlebar, Co. Mayo Ireland
Societal Impact Statement Seagrass ecosystems are of fundamental importance to our planet and wellbeing. Seagrasses are marine flowering plants, which engineer ecosystems that provide a multitude of ecosystem services, for example, blue foods and carbon sequestration. Seagrass ecosystems have largely been degraded across much of their global range. There is now increasing interest in the conservation and restoration of these systems, particularly in the context of the climate emergency and the biodiversity crisis. The collation of 100 questions from experts across Europe could, if answered, improve our ability to conserve and restore these systems by facilitating a fundamental shift in the success of such work. Summary Seagrass meadows provide numerous ecosystem services including biodiversity, coastal protection, and carbon sequestration. In Europe, seagrasses can be found in shallow sheltered waters along coastlines, in estuaries & lagoons, and around islands, but their distribution has declined. Factors such as poor water quality, coastal modification, mechanical damage, overfishing, land‐sea interactions, climate change and disease have reduced the coverage of Europe’s seagrasses necessitating their recovery. Research, monitoring and conservation efforts on seagrass ecosystems in Europe are mostly uncoordinated and biased towards certain species and regions, resulting in inadequate delivery of critical information for their management. Here, we aim to identify the 100 priority questions, that if addressed would strongly advance seagrass monitoring, research and conservation in Europe. Using a Delphi method, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers with seagrass experience from across Europe and with diverse seagrass expertise participated in the process that involved the formulation of research questions, a voting process and an online workshop to identify the final list of the 100 questions. The final list of questions covers areas across nine themes: Biodiversity & Ecology; Ecosystem services; Blue carbon; Fishery support; Drivers, Threats, Resilience & Response; Monitoring & Assessment; Conservation & Restoration; Governance, Policy & Management; and Communication. Answering these questions will fill current knowledge gaps and place European seagrass onto a positive trajectory of recovery.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 2293622
- Journal Information:
- Plants, People, Planet, Journal Name: Plants, People, Planet Vol. 6 Journal Issue: 3; ISSN 2572-2611
- Publisher:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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