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  • noun Plural form of seagrass.

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Examples

  • Humankind is undermining a crucial natural ally in the battle against climate change through its activities in the world's oceans and marine ecosystems, such as seagrasses, salt marshes and coastal wetlands, according to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).

    NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories 2009

  • 7 October - Humankind is undermining a crucial natural ally in the battle against marine ecosystems, such as seagrasses, salt marshes and coastal

    WN.com - Articles related to Public hearing on impact of climate change on UN Day 2009

  • And seagrasses are especially sensitive to sediment since they need light for photosynthesis suspended sediments make the water less clear, reducing light penetrance.

    John F. Bruno: Impacts of the Japanese Tsunami on Ocean Life John F. Bruno 2011

  • And seagrasses are especially sensitive to sediment since they need light for photosynthesis suspended sediments make the water less clear, reducing light penetrance.

    John F. Bruno: Impacts of the Japanese Tsunami on Ocean Life John F. Bruno 2011

  • The dominant seagrasses are turtle grass Thalassia testudinum, manatee grass Syringodium filiforme and shoal grass Halodule wrightii.

    Everglades National Park, United States 2009

  • The health of Florida's economy is strongly tied to the health of its beaches, dunes, fish populations, coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses, wetlands and other natural resources.

    Sarah Chasis: New Report Card for Florida's Coasts & Ocean: Making Progress, But Not There Yet 2009

  • To the south in 34i, hypersaline Laguna Madre forms a unique ecosystem and supports greater expanses of seagrasses.

    Ecoregions of Texas (EPA) 2009

  • However, in the sea (with the exception of coastal areas with seagrasses & seaweeds) the primary producers appear invisible because they microscopic and the organisms we see are high up in the food chain.

    Marine microbes 2009

  • The seaweeds Caulerpa taxifolia and C. racemosa overgrow seagrasses, creating monocultures that have been described as biological deserts.

    Aquatic invasive species 2008

  • Wastewater discharge and bottom trawling in the Mediterranean impacted native seagrasses, helping an invasive strain of the tropical algae Caulerpa taxifolia colonize more than 130 square kilometers of seafloor in six countries in less than 20 years.

    Aquatic invasive species 2008

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