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doi: 10.1002/ppp3.10486
Societal Impact StatementSeagrass 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.SummarySeagrass 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.
Monitoring, Delphi method, WATERS, ESTUARINE, blue carbon, ECOSYSTEMS, Ecosystem services, GE1-350, RESTORATION, biodiversity, Ekologi, Blue carbon, Ecology, IDENTIFICATION, MEADOWS, LANDSCAPE, communication, Communication, COASTAL, Botany, Biology and Life Sciences, Aquatic environment, Biodiversity, Eelgrass, Environmental sciences, monitoring, HABITATS, Ecology, evolutionary biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, QK1-989, eelgrass, aquatic environment, ecosystem services, MARINE, Environmental Sciences
Monitoring, Delphi method, WATERS, ESTUARINE, blue carbon, ECOSYSTEMS, Ecosystem services, GE1-350, RESTORATION, biodiversity, Ekologi, Blue carbon, Ecology, IDENTIFICATION, MEADOWS, LANDSCAPE, communication, Communication, COASTAL, Botany, Biology and Life Sciences, Aquatic environment, Biodiversity, Eelgrass, Environmental sciences, monitoring, HABITATS, Ecology, evolutionary biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, QK1-989, eelgrass, aquatic environment, ecosystem services, MARINE, Environmental Sciences
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