Sentences with phrase «as seagrass beds»

For example: Fisheries who are allegedly «certified» with the MSC are supposed to be fishing in regulated areas that will not cause great harm to fragile ecosystems such as seagrass beds.

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Seagrass beds, like coral reefs, form a highly productive and diverse ecosystem, acting as the nursery for many kinds of fish as well as a home to sea turtles, manatees, birds, and a host of other sea creatures.

«Our results provide convincing field evidence that grazing by small animals can be just as important as good water quality in preventing nuisance algae blooms and keeping seagrass beds healthy.»

As in other places, the seagrass beds in Buzzards Bay are being shaded out by worsening algae, and the analysis confirmed that algae blooms have been getting worse.

They help protect areas such as mangrove forests and seagrass beds that act as nurseries for marine animals, as well as human coastal populations.

When Hurricane Irma plowed into Florida's southwestern coast as a powerful Category 4 storm last month, it tore up seagrass beds, stripped mangrove forests of their leaves, and overall, left what looked like a trail of ecological apocalypse in its wake.

Seagrass beds, interspersed with sandy bottom area, act as nursery areas for numerous fish species.

Seagrass beds provide food and shelter to a wide variety of marine life and are particularly important as nursery habitat for young fish and invertebrates such as kelp bass and California spiny lobsters.

Discover Magnetic Island's National and Marine Parks from the quiet of your kayak while «Viewing Nature in the Wild» as you drift over seagrass beds and coral gardens without disturbing the environment.

Nusa Penida's waters include several coastal ecosystems such as 14 km ² of coral reef, as well as mangroves and seagrass beds.

There is a great variety of dive sites from shallow coral gardens to steep walls as well as canyons, channels, seagrass beds, and mangrove sites.

Coastal wetlands, such as mangroves, tidal flats and salt marshes, along with seagrass beds sequester large amounts of carbon within their plants and especially in the soil.

The lower Chesapeake Bay is especially at risk due to high rates of sinking land (known as subsidence).96 Climate change and sea level rise are also likely to cause a number of ecological impacts, including declining water quality and clarity, increases in harmful algae and low oxygen (hypoxia) events, decreases in a number of species including eelgrass and seagrass beds, and changing interactions among trophic levels (positions in the food chain) leading to an increase in subtropical fish and shellfish species in the bay.66

Our favorite design elements include the seagrass wallpaper on the accent wall behind the bed, as well as the bamboo rug.