Sentences with phrase «healthy seagrass»

This ecomystery, complemented by photos, charts, and other visuals, follows marine biologist Brent Hughes as he studies the healthy seagrass that grows in California's Elkhorn Slough.

«These tiny animals, by going about their daily business of grazing, are integral to keeping healthy seagrass beds healthy.»

In seagrass systems, tiny grazers promote healthy seagrasses by ensuring algae is quickly consumed rather than overgrowing the seagrass.

Not exact matches

Recent research suggests that healthy, intact coastal wetland ecosystems such as mangrove forests, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are particularly good at drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it for hundreds to thousands of years.

In addition, they discovered that the bivalves were healthier and hardier when they lived in close proximity to seagrasses, the team reports online today in Science.

«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.»

The little crustacean «grazers,» some resembling tiny shrimp, are critical in protecting seagrasses from overgrowth by algae, helping keep these aquatic havens healthy for native and economically important species.

Along each side of the cut grow healthy stands of corals and seagrass in shallow water, perfect for the beginner snorkeler.

Due to the intact connectivity of the extensive seagrass beds, desnse mangrove forests, and robust coral reefs, the remoteness of the area, and the history of protection from coastal development, the Gardens of the Queen represents a «baseline» for a nearly pristine Caribbean marine ecosystem; an ecosystem that includes healthy populations of apex predators like sharks and groupers, important grazers like Rainbow parrotfish and long - spine sea urchins, and recovering endangered species like elkhorn coral and hawksbill sea turtles.

It is a combination of healthy coral reef (both fringing reef and patch corals), expansive backreef flats, large lagoon systems, seagrass beds, and extensive mangrove forest.

What better way to «give back to the Gulf» — and to the people whose livelihood depend on a healthy Gulf — than to protect the deep reefs and string of «topographic highs» in the Northern Gulf, the spawning areas for tuna, the critical places for menhaden, grouper, snapper, shrimp and others, as well as the vital — but neglected — seagrass meadows of Florida's Big Bend area, from Panama City to Tampa Bay.

This IUCN report notes: «Recent research suggests that healthy, intact coastal wetland ecosystems such as mangrove forests, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are particularly good at drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it for hundreds of thousands of years.»

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