Sentences with phrase «protecting seagrasses»

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.

Fear of tiger sharks, for instance, helps protect seagrass from being over-grazed, which in turns pulls CO2 out of the atmosphere and provides a habitat for fish and shellfish

The BBC reports that more than 100 scientists from 28 countries around the world have just issued a statement urging immediate and ambitious action to protect seagrass meadows around the world.

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But he said allowing the project to proceed would help contain development to existing ports, and the reef itself and seagrass meadows would still be protected.

WCS has been working in the northwest of Madagascar for over 10 years to create marine protected areas to protect marine turtles and other important marine ecosystems and species including coral reefs, seagrasses, dugongs and sharks and rays.

He stressed that seagrass ecosystems also play a critical role in protecting coastlines from damaging waves.

So protecting meadows may mean worrying just as much about the partnership as the seagrasses themselves, says coauthor Tjisse van der Heide of Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

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

What is critical to reducing the effects of ocean acidification surrounding coasts, says Spalding, is to protect and restore seagrass.

Part of the enormous Belize Barrier Reef, and not far from the popular Caye Caulker resort to the north of the country, Hol Chan comprises twenty square kilometres of protected coral reefs, seagrass beds (an important habitat for manatees), and mangrove forest.

The three - square - mile Hol Chan Marine Reserve was created in 1987 to protect marine habitats in Belize's coral reef, seagrass beds, Mangrove beds,... Read More

One last important fact about Hol Chan is that it protects a complete transition of marine habitats, from mangrove cayes in the west, across seagrass beds to the reef out to the deep blue sea in the east.

The bay's protected waters and plentiful seagrass meadows are perfect for the dugong, the world's only marine mammal herbivore.

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.