Sentences with phrase «seagrass plants»

That means that up to 19.9 billion tonnes of carbon are currently stored within seagrass plants and the top metre of soil beneath them — more than twice the Earth's global emissions from fossil fuels in 2010.

Meadows of underwater seagrass plants might lower levels of harmful bacteria in nearby ocean waters, researchers reported February 16 during a news conference at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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LUSH LAWNS Once dwindling seagrasses and other underwater plants in the Chesapeake Bay have rebounded in recent years, providing important habitat for animals such as this blue crab.

NATURAL CLEANERS Seagrasses, flowering plants that grow in shallow seas, can decrease bacterial contamination in the surrounding water.

Not truly a grass, seagrasses are flowering plants with long, narrow leaves.

Seagrasses evolved from terrestrial plants into marine foundation species around 100 million years ago.

But the muddy deposits present a conundrum for the seagrasses: the bacteria responsible for breaking down the decaying matter emit high levels of sulfide, which should be toxic to the plants.

Seagrass density increased in response to a lower pH, so it's possible that the plant is providing more food and protection from predators.

Among plants, seagrasses have been assessed for the first time by the IUCN.

The researchers found that these plant - eating animals feast on the nuisance algae that grow on seagrass, ultimately helping maintain the seagrass that provides nurseries for seafood.

This seagrass is not only essential to provide habitat for fish, but the plants store CO2 in their roots, lowering the ocean's pH. Mangroves, which are «forested wetlands,» serve the same function, and are similarly threatened, particularly by shrimp aquaculture.

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Manatees are herbivores; munching on seagrass and other plant life, resembling cows that graze for much of the day on land, bestowing upon them the nickname «sea cow».

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.

On a global scale, marine plants like seagrass consume carbon dioxide and convert it into plant matter.

Similarly, only seagrass beds already located in thermal - stress situations (i.e., in shallow lagoons or near power plant effluents) are expected to be negatively affected by the projected temperature rise.