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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Extinction risk assessment of the world's seagrass species
Biological Conservation, Volume 144, No. 7, Year 2011
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Seagrasses, a functional group of marine flowering plants rooted in the world's coastal oceans, support marine food webs and provide essential habitat for many coastal species, playing a critical role in the equilibrium of coastal ecosystems and human livelihoods. For the first time, the probability of extinction is determined for the world's seagrass species under the Categories and Criteria of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Several studies have indicated that seagrass habitat is declining worldwide. Our focus is to determine the risk of extinction for individual seagrass species, a 4-year process involving seagrass experts internationally, compilation of data on species' status, populations, and distribution, and review of the biology and ecology of each of the world's seagrass species. Ten seagrass species are at elevated risk of extinction (14% of all seagrass species), with three species qualifying as Endangered. Seagrass species loss and degradation of seagrass biodiversity will have serious repercussions for marine biodiversity and the human populations that depend upon the resources and ecosystem services that seagrasses provide. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Short, Frederick T.
United States, Durham
University of new Hampshire Durham
Polidoro, Beth A.
United States, Norfolk
Old Dominion University
Livingstone, Suzanne R.
United States, Norfolk
Old Dominion University
Carpenter, Kent E.
United States, Norfolk
Old Dominion University
Bandeira, Salomão Olinda
Mozambique, Maputo
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Bujang, Japar Sidik
Malaysia, Serdang
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Calumpong, Hilconida P.
Philippines, Dumaguete
Silliman University
Carruthers, Tim J.B.
United States, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Coles, Robert G.
Australia, Cairns
Northern Fisheries Centre
Dennison, B.
United States, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Erftemeijer, Paul L.A.
Netherlands, Delft
Wl - Delft Hydraulics
Fortes, Miguel D.
Philippines, Quezon City
University of the Philippines Diliman
Freeman, Aaren S.
United States, Durham
University of new Hampshire Durham
Jagtap, T. G.
India, Goa
National Institute of Oceanography India
Kamal, Abu Hena M.
Bangladesh, Chittagong
University of Chittagong
Kendrick, Gary A.
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
Judson Kenworthy, W.
United States, Washington, D.c.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
La Nafie, Yayu A.
Indonesia, Makassar
Hasanuddin University
Nasution, Ichwan M.
Indonesia, Jakarta
Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries
Orth, Robert J.W.
United States, Gloucester Point
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Prathep, Anchana
Thailand, Hatyai
Prince of Songkla University
Sanciangco, Jonnell C.
United States, Norfolk
Old Dominion University
Tussenbroek, Brigitta van
Mexico, Mexico
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Vergara, Sheila G.
Philippines, Los Banos
University of the Philippines Los Banos
Waycott, Michelle
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Zieman, Joseph C.
United States, Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Statistics
Citations: 670
Authors: 26
Affiliations: 21
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.biocon.2011.04.010
ISSN:
00063207
Research Areas
Food Security