Seagrass Ecosystems in a Changing World
A special issue of Oceans (ISSN 2673-1924).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 4966
Special Issue Editors
Interests: global change biology; ocean acidification; seagrasses; coralline algae; ecophysiology; calcification
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Interests: the context of integrative seagrass ecology; capacity of marine plants; population, community and ecosystem analysis; ecophysiological/biochemical measurements; genetic and transcriptomic techniques
Special Issue Information
Dear colleague,
Climate change is introducing new pressures in marine ecosystems worldwide. Seawater chemistry is being altered by the increase of total dissolved inorganic carbon (Ci) and the decrease of pH, extreme weather events such as storms and marine heatwaves are ever more frequent and intense, and sea level is steadily rising. In this disturbing scenario, coastal marine ecosystems dominated by seagrasses are reacting at different levels, from the genes to the ecosystem. Nonetheless, very little is known about the potential effects that climate-change-associated stressors may have on seagrass biology and ecology, despite the fact that these plants are among the world's most productive marine ecosystems, with a very high ecological and economical importance.
This Special Issue welcomes contributions related to all aspects of climate change effects on seagrasses, particularly those related to the ecology, biology, and physiology of these marine macrophytes. Contributions based on innovative genomic, metabolomic, and proteomic tools are encouraged, as are those involving multilevel approaches, from genes to the whole-plant level. Studies addressing species interactions (herbivory, epiphytes, allelopathy) and the seagrass microbiome are also welcome.
Dr. João Silva
Dr. Lázaro Marín-Guirao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- seagrasses
- ecology
- local and global stressors
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