Vanishing Seagrasses

Atlas Catalogues Vanishing Seagrasses via Nature

From the article:

"The first global survey of the world's seagrasses reveals the little-known habitats to be widespread but under threat.

Seagrasses are flowering plants that live in coastal waters. There are 177,000 square kilometres of seagrass beds worldwide, an area equivalent to about two-thirds of the United Kingdom. But their extent has fallen by 15% in the past decade."

Interesting Links:

World Seagrass Association
Human Uses of Seagrass
Seagrasses from OzEstuaries.org - includes a section on the ecological importance of seagrasses

Follow-up:

Comments by Dr. David Suzuki on vanishing seagrasses.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 10:18 PM on October 15, 2003

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