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Extinction risk assessment of the world?s seagrass species

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Title Extinction risk assessment of the world?s seagrass species
 
Creator Short, F.T.
Polidoro, B.
Livingstone, S.R.
Carpenter, K.E.
Bandeira, S.
Bujang, J.S.
Calumpong, H.P.
Carruthers, T.J.B.
Coles, R.G.
Dennison, W.C.
Erftemeijer, P.L.A.
Fortes, M.D.
Freeman, A.S.
Jagtap, T.G.
Kamal, A.H.M.
Kendrick, G.A.
Kenworthy, W.J.
LaNafie, Y.A.
Nasution, I.M.
Orth, R.J.
Prathep, A.
Sanciangco, J.C.
Tussenbroek, B.V.
Vergara, S.G.
Waycott, M.
Zieman, J.C.
 
Subject Red List
Extinction
Seagrass
Threatened Species
 
Description 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.
 
Date 2011-07-07T09:21:30Z
2011-07-07T09:21:30Z
2011
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Biological Conservation, vol.144(7); 2011; 1961-1971p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3872
 
Language en
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by Elsevier. Copyright [2011] Elsevier
 
Publisher Elsevier