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Rasta<p>Take 30 minutes. If you don't have 30 mins right now, bookmark and come back. This is important stuff you'll want to know about </p><p>Robbing A Bank<br>(When No One’s Looking)</p><p>The most important place on earth that virtually no one has ever heard of is called the Saya de Malha Bank.</p><p><a href="https://www.theoutlawocean.com/reporting/the-saya-de-malha-bank/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theoutlawocean.com/reporting/t</span><span class="invisible">he-saya-de-malha-bank/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Seagrasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seagrasses</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Seagrasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seagrasses</span></a> filter human <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pathogens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathogens</span></a> in marine waters <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-08-seagrasses-filter-human-pathogens-marine.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-08-seagrass</span><span class="invisible">es-filter-human-pathogens-marine.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Seagrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seagrass</span></a> ecosystems as green urban infrastructure to mediate human pathogens in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seafood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seafood</span></a>: Phoebe Dawkins et al. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-024-01408-5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41893-024</span><span class="invisible">-01408-5</span></a></p><p>Coastal urban seagrass ecosystems can significantly reduce human bacterial pathogens, including those with widespread <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/AntibioticResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntibioticResistance</span></a>, in marine <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bivalves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bivalves</span></a>—a vital food source for people around the world.</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeagrassMeadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeagrassMeadows</span></a> are rapidly expanding near inhabited islands in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Maldives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maldives</span></a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-05-seagrass-meadows-rapidly-inhabited-islands.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-05-seagrass</span><span class="invisible">-meadows-rapidly-inhabited-islands.html</span></a></p><p>Rapid <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seagrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seagrass</span></a> meadow expansion in an <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/IndianOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianOcean</span></a> bright spot <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-61088-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41598-024</span><span class="invisible">-61088-1</span></a></p><p>"Currently, nutrient inputs seem to be creating just the right conditions for <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seagrasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seagrasses</span></a>. But if nutrients continue to increase, there is a risk that the seagrasses will be outcompeted by <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seaweeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaweeds</span></a> and smothered... the future of this Maldivian success story may therefore largely lie in our hands."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Genomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genomic</span></a> analysis sheds light on how <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seagrasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seagrasses</span></a> conquered the sea<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-01-genomic-analysis-seagrasses-conquered-sea.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-01-genomic-</span><span class="invisible">analysis-seagrasses-conquered-sea.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Seagrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seagrass</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/genomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genomes</span></a> reveal ancient <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/polyploidy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polyploidy</span></a> and adaptations to the marine environment <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-023-01608-5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41477-023</span><span class="invisible">-01608-5</span></a></p><p>"Seagrasses evolved from their <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/freshwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freshwater</span></a> ancestors only 3x. To do this required specialized ecological tolerance to high <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/salinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salinity</span></a>, lower light, a wide range of temperature tolerances, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/underwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underwater</span></a> carbon capture, different <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pathogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathogen</span></a> defense, structural flexibility and underwater <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollination</span></a>"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Green macroalga <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Caulerpa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caulerpa</span></a> has replaced <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seagrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seagrass</span></a> in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a>'s <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/IndianRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianRiver</span></a> Lagoon <a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-12-green-macroalga-caulerpa-seagrass-florida.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-12-green-ma</span><span class="invisible">croalga-caulerpa-seagrass-florida.html</span></a></p><p>The green macroalga Caulerpa prolifera replaces seagrass in a nitrogen enriched, phosphorus limited, urbanized estuary <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X23011779" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S1470160X23011779</span></a> </p><p>Rachel Brewton, Ph.D.: "Loss of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seagrasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seagrasses</span></a> in urbanized <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/estuaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>estuaries</span></a> is common, as they are highly susceptible to watershed nutrient and sediment inputs, making seagrasses effective biological sentinels"</p>
michael<p>21-Jun-2023<br>Caribbean seagrasses provide services worth $255B annually, including vast carbon storage, study shows <br><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993214" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/9</span><span class="invisible">93214</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EcosystemServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcosystemServices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seagrasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seagrasses</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a></p>
KaylinQ<p>The best-kept secret is the amount of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a> these plants store: even more than trees do. But <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/seagrasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seagrasses</span></a> are facing a barrage of threats. We urgently need to protect them, and enable the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rewilding</span></a> of the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sea</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-03-seagrass-space.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-03-seagrass</span><span class="invisible">-space.html</span></a></p>
Mya Breitbart<p>It’s <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/WorldSeagrassDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldSeagrassDay</span></a> so I wanted to share a bit about our newly <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NSFfunded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFfunded</span></a> project to identify <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/viruses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viruses</span></a> infecting <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/seagrasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seagrasses</span></a> and study their transmission mechanisms and ecological impacts. This pic is from the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/StPetersburgScienceFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StPetersburgScienceFestival</span></a> where we did an <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/outreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outreach</span></a> event to teach the public about the importance of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/seagrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seagrass</span></a> ecosystems <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USFCMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USFCMS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a></p>
Philipp Bayer<p>One of the final preprints of my 'academic phase' is out!!! </p><p><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.22.517588v1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20</span><span class="invisible">22.11.22.517588v1</span></a></p><p>'Not all pathways are the same - unique adaptations to submerged environments emerge from comparative seagrass genomics'</p><p>We sequenced the <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/genomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genomes</span></a> of two Australian <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/seagrasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seagrasses</span></a> - Posidonia australis and Amphibolis antarctica - and did a deep dive into patterns of <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/geneLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geneLoss</span></a> compared with other seagrasses and terrestrial plants</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/TigerSharks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TigerSharks</span></a> helped discover the world’s largest <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seagrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seagrass</span></a> prairie <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tiger-sharks-discover-worlds-largest-seagrass-prairie" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencenews.org/article/tiger-</span><span class="invisible">sharks-discover-worlds-largest-seagrass-prairie</span></a> Paper: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33926-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-022</span><span class="invisible">-33926-1</span></a> </p><p>Scientists equipped <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sharks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sharks</span></a> with cameras to map a carbon reservoir half the size of Florida. A massive survey of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/BahamasBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BahamasBanks</span></a> — a cluster of underwater plateaus surrounding the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/BahamaArchipelago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BahamaArchipelago</span></a> — reveals 92,000 square km of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seagrasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seagrasses</span></a>. The finding expands the estimated global area covered by seagrass by 41%.</p>