Ten golden rules for restoration to secure resilient and just seagrass social-ecological systems. Unsworth et al, 2024

New directions for Indigenous and local knowledge research and application in fisheries science: Lessons from a systematic review. Jones et al, 2024

When fishers ask for more protection: Co-produced spatial management recommendations to protect seagrass meadows from leisure boating. Boucek et al, 2024

Map and protect seagrass for biodiversity. Unsworth & Jones, Science, 2024

Overcoming ecological feedbacks in seagrass restoration. Unsworth et al, Restoration Ecology, 2024

One hundred priority questions for advancing seagrass conservation in Europe. Mtwana Nordlund et al, Plants, People, Planet, 2024

Rapid seagrass meadow expansion in an Indian Ocean bright spot. Floyd et al, Scientific Report, 2024

Known mapped areas of seagrass (Zostera marina & Zostera noltii) meadows around the United Kingdom – 1998 to 2021. Rice et al., PANGAEA 2022 

A regional and international framework for evaluating seagrass management and conservation. Strachan et al., Marine Policy 2022

Nutrient additions to seagrass seed planting improve seedling emergence and growth. Unsworth et al., Frontiers in Plant Science 2022

Effectiveness of Moorings Constructed from Rope in Reducing Impacts to Seagrass. Unsworth et al., Oceans 2022

Local ecological knowledge reveals change in seagrass social–ecological systems. Jones et al., Oceans 2022

The planetary role of seagrass conservation. Unsworth et al., Science 2022

A Pleistocene legacy structures variation in modern seagrass ecosystems. Duffy et al., PNAS 2022

Dependence on seagrass fisheries governed by household income and adaptive capacity. Jones et al., Ocean & Coastal Management 2022

Unintended consequences of sustainable development initiatives: risks and opportunities in seagrass social-ecological systems. Jones et al., Ecology & Society 2022

The biogeography of community assembly: latitude and predation drive variation in community trait distribution in a guild of epifaunal crustaceans. Gross et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2022

The use of habitat suitability modelling for seagrass: A review. Bertelli et al., Frontiers in Marine Science 2022

Coastal restoration success via emergent trait-mimicry is context dependent. van der Heide et al., Biological Conservation 2021

Anthropogenic pressures and life history predict trajectories of seagrass meadow extent at a global scale. Turschwell et al., PNAS 2021

Seagrass Meadows Provide a Significant Resource in Support of Avifauna. Unsworth & Butterworth, Diversity 2021

Unravelling the Spatial and Temporal Plasticity of Eelgrass Meadows. Bertelli et al., Frontiers in Plant Science 2021

Citizen Science Driven Big Data Collection Requires Improved and Inclusive Societal Engagement. Dalby et al., Frontiers in Marine Science 2021

Seagrass ecosystems of the Pacific Island Countries and Territories: A global bright spot. McKenzie et al., Marine Pollution Bulletin 2021

Seagrass ecosystem contributions to people’s quality of life in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories. McKenzie et al., Marine Pollution Bulletin 2021

Seagrass Structural Traits Drive Fish Assemblages in Small-Scale Fisheries. Jones et al., Frontiers in Marine Science 2021

Historical Analysis Exposes Catastrophic Seagrass Loss for the United Kingdom. Green et al., Frontiers in Plant Science 2021

Consistency Is Critical for the Effective Use of Baited Remote Video. Jones et al., Oceans 2021

Canopy Accumulation: Are Seagrass Meadows a Sink of Microplastics? Unsworth et al., Oceans 2021

Coastal restoration success via emergent trait-mimicry is context dependent. van der Heide et al., Biological Conservation 2021

Adaptive Resolution Imaging Sonar (ARIS) as a tool for marine fish identification. Jones et al., Fisheries Research 2021

Bycatch from seagrass fisheries: implication for conservation. Ambo-Rappe et al., IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 2021

Improving benthic biodiversity assessments in turbid aquatic environments. Jones et al., Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 2020

A global review of green turtle diet: sea surface temperature as a potential driver of omnivory levels. Esteban et al., Marine Biology 2020

Climate drives the geography of marine consumption by changing predator communities. Whalen et al., PNAS 2020

Artificial Intelligence Meets Citizen Science to Supercharge Ecological Monitoring. McClure et al., Patterns 2020

Demersal Fish Assemblages in NE Atlantic Seagrass and Kelp. Furness & Unsworth, Diversity 2020

The influence of bait on remote underwater video observations in shallow-water coastal environments associated with the North-Eastern Atlantic. Jones et al., PeerJ 2020

Mimicry of emergent traits amplifies coastal restoration success. Temmink et al., Nature Communications 2020

The global distribution of seagrass meadows. McKenzie et al., Environmental Research Letters 2020

The response of the seagrass Halodule wrightii Ascherson to environmental stressors. Bertelli et al., Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 2020

The perverse fisheries consequences of mosquito net malaria prophylaxis in East Africa. Jones & Unsworth, Ambio 2019

Social-ecological drivers and dynamics of seagrass gleaning fisheries. Furkon et al., Ambio 2019

Green turtle diet is dominated by seagrass in the Western Indian Ocean except amongst gravid females. Stokes et al., Marine Biology 2019

Improving visual biodiversity assessments of motile fauna in turbid aquatic environments. Jones et al., Limnology and Oceanography Methods 2019

Sowing the Seeds of Seagrass Recovery Using Hessian Bags. Unsworth et al., Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2019

Toward a Coordinated Global Observing System for Seagrasses and Marine Macroalgae. Duffy et al., Frontiers in Marine Science 2019

Artisanal fish fences pose broad and unexpected threats to the tropical coastal seascape. Exton et al., Nature Communications 2019

“Samba” Fish Catching Operations in the seagrass meadows of Selayar Island, Indonesia. Marimba et al., IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 2019

Perspectives on seagrass ecosystem services from a coastal community. Ambo-Rappe et al., IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 2019

Global challenges for seagrass conservation. Unsworth et al., Ambio 2018

Blue Carbon Storage Capacity of Temperate Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Meadows. Röhr et al., Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2018

Light Stress Responses by the Eelgrass, Zostera marina (L). Bertelli & Unsworth, Frontiers in Environmental Science 2018

Seagrass meadows support global fisheries production. Unsworth et al., Conservation Letters 2018

Seagrass research in Southeast Asia. Yaakub et al., Botanica Marina 2018

Complex yet fauna-deficient seagrass ecosystems at risk in southern Myanmar. Jones et al., Botanica Marina 2018

Indonesia’s globally significant seagrass meadows are under widespread threat. Unsworth et al., The Science of The Total Environment 2018

The discovery of deep-water seagrass meadows in a pristine Indian Ocean wilderness revealed by tracking green turtles. Esteban et al., Marine Pollution Bulletin 2018

Conservation Concerns of Small-Scale Fisheries: By-Catch Impacts of a Shrimp and Finfish Fishery in a Sri Lankan Lagoon. Jones et al., Frontiers in Marine Science 2018

New Tools to Identify the Location of Seagrass Meadows: Marine Grazers as Habitat Indicators. Hays et al., Frontiers in Marine Science 2018

Tracking Nitrogen Source Using Delta15N Reveals Human and Agricultural Drivers of Seagrass Degradation across the British Isles. Jones et al., Frontiers in Plant Science 2018

Secret Gardens Under the Sea: What are Seagrass Meadows and Why are They Important?. Cullen-Unsworth et al., Frontiers for Young Minds 2018

Latitude, temperature, and habitat complexity predict predation pressure in eelgrass beds across the Northern Hemisphere. Reynolds et al., Ecology 2018

A changing climate for seagrass conservation?. Unsworth et al., Current Biology 2018

Towards recognition of seagrasses, and their sustainable management. van Keulen et al., Marine Pollution Bulletin 2018

A call for seagrass protection. Cullen-Unsworth & Unsworth, Science 2018

One hundred priority questions for landscape restoration in Europe. Ockendon et al., Biological Conservation 2018

Global significance of seagrass fishery activity. Nordlund et al., Fish and Fisheries 2017

Crowdsourcing conservation: The role of citizen science in securing a future for seagrass. Jones et al., Marine Pollution Bulletin 2017

Reasons for seagrass optimism: Local ecological knowledge confirms presence of dugongs. Cullen-Unsworth et al., Marine Pollution Bulletin 2017

Finding some seagrass optimism in Wales, the case of Zostera noltii. Bertelli et al., Marine Pollution Bulletin 2017

Seagrass science is growing: A report on the 12th International Seagrass Biology Workshop. Hind-Ozan & Jones, Marine Pollution Bulletin 2017

Rocking the Boat: Damage to Eelgrass by Swinging Boat Moorings. Unsworth et al., Frontiers in Plant Science 2017

Habitat Configuration Alters Herbivory across the Tropical Seascape. Swindells et al., Frontiers in Marine Science 2017

Seagrass meadows. Unsworth & Cullen-Unsworth, Current Biology 2017

The fundamental role of ecological feedback mechanisms for the adaptive management of seagrass ecosystems: a review. Maxwell et al., Biological Reviews 2016

Seagrass meadows are threatened by expected loss of peatlands in Indonesia. Unsworth et al., Global Change Biology 2016

Strategies to enhance the resilience of the world’s seagrass meadows. Cullen-Unsworth & Unsworth, Journal of Applied Ecology 2016

Assessing Fish and Motile Fauna around Offshore Windfarms Using Stereo Baited Video. Griffin et al., PLOS ONE 2016

The perilous state of seagrass in the British Isles. Jones & Unsworth, Royal Society Open Science 2016

A framework for the resilience of seagrass ecosystems. Unsworth et al., Marine Pollution Bulletin 2015

Decreasing seagrass density negatively influences associated fauna. McCloskey & Unsworth, PeerJ 2015

An ecosystems perspective for food security in the Caribbean: Seagrass meadows in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Baker et al., Ecosystem Services 2015

Food supply depends on seagrass meadows in the coral triangle. Unsworth et al., Environmental Research Letters 2014

Disturbance influences the invasion of a seagrass into an existing meadow. McKenzie et al., Marine Pollution Bulletin 2014

Seagrass meadows in a globally changing environment. Unsworth et al., Marine Pollution Bulletin 2014

Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) benefits from the availability of seagrass (Zostera marina) nursery habitat. Lilley & Unsworth, Global Ecology and Conservation 2014

Optimising stereo baited underwater video for sampling fish and invertebrates in temperate coastal habitats. Unsworth et al., Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 2014

Valuing and Evaluating Marine Ecosystem Services: Putting the Right Price on Marine Environments?. Clifton et al., Environment and Society 2014

Protecting the hand that feeds us: Seagrass (Zostera marina) serves as commercial juvenile fish habitat. Bertelli & Unsworth, Marine Pollution Bulletin 2013