PUBLICATIONS

Our Publications

Since 2013, we’ve lead and contributed to over 80 peer-reviewed scientific articles across numerous different themes associated to seagrass meadows (e.g., food security, small-scale fisheries, citizen science, nutrient pollution, restoration).

Use the year tabs below to find our work.

Peer reviewed publications

Reports

Peer-reviewed publications

Every year, we contribute numerous articles to the scientific literature.

Publications led by the Project Seagrass team are highlighted in bold.

2023

High-resolution wave data for improving marine habitat suitability models. Bertelli et al., Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023.

Ocean current patterns drive the worldwide colonization of eelgrass (Zostera marina). Yu et al., Nature Plants 2023

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

2021

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

2020

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

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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

2016

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

2015

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

2014

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

2013

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

Reports

Find reports on some of our projects below

2023

Developing a UK Seagrass Carbon Code. Ward et al., University of Oxford, Technical Report.

2022

The Ecosystem Service Role of UK Seagrass Meadows. Unsworth et al.
Technical report on seagrass restoration in Dale, Pembrokeshire. Unsworth, R., Furness, E. & Rees, S.
Habitat Suitability modelling for informing Zostera marina restoration in Wales. Bertelli et al.
Marine Survey Report. Ocean Infinity, Project Seagrass.

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