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Seagrass Ecosystem Services and Their Variability across Genera and Geographical Regions by Mtwana Nordlund, Lina, Koch, Evamaria W, Barbier, Edward B, Creed, Joel C

“…Threats to and loss of seagrass ecosystems globally, impact not only natural resources but also the lives of people who directly or indirectly depend on these…”
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Vegetated coastal ecosystems in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean are an unexploited opportunity for climate change mitigation by Hatje, Vanessa, Copertino, Margareth, Patire, Vinicius F., Ovando, Ximena, Ogbuka, Josiah, Johnson, Beverly J., Kennedy, Hilary, Masque, Pere, Creed, Joel C.

“…Abstract Vegetated coastal ecosystems (mangroves, seagrasses, and saltmarshes, often called Blue Carbon ecosystems) store large carbon stocks. However, their…”
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Effect of phase shift from corals to Zoantharia on reef fish assemblages by Cruz, Igor C S, Loiola, Miguel, Albuquerque, Tiago, Reis, Rodrigo, Nunes, José de Anchieta C C, Reimer, James D, Mizuyama, Masaru, Kikuchi, Ruy K P, Creed, Joel C

“…Consequences of reef phase shifts on fish communities remain poorly understood. Studies on the causes, effects and consequences of phase shifts on reef fish…”
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Autochthonous Versus Allochthonous Resources in a Tropical Rocky Shore Trophic Web Adjacent to a Marine Riparian Area by Pires-Teixeira, Larissa M, Neres-Lima, Vinicius, Creed, Joel C

“…Marine riparian areas and coastal vegetation are essential and important to the coastal marine ecosystem, although their interactions and functions are still…”
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How Do Biological and Functional Diversity Change in Invaded Tropical Marine Rocky Reef Communities? by Pires-Teixeira, Larissa M., Neres-Lima, Vinicius, Creed, Joel C.

“…Evidence so far shows that most alien species (AS) have negative impacts on native biodiversity and are changing biodiversity in almost all environments. Here,…”
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Long range gene flow beyond predictions from oceanographic transport in a tropical marine foundation species by Tavares, Ana I., Assis, Jorge, Larkin, Patrick D., Creed, Joel C., Magalhães, Karine, Horta, Paulo, Engelen, Aschwin, Cardoso, Noelo, Barbosa, Castro, Pontes, Samuel, Regalla, Aissa, Almada, Carmen, Ferreira, Rogério, Abdoul, Ba Mamadou, Ebaye, Sidina, Bourweiss, Mohammed, dos Santos, Carmen Van-Dúnem, Patrício, Ana R., Teodósio, Alexandra, Santos, Rui, Pearson, Gareth A., Serrao, Ester A.

“…The transport of passively dispersed organisms across tropical margins remains poorly understood. Hypotheses of oceanographic transportation potential lack…”
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Author Correction: Long range gene flow beyond predictions from oceanographic transport in a tropical marine foundation species by Tavares, Ana I., Assis, Jorge, Larkin, Patrick D., Creed, Joel C., Magalhães, Karine, Horta, Paulo, Engelen, Aschwin, Cardoso, Noelo, Barbosa, Castro, Pontes, Samuel, Regalla, Aissa, Almada, Carmen, Ferreira, Rogério, Abdoul, Ba Mamadou, Ebaye, Sidina, Bourweiss, Mohammed, dos Santos, Carmen Van-Dúnem, Patrício, Ana R., Teodósio, Alexandra, Santos, Rui, Pearson, Gareth A., Serrao, Ester A.

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Phylogenomic Insights into the Phylogeography of Halophila baillonii Asch by van Dijk, Kor-jent, Waycott, Michelle, Biffin, Ed, Creed, Joel C., Albertazzi, Federico J., Samper-Villarreal, Jimena

“…A molecular genetic approach was used to elucidate the phylogeographic relationships of the clover grass (Halophila baillonii Asch.) from three key regions…”
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Clone wars: asexual reproduction dominates in the invasive range of Tubastraea spp. (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) in the South-Atlantic Ocean by Capel, Katia Cristina Cruz, Toonen, Robert J, Rachid, Caio T C C, Creed, Joel C, Kitahara, Marcelo V, Forsman, Zac, Zilberberg, Carla

“…Although the invasive azooxanthellate corals and are spreading quickly and outcompeting native species in the Atlantic Ocean, there is little information…”
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Correction: Seagrass Ecosystem Services and Their Variability across Genera and Geographical Regions by Nordlund, Lina Mtwana, Koch, Evamaria W, Barbier, Edward B, Creed, Joel C

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163091.]…”
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A meta-analysis shows that seaweeds surpass plants, setting life-on-Earth's limit for biomass packing by Creed, Joel C, Vieira, Vasco M N C S, Norton, Trevor A, Caetano, Debora

“…As plants, algae and some sessile invertebrates may grow in nearly monospecific assemblies, their collective biomass increases and if they compete hard enough…”
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Evidence of a phase shift to Epizoanthus gabrieli Carlgreen, 1951 (Order Zoanthidea) and loss of coral cover on reefs in the Southwest Atlantic by Cruz, Igor C. S., de Kikuchi, Ruy K. P., Longo, Leila L., Creed, Joel C.

“…There is at present a ‘coral reef crisis’; one of the more drastic consequences of this is a phase shift, in which reef‐building corals are replaced by…”
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Seagrass space occupation efficiency is key for their role as ecosystem engineers and ecological indicators by Vieira, Vasco M. N. C. S., Santos, Rafael, Leitão-Silva, David, Veronez, Arthur, Neves, Joana M., Nogueira, Marta, Brito, Ana, Cereja, Rui, Creed, Joel C., Bertelli, Chiara M., Samper-Villarreal, Jimena, Bartilotti, Cátia, Lobo-Arteaga, Jorge

“…Studies for the preservation of seagrass beds biotopes have met difficulties in establishing appropriate methods assessing their health. We tested the…”
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Seagrass and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (VAS) Habitats off the Coast of Brazil: state of knowledge, conservation and main threats by Copertino, Margareth S., Creed, Joel C., Lanari, Marianna O., Magalhães, Karine, Barros, Kcrishna, Lana, Paulo C., Sordo, Laura, Horta, Paulo A.

“…Abstract Seagrass meadows are among the most threatened ecosystems on earth, raising concerns about the equilibrium of coastal ecosystems and the…”
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The biomass-density relationship in seagrasses and its use as an ecological indicator by Vieira, Vasco M N C S, Lopes, Inês E, Creed, Joel C

“…Biomass-density relations have been at the centre of a search for an index which describes the health of seagrass meadows. However, this search has been…”
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Generalized Linear Models outperform commonly used canonical analysis in estimating spatial structure of presence/absence data by Carlos-Júnior, Lélis A, Creed, Joel C, Marrs, Rob, Lewis, Rob J, Moulton, Timothy P, Feijó-Lima, Rafael, Spencer, Matthew

“…Ecological communities tend to be spatially structured due to environmental gradients and/or spatially contagious processes such as growth, dispersion and…”
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Seagrasses benefit from mild anthropogenic nutrient additions by Vieira, Vasco M. N. C. S., Lobo-Arteaga, Jorge, Santos, Rafael, Leitão-Silva, David, Veronez, Arthur, Neves, Joana M., Nogueira, Marta, Creed, Joel C., Bertelli, Chiara M., Samper-Villarreal, Jimena, Pettersen, Mats R. S.

“…Seagrasses are declining globally, in large part due to increased anthropogenic coastal nutrient loads that enhance smothering by macroalgae, attenuate light,…”
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Atlantia , a new genus of Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia) from the eastern Atlantic by Capel, Kátia C C, López, Cataixa, Moltó-Martín, Irene, Zilberberg, Carla, Creed, Joel C, Knapp, Ingrid S S, Hernández, Mariano, Forsman, Zac H, Toonen, Robert J, Kitahara, Marcelo V

“…is described as a new genus pertaining to the family Dendrophylliidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) based on specimens from Cape Verde, eastern Atlantic. This taxon…”
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A model for the biomass-density dynamics of seagrasses developed and calibrated on global data by Vieira, Vasco M N C S, Lopes, Inês E, Creed, Joel C

“…Seagrasses are foundation species in estuarine and lagoon systems, providing a wide array of services for the ecosystem and the human population. Understanding…”
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Seagrass ecosystem services – What's next? by Nordlund, Lina Mtwana, Jackson, Emma L., Nakaoka, Masahiro, Samper-Villarreal, Jimena, Beca-Carretero, Pedro, Creed, Joel C.

“…Seagrasses, marine flowering plants, provide a wide range of ecosystem services, defined here as natural processes and components that directly or indirectly…”
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