Seagrasses, flowering marine plants that form underwater meadows, play a significant global role in supporting food security, mitigating climate change and biodiversity. Although progress is being made to conserve seagrass meadows select areas, most remain under pressure resulting decline meadow condition loss of function. Effective management strategies need be implemented reverse enhance their fundamental coastal ocean habitats. Here we propose globally face series common challenges must...

Abstract Seagrass meadows globally are under pressure with worldwide loss and degradation, but there is a growing recognition of the global importance seagrass ecosystem services, particularly as major carbon sink fisheries habitat. Estimates spatial distribution differ greatly throughout published literature, ranging from 177 000 to 600 km 2 models suggesting potential an order magnitude higher. The requirements Paris Climate Agreement by outlining National Determined Contributions (NDC’s)...

Importance The rise of high-potency opioids such as fentanyl makes buprenorphine initiation challenging due to the risks precipitated withdrawal, prompting exploration strategies, low-dose (LDI) buprenorphine. However, no comparative studies on LDI outcomes exist. Objective To evaluate outpatient associated with 2 protocols among individuals opioid use disorder (OUD) using fentanyl. Design, Setting, and Participants This cohort study analyzed data adults OUD who self-reported daily underwent...

Seagrass meadows commonly reside in shallow sheltered embayments typical of the locations that provide an attractive option for mooring boats. Given potential boat moorings to result disturbance seabed due repeated physical impact, these may present a significant threat seagrass meadows. The Zostera marina (known as eelgrass) is extensive across northern hemisphere, forming critical fisheries habitat and creating efficient long-term stores carbon sediments. Although have been documented...

A growing body of research is documenting the accumulation microplastics within marine sediments around world. The hydrodynamic influences seagrasses in coastal environments are shown to increase sedimentation finer particles and as a result there has been speculation that this attribute will lead seagrass meadows acting site elevated microplastic contamination. To date range localised studies have provided conflicting answers hypothesis. Seagrass provide multiple ecosystem services...

Abstract Background Buprenorphine is an effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD); however, buprenorphine initiation can be complicated by withdrawal symptoms including precipitated withdrawal. There has been increasing interest in using low dose (LDI) strategies to reduce this risk. As there are limited data on during LDI, we characterize people with daily fentanyl who underwent these as outpatients. Methods We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients OUD were prescribed...

Seagrass ecosystems face widespread threat from reduced water quality, coastal development and poor land use. In recent decades, their distribution has declined rapidly, in the British Isles, this loss is thought to have been extensive. Given increasing knowledge of how these support fisheries production, understanding potential rapid loss, difficulty restoring them, it vital we develop an risks they are under, so that management actions can be developed accordingly. Developing environmental...

Seagrass meadows are an important wetland habitat that has been degraded globally but carbon storage role. In order to expand the restoration of these productive and biodiverse habitats methods required, can be used for large scale creation across a range environmental conditions. The spreading seagrass seeds proven successful method restoring around world, however in places where tidal is such become limited by resultant water movements. Here we describe test deploying species Zostera...

Overcoming ecological feedbacks is a major limiting factor reducing the success of many seagrass restoration projects. Negative occur when biotic or abiotic conditions site are changed sufficiently after loss to prevent its recovery, even original stressors remediated. While negative in common, there remain limited studies ways reduce them and kick‐start necessary positive promote recovery. We used field laboratory experiments investigate key ( Zostera marina ) by testing role hessian bags...

Abstract Embracing local knowledge is vital to conserve and manage biodiversity, yet frameworks do so are lacking. We need understand which, how many holders needed ensure that management recommendations arising from not skewed towards the most vocal individuals. Here, we apply a Wisdom of Crowds framework data-poor recreational catch-and-release fishery, where individuals interact with natural resources in different ways. aimed test whether estimates fishing quality diverse groups (multiple...

Excess nutrients shift the ecological balance of coastal ecosystems, and this eutrophication is an increasing problem across globe. Nutrient levels may be routinely measured, but monitoring rarely attempts to determine source these nutrients, even though bio-indicators are available. Nitrogen stable isotope analysis in biota one such bio-indicator, British Isles, used. In study, we provide first quantitative evidence anthropogenic drivers reduced water quality surrounding seagrass meadows...

By-catch is considered a significant problem in large-scale fisheries yet small-scale (SSF), employing >99% of the world's fishers, there limited quantitative understanding by-catch, and catches general. We provide an assessment by-catch from fishing gears (fyke, trawl, set trammel & drift nets) commonly used across globe, using representative Sri Lankan case study placing this context local resource use patterns. reveal evidence how SSF generate finfish with potentially ecological impacts....

Habitat restoration is becoming an increasingly prevalent tool in the armoury of marine conservation, particularly given expanding interest creating nature-based solutions to a changing climate. Seagrass particular focus increased numbers projects and although there growing number examples successful seagrass attempts, remain extensive case studies poor success or failure from around globe. To enable habitat happen at scale make genuine contribution carbon sequestration rates globally,...

Societal Impact Statement Seagrass meadows are a globally important habitat subject to significant loss. As efforts restore these sensitive habitats hampered by their high cost and low levels of reliability, rigorous guidance is required improve effectiveness ensure they cost‐effective. Here, we define 10 golden rules for how can undertake seagrass restoration. We do this considering that restoration be successful, it needs take place with people not against people. The framework present...

Seagrasses – a group of foundation species in coastal ecosystems provide key habitat for diverse and abundant faunal assemblages support numerous ecosystem functions services. However, whether the role seagrasses is influenced by seagrass diversity, dominant or both, remains unclear. To that end, we sought to investigate specific characteristics (e.g., traits) influence tropical fish assemblages, place this context small-scale fishery use. We surveyed variables at 55 plots, nested within 12...

Jones, B. L. H., C. Cullen-Unsworth, M. De la Torre-Castro, Nordlund, R. K. F. Unsworth, and J. S. Eklöf. 2022. Unintended consequences of sustainable development initiatives: risks opportunities in seagrass social-ecological systems. Ecology Society 27(2):10. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13063-270210