Browsing Articles: Department of Biological Sciences by Author "Huxham, Mark"

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    • Biomass and productivity of seagrasses in Africa 

      Githaiga, Michael N.; Gilpin, Linda; Kairo, James G.; Huxham, Mark (De Gruyter, 2016-05)
      : There is growing interest in carbon stocks and flows in seagrass ecosystems, but recent global reviews suggest a paucity of studies from Africa. This paper reviews work on seagrass productivity, biomass and sediment ...

    • Measuring the role of seagrasses in regulating sediment surface elevation 

      Potouroglou, Maria; Bull, James C.; Krauss, Ken W.; Kennedy, Hilary A.; Fusi, Marco; Dafonchio, Daniele; Mangora, Mwita M.; Githaiga, Michael N.; Diele, Karen; Huxham, Mark (Scientific Reports, 2017-09)
      Seagrass meadows provide numerous ecosystem services and their rapid global loss may reduce human welfare as well as ecological integrity. In common with the other ‘blue carbon’ habitats (mangroves and tidal marshes) ...

    • Seagrass Removal Leads to Rapid Changes in Fauna and Loss of Carbon 

      Githaiga, Michael N.; Frouws, Anna M.; Kairo, James G.; Huxham, Mark (Frontiers, 2019-03)
      Seagrass habitats are important natural carbon sinks, with an average of ∼14 kg C m−2 buried in their sediments. The fate of this carbon following seagrass removal or damage has major environmental implications but is ...