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Bookmark or Share- Seagrass Meadows | UNEP - UN Environment ProgrammeSeagrasses are marine flowering plants that are found in shallow waters in many parts of the world, from the tropics to the Arctic circle. They exist in 159 countries on six continents, covering over 300,000 km 2, making them one of the most widespread coastal habitats on Earth.
- Seagrass and Seagrass Beds | Smithsonian OceanSeagrasses have been used by humans for over 10,000 years. They've been used to fertilize fields, insulate houses, weave furniture, thatch roofs, make bandages, and fill mattresses and even car seats. But it's what they do in their native habitat that has the biggest benefits for humans and the ocean.
- Seagrass - WikipediaOverview. Seagrasses are a paraphyletic group of marine angiosperms which evolved in parallel three to four times from land plants back to the sea. The following characteristics can be used to define a seagrass species: It lives in an estuarine or in the marine environment, and nowhere else.
- The Complete Guide to Understanding Seagrass | World ...Seagrasses provide humans with countless goods and services — everything from food security to shoreline protection to clean water. They are found in almost every sea around the world, with more than 1 billion people living within 100 kilometers of seagrass meadows.
- Why Seagrass Could Be the Ocean's Secret Weapon Against ...Seagrasses provide habitat for fish, sea horses, crustaceans and others; food for sea turtles, waterfowl and marine mammals; and nurseries for an astounding 20 percent of the largest fisheries...
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