FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Recent trend reversal for declining European seagrass meadows BT AF de los Santos, Carmen B. Krause-Jensen, Dorte Alcoverro, Teresa Marbà, Núria Duarte, Carlos M. van Katwijk, Marieke M. Pérez, Marta Romero, Javier Sánchez-Lizaso, José L. Roca, Guillem Jankowska, Emilia Pérez-Lloréns, José Lucas Fournier, Jerome Montefalcone, Monica Pergent, Gérard Ruiz, Juan M. Cabaço, Susana Cook, Kevan Wilkes, Robert J. Moy, Frithjof E. Trayter, Gregori Muñoz-Ramos Arañó, Xavier Seglar de Jong, Dick J. Fernández-Torquemada, Yolanda Auby, Isabelle Vergara, Juan J. Santos, Rui AS 1:1;2:2,3;3:4;4:5;5:6;6:7;7:8;8:8;9:9;10:5;11:10;12:11;13:12;14:13;15:14;16:;17:1,15;18:16;19:17;20:18;21:19;22:19;23:20;24:9;25:21;26:11;27:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:;19:;20:;21:;22:;23:;24:;25:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERAR;26:;27:; C1 Centre of Marine Sciences of Algarve (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Vejlsøvej 25, 8600, Silkeborg, Denmark Arctic Research Centre, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, Building 1540, 8000, Århus C, Denmark Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Carretera Acc, Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300, Blanes, Girona, Spain Global Change Research Group, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB), Miquel Marquès 21, 07190, Esporles, Illes Balears, Spain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Researh Center (RSRC) and Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, University of Alicante, PO BOX 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712, Sopot, Poland Department of Biology, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Research Institute, University of Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS UMR 7204 Centre d’Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, Station de Biologie Marine, Place de la Croix BP225, 29182, Concarneau Cedex, France DiSTAV, Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, 16132, Genoa, Italy Coastal Ecosystem Team (FRES 3041/UMR 6134), University of Corsica, BP 52, 20250, Corte, France Seagrass Ecology Group, Oceanographic Center of Murcia, Spanish Institute of Oceanography, C/Varadero, 30740, San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, Spain Natural England, Pydar House, Truro, TR1 1XU, UK Environmental Protection Agency, John Moore Road, Castlebar, F23 KT91, Co. Mayo, Ireland Institute of Marine Research, P.O.Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817, Bergen, Norway Frithjof E. Moy Medi Ambient, Ajuntament de Badalona, Plaça de la Vila 1, 08911, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain Department Sea and Delta, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Rijkswaterstaat, 4330 KA, Middelburg, The Netherlands LER Arcachon-Anglet, IFREMER, Quai du commandant Silhouette, 33120, Arcachon, France C2 UNIV ALGARVE, PORTUGAL UNIV AARHUS, DENMARK UNIV AARHUS, DENMARK CSIC, SPAIN IMEDEA, SPAIN UNIV KING ABDULLAH, SAUDI ARABIA UNIV NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS UNIV BARCELONA, SPAIN UNIV ALICANTE, SPAIN POLISH ACAD SCI, POLAND UNIV CADIZ, SPAIN MNHN, FRANCE UNIV GENOA, ITALY UNIV CORSICA, FRANCE IEO, SPAIN NATURAL ENGLAND, UK EPA, IRELAND IMR (BERGEN), NORWAY MEDI AMBIENT, SPAIN MINIST INFRAST ENVIRONM, NETHERLANDS IFREMER, FRANCE SI ARCACHON SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERAR IN WOS Ifremer UPR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe IF 12.121 TC 215 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00508/61966/66058.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00508/61966/66059.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00508/61966/66060.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00508/61966/66061.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00508/61966/66062.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00508/61966/66063.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00508/61966/66064.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00508/61966/66065.pdf LA English DT Article AB Seagrass meadows, key ecosystems supporting fisheries, carbon sequestration and coastal protection, are globally threatened. In Europe, loss and recovery of seagrasses are reported, but the changes in extent and density at the continental scale remain unclear. Here we collate assessments of changes from 1869 to 2016 and show that 1/3 of European seagrass area was lost due to disease, deteriorated water quality, and coastal development, with losses peaking in the 1970s and 1980s. Since then, loss rates slowed down for most of the species and fast-growing species recovered in some locations, making the net rate of change in seagrass area experience a reversal in the 2000s, while density metrics improved or remained stable in most sites. Our results demonstrate that decline is not the generalised state among seagrasses nowadays in Europe, in contrast with global assessments, and that deceleration and reversal of declining trends is possible, expectingly bringing back the services they provide. PY 2019 PD JUN SO Nature Communications SN 2041-1723 PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 10 IS 1 UT 000477705200001 DI 10.1038/s41467-019-11340-4 ID 61966 ER EF