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- The main threats to seagrass meadows include123:
- Urban, industrial, and agricultural run-off
- Coastal development
- Dredging
- Unregulated fishing and boating activities
- Climate change
- Pollution, especially high levels of nitrates
- Trampling and dredging
- Non-native invasive species such as cord-grasses in their habitat
- Soil degradation
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.Since the late 19th century, almost 30 per cent of known seagrass area across the globe has been lost. The main threats to seagrass meadows include urban, industrial, and agricultural run-off, coastal development, dredging, unregulated fishing and boating activities, and climate change.www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/prot…It’s important to protect seagrass beds from:
- pollution – high levels of nitrates (from urban wastewater or farm run-off) have been linked to declines in a number of sites
- trampling and dredging
- coastal development close to where they grow
www.nature.scot/landscapes-and-habitats/habitat-t…Despite the myriad services they provide, seagrass meadow ecosystems are under threat worldwide. Primarily human-caused, stressors include coastal development, dredging, overfishing, introduction of invasive species, soil degradation, and agricultural, industrial and wastewater runoff.environment-review.yale.edu/seagrass-ecosystem … - People also ask
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