A trait-based framework for seagrass ecology: Trends and prospects.

ABSTRACT: In the last three decades, quantitative approaches that rely on organism traits instead of taxonomy have advanced different fields of ecological research through establishing the mechanistic links between environmental drivers, functional traits, and ecosystem functions. A research subfield where trait-based approaches have been frequently used but poorly synthesized is the ecology of seagrasses; marine angiosperms that colonized the ocean 100M YA and today make up productive yet threatened coastal ecosystems globally. Here, we compiled a comprehensive trait-based response-effect framework (TBF) which builds on previous concepts and ideas, including the use of traits for the study of community assembly processes, from dispersal and response to abiotic and biotic factors, to ecosystem funct

SUBMITTER: Moreira-Saporiti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10067889 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature