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ArticleGlobal change biology2025

Temperature Drives Seagrass Recovery Across the Western North Atlantic.

Fee O H Smulders, Justin E Campbell, Andrew H Altieri, Anna R Armitage, Elisabeth S Bakker, Savanna C Barry, S Tatiana Becker, Enrique Bethel, James G Douglass, Hannah J van Duijnhoven and 25 more

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35 authors.

Fee O H SmuldersAquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4124-8355
Justin E CampbellSmithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
Andrew H AltieriDepartment of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Anna R ArmitageDepartment of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1563-8026
Elisabeth S BakkerDepartment of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Savanna C BarryUF|IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station, University of Florida, Cedar Key, Florida, USA.
S Tatiana BeckerAquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Enrique BethelSmithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
James G DouglassFlorida Gulf Coast University, the Water School, Fort Myers, Florida, USA.
Hannah J van DuijnhovenAquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Jimmy de FouwDepartment of Ecology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Thomas K FrazerCollege of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Rachael GlaznerSmithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
Janelle A GoekeSmithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
Gerrit GortBiometris, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Kenneth L HeckDauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA.
Olivier A A KramerSmithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
Ingrid A van de LeemputAquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0155-370X
Sarah A ManuelDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of Bermuda, "Shorelands", Hamilton, Bermuda.
Charles W MartinUF|IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station, University of Florida, Cedar Key, Florida, USA.
Isis G Martinez LópezSmithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
Ashley M McDonaldSmithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
Calvin J MunsonInstitute of Environment, Coastlines and Oceans Division, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
Owen R O'SheaThe Centre for Ocean Research and Education (CORE), Eleuthera, The Bahamas.
Valerie J PaulSmithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
Laura K ReynoldsSoil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
O Kennedy RhoadesSmithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
Lucia M Rodriguez BravoRed Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Amanda SangInstitute of Environment, Coastlines and Oceans Division, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
Yvonne SawallBermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), St. George's, Bermuda.ORCID 0000-0002-3472-3819
Khalil SmithSmithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
Jamie E ThompsonSmithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
Brigitta van TussenbroekInstituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
William L WiedSmithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
Marjolijn J A ChristianenAquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5839-2981

Funding

Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Ecology grant 2019Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 181.002US National Science Foundation OCE-1737116US National Science Foundation OCE-1737144US National Science Foundation OCE-1737247US National Science Foundation OCE-2019022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate-driven shifts in herbivores, temperature, and nutrient runoff threaten coastal ecosystem resilience. However, ecological resilience, particularly for foundation species, remains poorly understood due to the scarcity of field experiments conducted across appropriate spatial and temporal scales that investigate multiple stressors. This study evaluates the resilience of a widespread tropical marine plant (turtlegrass) to disturbances across its geographic range and examines how environmental gradients in (a)biotic factors influence recovery. We assessed turtlegrass resilience by following recovery rates for a year after a simulated pulse disturbance (complete above- and belowground biomass removal). Contrary to studies in temperate areas, higher temperature generally enhanced seagrass recovery. While nutrients had minimal individual effects, they reduced aboveground recovery when combined with high levels of herbivore grazing (meso and megaherbivore). Belowground recovery was also affected by combined high levels of nutrients and grazing (megaherbivores only). Light availability had minimal effects. Our results suggest that the resilience of some tropical species, particularly in cooler subtropical waters, may initially benefit from warming. However, continuing shifts in nutrient supply and changes in grazing pressure may ultimately serve to compromise seagrass recovery.

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Climate ChangeEcosystemTemperatureAnimalsAtlantic OceanBiomassHerbivorydisturbanceeutrophicationlatitudinal gradientplant‐herbivore interactionsrecoveryresilienceThalassia testudinum

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PMID40223617
PMCPMC11995252

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