Mediterranean Seagrass Meadows: Resilience and Contribution to
Climate Change Mitigation  15 May 2012 | Downloads - publication
Pergent G., Bazairi H., Bianchi C.N., Boudouresque C.F., Buia
M.C., Clabaut P., Harmelin-Vivien M., Mateo M.A., Montefalcone
M., Morri C., Orfanidis S., Pergent-Martini C., Semroud R.,
Serrano O., Verlaque M. (2012)  This document is a summary of
the technical report on the current state of affairs in the
Mediterranean basin. It describes the specific characteristics
of the Mediterranean Sea and the phenemenon of climate change
observed on the scale of this particular region. It then
presents five species of Magnoliophyta documented in its waters.
Secondly, it describes the impact of climate change on
Mediterranean seagrasses, firstly with regard to the pressures
to which they are subjected and their resilience to them and,
secondly, to the communities associated with the marine
environments they form.  The last part of the document is
devoted to the role played by seagrass meadows