| Some are herbivores, grazing on the filamentous algae covering coral reefs, and a few eat seagrasses and algae on reef flats. |
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| It feeds mainly on sponges, but also takes tunicates, algae, zoantharians, gorgonians, hydroids, bryozoans, and seagrasses. |
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| Populations of marine angiosperms, or seagrasses, are at the basis of productive ecosystems thriving in shallow coastal areas around the world. |
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| The nutrient-enriched water causes an explosive growth of tiny plants and animals that coat the leaves of the seagrasses. |
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| The seagrass gribble burrows through blades of seagrasses, eating their soft internal tissues. |
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| Scientists say one of the most significant causes of the decline of seagrasses and oxygen is both treated and untreated human excreta and animal waste. |
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| The adults usually inhabit shallow lagoons, feeding mostly on various species of seagrasses. |
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| It may also refer more generally to any seaweeds or seagrasses that wash up on beaches and may accumulate in the wrack zone. |
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| Zostera is a small genus of widely distributed seagrasses, commonly called marine eelgrass or simply eelgrass. |
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| Also, seagrasses trap sediment and slow down water movement, causing suspended sediment to fall out. |
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| Effects of seagrasses and algae of the Caulerpa family on hydrodynamics and particle-trapping rates. |
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| The coastline and adjacent waters support highly productive marine ecosystems such as fringing coral reefs and shallow beds of coastal and estuarine seagrasses. |
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| Macro algal blooms cause the decline and eradication of seagrasses throughout areas where nutrient loading or other sources of stimulated algal growth exist. |
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| Historically, seagrasses were collected as fertilizer for sandy soil. |
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| Seagrasses display an extraordinarily high degree of phenotypic plasticity, adapting rapidly to changing environmental conditions. |
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