Evidence of direct particle trapping by a tropical seagrass meadow

By N. Agawin, Carlos M. Duarte. 2002

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Can macroalgae contribute to blue carbon? An Australian perspective (2015, background): “Seagrasses have a high particle-trapping capacity (Agawin and Duarte 2002; Gruber and Kemp 2010), and due to their occurrence at the interface between land and sea, they capture large amounts of terrestrial carbon that runs off the land following rainfall events (Kennedy et al. 2010; Macreadie et…”
Community metabolism and carbon budget along a gradient of seagrass (Cymodocea nodosa) colonization (2004, background): “Agawin and Duarte (2002) provided evidence of active trapping of sestonic particles (such as planktonic organisms and latex beads) by seagrass canopies, able to remove the entire sestonic load of the water column each day.”
Molluscan assemblages of seagrass-covered and bare intertidal flats on the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania, in relation to characteristics of sediment and organic matter (2008, background): “Depending on cover of the sediment by seagrass leaves (Moore, 2004), exposure to waves, and season (Van Keulen and Borowitzka, 2003), seagrass beds are thought to be a sink for ﬁ ne suspended particles (Agawin and Duarte, 2002).”