Extensive direct measurements of Posidonia oceanica defoliation confirm the importance of herbivory in temperate seagrass meadows

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Herbivory on freshwater and marine macrophytes: A review and perspective (2016, methodology): “The most direct approach for detection and quantification of effects is a technique known as tethering (Kirsch et al., 2002; Tomas et al., 2005; Prado et al., 2007; Pages et al., 2014).”
Role of fish herbivory in structuring the vertical distribution of canopy algae Cystoseira spp. in the Mediterranean Sea (2009, background): “Furthermore, recent studies show that the effect of S. salpa on benthic macrophytes is particularly large, as this fish can consume over 40% of the annual above ground primary production of shallow seagrass beds (Prado et al. 2007).”
The necromass of the Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow: fate, role, ecosystem services and vulnerability (2016, background): “However, higher grazing rates have been reported from Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Spanish and French Catalonia (Prado et al., 2007; Ferrari et al., 2008), Provence (Laborel-Deguen & Laborel, 1977), eastern Algeria (Pergent et al.”