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  • A propeller scar runs through a seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadow in The Bahamas. The prop scar is caused by a boat's propeller digging up the root structure of the underwater plant.
    20180619-500_5872.jpg
  • A slender cancer crab (Cancer gracilis) hides near ready-to-plant eelgrass (Zostera marina) during a seagrass restoration project in Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210928-500_0374.jpg
  • A slender cancer crab (Cancer gracilis) hides near ready-to-plant eelgrass (Zostera marina) during a seagrass restoration project in Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210928-500_0359.jpg
  • A slender cancer crab (Cancer gracilis) hides near ready-to-plant eelgrass (Zostera marina) during a seagrass restoration project in Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210928-500_0360.jpg
  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
    20210928-500_0566.jpg
  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
    20210928-500_0255.jpg
  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
    20210928-500_0218.jpg
  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
    20210928-500_0554.jpg
  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
    20210928-500_0129.jpg
  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
    20210928-500_9937.jpg
  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
    20210928-500_0571.jpg
  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
    20210928-500_0470.jpg
  • Viki Kolatkova, PhD student and commercial diver with the SeaChange Society, collects bunches of eelgrass in preparation for planting.
    20210928-500_0150.jpg
  • Viki Kolatkova, PhD student and commercial diver with the SeaChange Society, swims off with bunches of eelgrass in preparation for planting.
    20210928-500_0066.jpg
  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
    20210928-500_9969.jpg
  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
    20210928-500_0164.jpg
  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
    20210928-500_0174.jpg
  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
    20210928-500_0440.jpg
  • Commercial diver Jamie Smith of the SeaChange Society plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) into an area that historically had lush seagrass beds, but were wiped out due to human activity.
    20210928-500_0243.jpg
  • Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) propagules, the "seeds", become fully mature plants before dropping off the parent tree to drift away and establish a new tree. Image made in The Bahamas.
    20200706-500_1881.jpg
  • Viki Kolatkova, PhD student and commercial diver with the SeaChange Society, plants eelgrass (Zostera marina) in an area that once had lush seagrass meadows that were destroyed due to human activities.
    20210928-500_0323.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. One patch is considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth.
    20190624-500_2181.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. One patch is considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth.
    20190625-500_2969.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. One patch is considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth.
    20190625-500_2734.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) is likely the oldest living organism on Earth. A single patch of seagrass found in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain is estimated to be between 80,000 and 200,000 years old.
    20190624-500_2359.jpg
  • A school of cow breams (Sarpa salpa) feeding among seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediteranean Sea in Spain.
    20190624-500_2150.jpg
  • A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy collects shoots of eelgrass (Zostera marina) with seeds as part of the world's largest seagrass restoration project lead by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in Virginia, USA.
    20190531-501_1988.jpg
  • Fruit from tape grass (Enhalus acoroides), a seagrass species. Photographed in Indonesia
    20181002-500_5623.jpg
  • Eelgrass (Zostera marina), a type of seagrass, in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220629-DSC_0232.jpg
  • Laundry baskets are used to transport eelgrass from healthy beds, to areas in need of restoration.
    20210928-500_9947.jpg
  • Commercial diver Justin Bland from the SeaChange Society sources eelgrass (Zostera marina) from a robust seagrass bed for the purposes of transplanting the seagrass in an area in need of restoration in Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210927-500_9807.jpg
  • Commercial diver Justin Bland with the SeaChange Society stuffs eelgrass (Zostera marina) into a mesh bag. The seagrass is being taken from a robust eelgrass bed for the purposes of transplanting the seagrass in an area in need of restoration in Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210927-500_9702.jpg
  • Landscape image of the marsh at Buttertubs park in Nanaimo, BC, Canada.
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  • Close-up of clusters of sea snail eggs on a Neptune grass (Posidonia oceanica) leaf blade in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain.
    20190628-500_3324.jpg
  • Many organisms like nematoda, Harpacticoida, Cnidaria, Polychaeta (larva), Foraminifera, make their home on neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain.
    20190628-500_3195.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. One patch is considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth.
    20190625-500_2677.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. One patch is considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth.
    20190624-500_2161.jpg
  • A school of cow breams (Sarpa salpa) feeding among seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediteranean Sea in Spain.
    20190624-500_2090.jpg
  • Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis) taking shelter in neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in Spain.
    20190624-500_2074.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. One patch is considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth.
    20190624-500_2100.jpg
  • Scientists with The Nature Conservancy use their bodies to stir eelgrass (Zostera marina) in large vats where seagrass seeds will seperate from the leaves for later dispersal. This seagrass restoration project in Virginia, USA is the largest and most successful in the world.
    20190531-501_2196.jpg
  • A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy collects shoots of eelgrass (Zostera marina) with seeds as part of the world's largest seagrass restoration project lead by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in Virginia, USA.
    20190531-501_1961.jpg
  • A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy collects shoots of eelgrass (Zostera marina) with seeds as part of the world's largest seagrass restoration project lead by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in Virginia, USA.
    20190531-500_8872.jpg
  • Scientist Bo Lusk collects eelgrass (Zostera marina) shoots with seeds as part of a seagrass restoration project off the Virginia, USA coast.
    20190529-500_6910.jpg
  • Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) habitat with shoal of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus), Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20200706-500_1892.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) munching on turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum), a type of seagrass, in The Bahamas
    20200520-500_1046.jpg
  • A seagrass (Enhalus acoroides) meadow off Flores, Indonesia.
    20180924-500_3546.jpg
  • A tourist walks through a mangrove boardwalk off La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Mangroves are not only the best known defence against storm surge, they are also beautiful and, when done right, can be a sustainable tourist attraction.
    Gross_PuertoRico012.jpg
  • Did you know seagrass has flowers? Here we see a turtle grass flower.
    UnderwaterFlower.jpg
  • A comparison of clean seagrass vs. seagrass covered in sediments kicked up by passing boat traffic. The more sediment, the less the seagrass blades can absorb sunlight to photosynthesize.
    Crushing Our Oxygen Producers.jpg
  • Eelgrass (Zostera marina), a type of seagrass, grows underwater with mountains in the background. Image made in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220629-DSC_0245.jpg
  • A school of shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata) swim through newly-planted eelgrass beds in Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210928-500_0155.jpg
  • Laundry baskets are used to transport eelgrass from healthy beds, to areas in need of restoration.
    20210927-DSC_9199.jpg
  • A tourist walks through a mangrove boardwalk off La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Mangroves are not only the best known defence against storm surge, they are also beautiful and, when done right, can be a sustainable tourist attraction.
    Gross_PuertoRico012.jpg
  • Oxygen bubbles form on neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. Seagrass produce oxygen through photosynthesis. One square meter of seagrass can produce 10 liters of oxygen per day. They also absorb and store carbon 35 times more efficiently than rainforests helping our fight against climate change.
    20190629-500_3711.jpg
  • A school of cow breams (Sarpa salpa) feeding among seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediteranean Sea in Spain.
    20190625-500_2899.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. One patch is considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth.
    20190625-500_2764.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) is likely the oldest living organism on Earth. A single patch of seagrass found in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain is estimated to be between 80,000 and 200,000 years old.
    20190624-500_2553.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. One patch is considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth.
    20190624-500_2355.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. One patch is considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth.
    20190624-500_2349.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. One patch is considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth.
    20190624-500_2209.jpg
  • A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy collects shoots of eelgrass (Zostera marina) with seeds as part of the world's largest seagrass restoration project lead by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in Virginia, USA.
    20190531-501_2008.jpg
  • A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy collects shoots of eelgrass (Zostera marina) with seeds as part of the world's largest seagrass restoration project lead by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in Virginia, USA.
    20190530-500_7429.jpg
  • Tape seagrass (Enhalus acoroides) flower off Alor, Indonesia.
    20181002-500_5674.jpg
  • Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) habitat with shoal of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus), Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20200706-500_1959.jpg
  • A grey snapper fish (Lutjanus griseus) hunting silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) among red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) roots, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20200709-500_2269.jpg
  • A yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis) hides in turtlegrass seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) in The Bahamas
    20200520-500_0977.jpg
  • Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus) endemic pioneering species growing only on young lava flows, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210GalapagosTopside497.jpg
  • The flower of tape seagrass (Enhalus acoroides). Image made near Alor, Indonesia.
    20181002-500_5741.jpg
  • Life on a small scale thrives on individual seagrass blades. Here, colonies of Electra posidoniae (the chain link things) and Lichenopora radiata (the white things) bryozoans on a Posidonia oceanica seagrass blade. If you include this level of organism in the equation, seagrass rivals rain forests in biodiversity.
    Life on a Single Blade.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) is likely the oldest living organism on Earth. A single patch of seagrass found in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain is estimated to be between 80,000 and 200,000 years old. Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0030454
    Oldest Living Organism.jpg
  • A comparison of clean seagrass vs. seagrass covered in sediments kicked up by passing boat traffic. The more sediment, the less the seagrass blades can absorb sunlight and photosynthesize.
    20180205-_DSC0351.jpg
  • Laundry baskets are used to transport eelgrass from healthy beds, to areas in need of restoration.
    20210928-500_0047.jpg
  • Life on a small scale thrives on individual seagrass blades. Here, colonies of Electra posidoniae (the chain link things) and Lichenopora radiata (the white things) bryozoans on a Posidonia oceanica seagrass blade. If you include this level of organism in the equation, seagrass rivals rain forests in biodiversity.
    20190628-500_3375.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. One patch is considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth.
    20190625-500_2781.jpg
  • Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain. One patch is considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth.
    20190624-500_2456.jpg
  • An aerial image showing the beautiful patterns formed in the Mockhorn Island State Wildlife Management Area, a marshland off Oyster, Virginia, USA.
    20190527-DJI_0935.jpg
  • An aerial image showing the beautiful patterns formed in the Mockhorn Island State Wildlife Management Area, a marshland off Oyster, Virginia, USA.
    20190529-DJI_0991.jpg
  • An aerial image showing the beautiful patterns formed in the Mockhorn Island State Wildlife Management Area, a marshland off Oyster, Virginia, USA.
    20190527-DJI_0902.jpg
  • An aerial image showing the beautiful patterns formed in the Mockhorn Island State Wildlife Management Area, a marshland off Oyster, Virginia, USA.
    20190527-DJI_0929.jpg
  • An aerial image showing the beautiful patterns formed in the Mockhorn Island State Wildlife Management Area, a marshland off Oyster, Virginia, USA.
    20190527-DJI_0928.jpg
  • Schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus) in red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) and turtlegrass (thalassia testudinum) habitats. Image made on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    20180619-500_6035.jpg
  • Close-up detail comparison of seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) in clean water vs. dirty water. Seagrass is a photosynthesising plant that produces oxygen and sequesters carbon. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180211-DSC_3980.jpg
  • An invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in a seagrass meadow off Vancouver Island, BC. Green crabs are especially destructive in seagrass meadows because they dig in the sediment for food and uproot the seagrass. They can decimate this important plant quickly.
    20210527-500_9753.jpg
  • Heriberto Martir from the University of Puerto Rico's "Vida Marina" inspects his work. Wooden steaks from discarded pallets placed in a matrix change wind patterns to build up sand dunes along the north coast of Puerto Rico. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management and ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. This project aims to restore sand dunes for coastal protection during storms, nesting sea turtles and other benefits. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico045.jpg
  • Heriberto Martir from the University of Puerto Rico's "Vida Marina" inspects his work. Wooden steaks from discarded pallets placed in a matrix change wind patterns to build up sand dunes along the north coast of Puerto Rico. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management and ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. This project aims to restore sand dunes for coastal protection during storms, nesting sea turtles and other benefits. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico045.jpg
  • Seagrasses are flowering plants that returned to the sea after evolving on land. This is a seagrass flower from somewhere in Indonesia.
    Flower.jpg
  • Luis D. Amayo from the University of Puerto Rico's Vida Marina program constructs an elevated walkway to help built up the sand dunes for coastal protection and nesting sea turtles along the north coast of Puerto Rico. As people walk over the same part of a sand dune it wears away the dune creating weaknesses for large waves to break through. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management, ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico047.jpg
  • Heriberto Martir from the University of Puerto Rico's "Vida Marina" inspects his work. Wooden steaks from discarded pallets placed in a matrix change wind patterns to build up sand dunes along the north coast of Puerto Rico. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management and ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. This project aims to restore sand dunes for coastal protection during storms, nesting sea turtles and other benefits. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico044.jpg
  • Bonnethead sharks (Sphyrna tiburo) are the first shark species discovered to be omnivorous. They ingest copious amounts of seagrass while feeding on crabs and are able to retain nutrients from the plants. Sharks in captivity that only had access to seagrass actually gained weight.
    Bonnethead Shark.jpg
  • Heriberto Martir (right) and Luis D. Amayo from the University of Puerto Rico's Vida Marina program construct a walkway to help built up the sand dunes for coastal protection and nesting sea turtles. As people walk over the same part of a sand dune it wears away the dune creating weaknesses for large waves to break through. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management, ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico046.jpg
  • Heriberto Martir (right) and Luis D. Amayo from the University of Puerto Rico's Vida Marina program construct a walkway to help built up the sand dunes for coastal protection and nesting sea turtles. As people walk over the same part of a sand dune it wears away the dune creating weaknesses for large waves to break through. "Vida Marina"  focuses on the management, ecological restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems, endemic plants and marine turtle species. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico046.jpg
  • Near the town of Parguera in Puerto Rico's southwest, propeller scars weaken a seagrass bed. Seagrass and mangroves are important defences during large storms. They also sequester carbon more efficiently than terrestrial plants helping in the fight against climate change.
    Gross_PuertoRico019.jpg
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