Protecting the seagrass biome: Report from the traditional seagrass knowledge working group

S. Wyllie Echeverria (1) , K. Gunnarsson (2) , M. A. Mateo (3) , J. A. Borg (4) , P. Renom (3) , J. Kuo (5) , A. Schanz (6) , F. Hellblom (7) , E. Jackson (8) , G. Pergent (9) , C. Pergent Martini (9) , M. Johnson (10) , J. Sanchez Lizaso (11) , C. F. Boudouresque (12) , K. Aioi (13)

1 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - School of Marine Affairs
2 MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE - Marine Research Institute
3 UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA - Departament d'Ecologia
4 UNIVERSITY OF MALTA - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
5 UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis
6 AWI - Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung = Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research = Institut Alfred-Wegener pour la recherche polaire et marine
7 SöDERTöRNS HöGSKOLA - Södertörns Högskola
8 School of Biological Sciences [Plymouth]
9 Faculté des sciences et techniques [Corte]
10 GBPC - Génétique et biologie des populations de crustacés
11 UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE - Marine Biology Laboratory
12 COM - Centre d'océanologie de Marseille
13 AOYAMA GAKUIN WOMEN'S JUNIOR COLLEGE - Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College

Both natural and human-induced disturbance vectors reduce seagrass cover. However,global declines, now extending to 24 different species, are largely driven by human activ-ity (Short and Wyllie-Echeverria, 1996; Aioi and Omori, 2000; Hemminga and Duarte,2000). It is clear that the legal/judicial model, upon which conservation initiatives arebased, is not effectively arresting this trend.

Mots clés: Agriculture Biology and Environmental Sciences

Domaines: Autre [q-bio.OT]; Biodiversité et Ecologie

S. Wyllie Echeverria, K. Gunnarsson, M. A. Mateo, J. A. Borg, P. Renom, et al.. Protecting the seagrass biome: Report from the traditional seagrass knowledge working group. Bulletin of Marine Science, 2002, 71, pp.1415-1416. ⟨hal-00019199⟩