University of Groningen
The future of seagrass ecosystem services in a changing world James, Rebecca
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The future of seagrass ecosystem
services in a changing world
The research presented in this thesis was conducted as part of the SCENES “Stability of Caribbean coastal ecosystems under future extreme sea level change” project and was funded by the NWO ‘Caribbean Research: a Multidisciplinary Approach’ program.
All work was conducted with the support of the Department of Estuarine & Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and the Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen.
Rebecca James
The future of seagrass ecosystem services in a changing world 175 pages
PhD thesis, University of Groningen, Groningen, NL (2020) With references, with summaries in English and Dutch
The future of seagrass ecosystem
services in a changing world
PhD thesis
to obtain the degree of PhD at the University of Groningen
on the authority of the
Rector Magnificus Prof. C. Wijmenga and in accordance with
the decision by the College of Deans. This thesis will be defended in public on Friday 25 September 2020 at 12.45 hours
by
Rebecca Kate James
born on 6 November 1987 in Palmerston North
Supervisors
Prof. T.J. Bouma Prof. P.M.J. Herman Prof. T. van der Heide
Co-supervisor
Dr. M.M. Van Katwijk
Assessment Committee
Prof. H. Olff
Prof. K.R. Timmermans Prof. A.J.H.M. Reniers
Table of contents
Chapter 1: 1
General introduction
Chapter 2: 17
Water motion and vegetation control the pH dynamics in seagrass-dominated bays
Chapter 3: 43
Seagrass coastal protection services reduced by invasive species expansion and megaherbivore grazing
Chapter 4: 67
Maintaining tropical beaches with seagrass and algae: a promising alternative to engineering solutions
Chapter 5: 81
Tropical biogeomorphic seagrass landscapes for coastal protection: persistence and wave attenuation during major storm events
Chapter 6: 107
Climate change mitigation by coral reefs and seagrass beds at risk: how global change compromises ecosystem services of coastal protection and pH refuges
Chapter 7: 129
General discussion: mitigating climate change with seagrass ecosystem services
Summary/Samenvatting 143
References 147
Acknowledgments 171
Toitū te Marae o Tāne Toitū te Marae o Tangaroa
Toitū te iwi
If the realm of Tane (the forest) survives If the realm of Tangaroa (the sea) survives
