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SEAGRASS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds
Example:
seagrass provides a protective environment in which young fish can develop
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("seagrass" is a kind of...):
seaweed (plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae)
Context examples:
Although seagrass meadows occupy less than 0.2 percent of the world's oceans, they are responsible for more than 10 percent of all carbon buried annually in the sea.
(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)
Losing seagrasses disrupts marine ecosystems and removes critical stores of "blue carbon," which help mitigate climate change.
(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)
Without such work, we might not realize the important role sharks play in the recovery and health of seagrasses.
(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)
When factors such as heat waves destroy seagrasses, sharks become critical for ecosystem health.
(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)
Now Shark Bay's seagrasses are struggling to bounce back from the heat wave.
(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)
Coastal seagrass beds hold up to 83,000 metric tons of carbon per square kilometer, mostly in the soils beneath them.
(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)
Where sharks rove seagrass beds, dugongs and other shark prey species steer clear.
(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)
That keeps seagrasses — which grazers like dugongs and other marine animals eat — from being decimated.
(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)
Warm ocean waters caused the widespread loss of seagrasses, a main food source for dugongs (sea cows) and other species that are the sharks' prey.
(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)
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