Recent trend reversal for declining European seagrass meadows.

In Europe, either loss 13 – 17 and recovery or stability 18 – 21 are reported for seagrass meadows, with an overall trend toward decline reported for the Mediterranean endemic species Posidonia oceanica , which has lost between 13% and 50% of its areal extent since 1960 16 , 17 .

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