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• n  any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds
  seagrass provides a protective environment in which young fish can develop

• Though touted as a solution to overfishing, many of them have--along with rampant coastal development, climate change and pollution--devastated the reefs, mangroves and seagrass .
• Conservationists claimed the proposed Port Hinchinbrook would destroy the World Heritagelisted area's seagrass beds and wipe out the .
• Divers can damage the living reefs, and boaters who run aground can scar seagrass beds and cause irreparable damage to the productive seagrass meadows and coral reefs.

News & Articles

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• Plan to deepen Port Everglades scaled back
  Project would destroy coral, seagrass A long-stalled plan to deepen Port Everglades to accommodate larger cargo ships inched forward Thursday with the announcement of a scaled-down proposal that would be cheaper and cause less environmental damage.        
  June 28, 2013 - Sun-Sentinel

Quotes

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• Björk in Reuters
  Seagrass habitats are already declining due to increasing water temperatures, algae (seaweed) growth and light reduction, which are all effects of global change,said IUCN specialist Mats Bjork, one of the authors of the report.
• Peter Ward in msnbc.com
  Seagrass is where the herring breed,Ward noted.