Differences in Bacterial Growth and Mortality between Seagrass Meadows and Adjacent Unvegetated Areas
Journal: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Year: 2023

A seagrass meadow is one of the most important ecosystems around the world, both economically and ecologically. An important feature of this ecosystem is the presence of large coastal seagrass beds, which dominate the primary production and contribute to the secondary productivity of the ecosystem. The microbial loop (consuming bacterial biomass by grazers and using seagrass-derived detritus by bacteria) may be an important mechanism for transferring seagrass-derived organic matter to aquatic fo