{"id":2274,"date":"2026-10-18T03:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T03:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webmediamall.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/unicorn778-seagrass-meadows-may-offer-coastal-communities-a-more-nutritious-catch-than-reefs-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T03:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T03:00:27","slug":"unicorn778-seagrass-meadows-may-offer-coastal-communities-a-more-nutritious-catch-than-reefs-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webmediamall.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/unicorn778-seagrass-meadows-may-offer-coastal-communities-a-more-nutritious-catch-than-reefs-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICORN778 Seagrass meadows may offer coastal communities a more nutritious catch than reefs Peluang Terburuk Saat Bermain Slot Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-332718\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bulletpoints-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"bulletpoints\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>When considering fish as a nutrition source for humans, fish communities living in seagrass meadows may provide a richer mix of nutrients that those found in coral reefs, a study suggests.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pollution and climate change threaten seagrass meadows, highlighting the need to integrate public health and food security into conservation policies.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>More than 3.5 million people living in poverty in Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique, where the study was carried out, depend on seagrass fisheries that can benefit from this new lens of marine conservation.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cWe\u2019re not saying that coral reefs are less important. But our findings highlight how different habitats contribute to food security in complementary ways,\u201d said lead author Benjamin Jones.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"content-expander\"><span>See All Key Ideas<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Researchers surveyed 40 sites along the East African coastline from Kenya to Mozambique, studying seagrass and coral reef ecosystems. They found that when it comes to benefits for coastal communities, seagrasses bring something important to the plate.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2949790626001266\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">paper published<\/a> in <em>Cell Reports Sustainability<\/em>, they write that while reefs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/benjamin-l-jones_seagrass-meadows-sustain-fish-communities-activity-7481246477290352641-iCIM\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">support<\/a> \u201cgreater fish biomass, abundance, and richness overall,\u201d fish communities living in seagrass meadows may provide a richer mix of nutrients when seen from the perspective of human sustenance.<\/p>\n<p>These marine habitats have <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/bioscience\/article-abstract\/76\/4\/359\/8407550\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">gained prominence<\/a> in recent years not only as fish nurseries but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-025-59204-4\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">as carbon sinks<\/a> and acting as the first line of defense against floods and storms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtecting seagrass meadows should therefore be seen not only as biodiversity conservation but also as a public health and food security priority,\u201d the study authors write.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_332768\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150524\/1.png\" alt=\"Rabbitfish in a seagrass meadow. Image courtesy of Benjamin Jones.\" width=\"1805\" height=\"1203\" class=\"size-full wp-image-332768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150524\/1.png 1805w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150524\/1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150524\/1-1200x800.png 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150524\/1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150524\/1-350x233.png 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150524\/1-610x407.png 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1805px) 100vw, 1805px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rabbitfish in a seagrass meadow. Image courtesy of Benjamin Jones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lead author Benjamin Jones, a Ph.D. student at Stockholm University at the time of the research, said the study isn\u2019t about comparing ecosystems, but rather about applying a new lens to marine conservation. Often, a marine ecosystem\u2019s value is determined by fish production. But for vulnerable coastal communities, \u201cthe reliability of catching nutritious fish can be just as important as the total number of fish in the sea,\u201d said Jones, who\u2019s now the chief conservation officer at Project Seagrass, a U.K.-based environmental charity.<\/p>\n<p>Accounting for fish biomass and depth, the seagrass meadows studied were \u201c1.6 times more nutritionally multifunctional\u201d than coral reefs, according to the study, which took into account six essential nutrients: calcium, iron, zinc, selenium, vitamin A, and omega-3 fatty acids. Fishing communities associated with seagrass meadows have greater potential to supply these nutrients, the research suggested.<\/p>\n<p>In the study, the researchers noted that \u201can abundance-weighted average fish caught in seagrass could provide approximately 5% of daily iron requirements, 70% of selenium requirements, and 21% of zinc requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost strikingly, when we focused on three particularly important food-fish species\u201d \u2014 including rabbitfish (<em>Siganus sutor<\/em>) and parrotfish (<em>Leptoscarus vaigiensis<\/em>) \u2014 \u201cmicronutrient support was more than eight times higher in seagrass meadows,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcs.org\/our-work\/marine-program\/meet-the-team\/tim-mcclanahan\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">Tim McClanahan<\/a>, a coral reef ecosystem ecologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, who wasn\u2019t involved in the study, called the finding \u201cinteresting and provocative,\u201d but added that it \u201cneeds further investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McClanahan said his reservations about the findings stemmed mostly from methodological factors. He questioned whether differences in sampling depth, habitat characteristics, and fish size could have affected the comparison. McClanahan also noted that fishing pressures on these systems would influence the results, something the study authors didn\u2019t directly account for.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_332770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150624\/2.png\" alt=\"Rabbitfish. Image courtesy of Benjamin Jones.\" width=\"1805\" height=\"1203\" class=\"size-full wp-image-332770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150624\/2.png 1805w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150624\/2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150624\/2-1200x800.png 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150624\/2-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150624\/2-350x233.png 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150624\/2-610x407.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1805px) 100vw, 1805px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rabbitfish. Image courtesy of Benjamin Jones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn coral reefs, they sampled shallow water. That\u2019s not a typical coral reef. That\u2019s more likely coral rubble \u2026 you know, intertidal coral,\u201d McClanahan said. \u201cThey sampled very small fish. The average size of a fish was 10 cm [4 inches]. So, they were sampling juvenile fishes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that methodological changes, and a bit of scrutiny, would not reverse the findings but might \u201cmake the differences less pronounced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones acknowledged the limitation and added that the study shows that \u201cwithin comparable shallow-water environments, where people often fish using nets and traps, seagrass supports fish communities with considerable nutritional value that has largely gone unrecognized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another limitation of the work was its exclusion of invertebrates such as octopuses, crabs and mollusks, which can contribute substantially to coastal diets. Jones said their inclusion could change the estimates of nutritional benefits.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, while the study measures nutritional potential, it doesn\u2019t establish whether consuming fish from different habitats affects malnutrition levels in coastal populations.<\/p>\n<p>Jones\u2019s latest paper, published this September in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41893-026-01932-6\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">Nature Sustainability<\/a><\/em>, examined the link between \u201cseagrass-associated fishing and household poverty.\u201d In the paper, Jones and colleagues determined that approximately 18 million of the world\u2019s poorest people are dependent on seagrass ecosystems across the Indo-Pacific. Conservative estimates suggest more than 3.5 million people living in poverty depend on seagrass-associated fishing across Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_332771\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150732\/3.png\" alt=\"Parrotfish in a seagrass meadow in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Image courtesy of Benjamin Jones.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-332771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150732\/3.png 1920w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150732\/3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150732\/3-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150732\/3-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150732\/3-1800x1012.png 1800w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15150732\/3-610x343.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parrotfish in a seagrass meadow in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Image courtesy of Benjamin Jones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fisheries based on these ecosystems could be important because of their ability to provide essential micronutrients, not just protein and calories, particularly during childhood. <\/p>\n<p>Jones said East African countries should think about \u201cincorporating nutritional benefits into fisheries management, recognizing seagrass in food and development policies, and tackling the pressures driving habitat loss.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Human activities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/en\/what-we-do\/ocean-seas-and-coasts\/blue-ecosystems\/seagrass-meadows\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">including destructive or unregulated fishing<\/a>, coastal development and dredging, <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/aqc.4229\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">along with climate change<\/a>, have contributed to the loss of seagrass meadows around the world. Jones said many of the pressures on marine ecosystems originate on land, including sewage pollution and agricultural runoff.<\/p>\n<p>Many scientists have noted that seagrass meadows aren\u2019t as closely studied as coral reef habitats. For McClanahan, seagrass and coral reefs should be managed as an interconnected system. He added that policies often aim to \u201cprotect the rare and interesting system\u201d and \u201cpromote tourism income.\u201d He said this needs to change by making nutrition a priority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not saying that coral reefs are less important,\u201d Jones said. \u201cBut our findings highlight how different habitats contribute to food security in complementary ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Banner image :<\/strong> Parrotfish in a seagrass meadow in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Image courtesy of Benjamin Jones.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jones, B. L. H., Lefcheck, J. S., Skoglund, S., Thunell, V., Bandeira, S. O., Jiddawi, N. S., \u2026 Ekl\u00f6f, J. S. (2026). Seagrass meadows sustain fish communities vital for human nutrition. <em>Cell Reports Sustainability<\/em>, 3(7), 100757. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell-reports-sustainability\/fulltext\/S2949-7906(26)00126-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2949790626001266%3Fshowall%3Dtrue\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">doi:10.1016\/j.crsus.2026.100757<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Duffy, J. E., Appeltans, W., Benson, A., Connolly, R. M., De la Torre-Castro, M., Dierssen, H. M., \u2026 Unsworth, R. K. (2025). Measuring and reporting on seagrass as an essential ocean variable for science and management. <em>BioScience<\/em>, 76(4), 359-374. <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/bioscience\/article-abstract\/76\/4\/359\/8407550?redirectedFrom=fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">doi:10.1093\/biosci\/biaf199<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Krause, J. R., Cameron, C., Arias-Ortiz, A., Cifuentes-Jara, M., Crooks, S., Dahl, M., \u2026 Fourqurean, J. W. (2025). Global seagrass carbon stock variability and emissions from seagrass loss. <em>Nature Communications<\/em>, 16(1). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-025-59204-4\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">doi:10.1038\/s41467-025-59204-4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jones, B. L. H., Unsworth, R. K., Ambo-Rappe, R., Carli, F., Coals, L., Digdo, A. A., \u2026 Cullen-Unsworth, L. C. (2026). Seagrass fisheries expose the poverty dimensions of marine conservation. <em>Nature Sustainability<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41893-026-01932-6\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">doi:10.1038\/s41893-026-01932-6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mwikamba, E. M., Githaiga, M. N., Huxham, M., &amp; Briers, R. A. (2024). Understanding the drivers of seagrass loss in Kenya: Evidence for the impacts of population and fishing. <em>Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems<\/em>, 34(7). <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/aqc.4229\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">doi:10.1002\/aqc.4229<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feedback:<\/strong> Use <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.jotform.com\/91615182854158\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external\">this form<\/a> to send a message to the author of this post. If you want to post a public comment, you can do that at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n<div id=\"single-article-footer\">\n<div id=\"cite-article\" class=\"align-left banner bg-brand-color crossref-doi outlined ph--16 pv--16\">\n<h2>Cite this article<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"crossref-doi\">Rajeev Tyagi (2026). Seagrass meadows may offer coastal communities a more nutritious catch than reefs. Mongabay Conservation news. 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