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Beneath seagrass meadows, a shift in warming seas could decide which underwater habitats survive
- May 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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On the western side of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, sits Myuna Bay, a quiet bay with meadows of seagrass waving beneath the water. The most common marine plant species you find there is Zostera muelleri. It has long ribbon-like leaves that grow from stems (called rhizomes) buried beneath the sediment and provides important shelter for small fish, shrimp and crabs.
Originally published at Phys.org