New study provides global analysis of seagrass extinction risk
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 11:31
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have completed the first-ever study of the risk of extinction for individual seagrass species around the world. The new study shows that 10 of the 72 known seagrass species (14 percent) are at an elevated risk of extinction, while 3 species qualify as endangered.