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Project Seagrass Fun Facts
Looking for fun facts about seagrass and its associated species then look no further #funfactfriday
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A single acre of seagrass may support as many as 40,00 fish, and 50 million small invertebrates... #FunFactFriday
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Birds, Fish, Mammals and Reptiles can assist with seagrass seed dispersal... #FunFactFriday
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The leaves of Zostera caulescens have been recorded at 7m in length #FunFactFriday #seagrass
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The leaves of Zostera caulescens have been recorded at 7m in length #FunFactFriday #seagrass
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Did you know that #seagrass is even found within the #Arctic Circle #FunFactFriday
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Seagrass meadows act as 'coastal canaries' providing early warnings on status of coastal environments #FunFactFriday
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#FunFactFriday Did you know #seagrass meadows account for more than 10% of the ocean’s total #carbon storage?
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Approximately 40 times more animals occur in Seagrass meadows than on bare sand... #FunFactFriday
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There is a single clone of seagrass that is over 6,000 years old #FunFactFriday
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Seagrass has waterproof pollen and stigma to produce the longest pollen grains on the planet #FunFactFriday
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Seagrass meadows in the UK are home to two native seahorse species #FunFactFriday
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Posidonia oceanica produces fine cellulose fibres that are often caught in a dead sponge, roll around on the bottome and become a ball of fine fibres #FunFactFriday
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You can see dugongs grazing on seagrass from satelite imagery #FunFactFriday
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In Florida, 80% of the above ground seagrass biomass is consumed solely by parrot fish #FunFactFriday
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The average adult green turtle eats about 2kg of seagrass leaves in a day #FunFactFriday
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In Alaska seagrasses remain frozen and in a dormant state over winter and do not start to grow again until the thaw #FunFactFriday
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Some pipefish, like the robust ghost pipefish use their camouflage for protection by blendjng into and pretending to be seagrass #FunFactFriday
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Charles Darwin's grandfather Erasmus Darwin, published a poem about seagrass in 1798 #FunFactFriday
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Seagrass occupy only 0.1% of the seafloor, yet are responsible for 12% of the organic carbon buried in the ocean, which helps reduce greenhouse gases #FunFactFriday
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Over a billion people live within 50km of a seagrass meadow. Millions of people obtain their protein from animals that live in seagrasses #FunFactFriday
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