seagrass - underwater plant, marine life, coastal habitat, ocean floor, aquatic environment, underwater meadow

aquatic protection flora nursery climate bioindicator habitat grazing coastal underwater biodiversity plants resilience estuary shelter feeding ecosystem sink seafloor wildlife meadow vegetation sedimentation carbon sediment environment sequestering seagrass species fisheries benthic stabilizing productivity shallow photosynthesis marine wetland conservation diversity roots oxygen restoration nutrient adaptation brackish submerged algae ocean ai generated