Seagrass-Watch Magazine Issue 47 - March 2013 | Page 50

India

Outbreak
Altered state
Palk
Bay

Macroalgae can outcompete seagrasses under high levels of nutrient pollution, because macroalgae grow rapidly in low light and quickly uptake the nutrients. This
ultimately results in the loss of seagrass and an altered state, where green meadows and clear waters are replaced with unstable sediments, turbid waters,
hypoxia, and poor habitat conditions for fishes and invertebrates.
Images (clockwise from top left): The invasion of moss b