Richard K F Unsworth

Dados Biográficos

ID98428
NOMERichard K F Unsworth
PRENOMESRichard K F
SOBRENOMEUnsworth
ASSINATURAUNSWORTH R K F
AFILIAÇÕESSwansea University
ORCID0000-0003-0036-9724
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES4
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2012
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Stratigraphic evidence of organic carbon depletion in an intensely trawled muddy seabed

    Open AccessHannah C Muir, James A Strong et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2026

    Understanding the long-term effects of bottom trawling on sedimentary organic carbon (OC) is crucial for assessing its role in carbon cycling and climate regulation. Most studies analyse effects on surface sediments (≤10 cm), leaving impacts on deeper sediments poorly resolved. This study investigates how bottom trawling influences sediment OC density (SCD) and OC content within 0–50 cm of the Western Irish Sea Mud Belt, representing sediments de…

  • Unintended consequences of sustainable development initiatives

    Open AccessBenjamin L H Jones, Leanne C Cullen-Unsworth et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2022

    Jones, B. L. H., L. C. Cullen-Unsworth, M. De la Torre-Castro, L. M. Nordlund, R. K. F. Unsworth, and J. S. Eklöf. 2022. Unintended consequences of sustainable development initiatives: risks and opportunities in seagrass social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 27(2):10. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13063-270210

  • The global distribution of seagrass meadows

    Open AccessLen McKenzie, Lina Mtwana Nordlund et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2020

    Seagrass meadows globally are under pressure with worldwide loss and degradation, but there is a growing recognition of the global importance of seagrass ecosystem services, particularly as a major carbon sink and as fisheries habitat. Estimates of global seagrass spatial distribution differ greatly throughout the published literature, ranging from 177 000 to 600 000 km 2 with models suggesting potential distribution an order of magnitude higher.…

  • Social-ecological drivers and dynamics of seagrass gleaning fisheries

    Open AccessFurkon Furkon, Natsir Nessa et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2020Citada por: 2Referências: 30

    Invertebrate gleaning (walking) fisheries are common within intertidal seagrass meadows globally, contributing to the food supply of hundreds of millions of people, but understanding of these fisheries and their ecological drivers are extremely limited. The present study provides a unique analysis of these fisheries using a combined social and ecological approach. Catches contained 34 species and were dominated by Bivalves, Urchins and Gastropods…

  • The perverse fisheries consequences of mosquito net malaria prophylaxis in East Africa

    Open AccessBenjamin L H Jones, Benjamin L Jones et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2020Referências: 47

    Malaria is a serious global health issue, with around 200 million cases per year. As such, great effort has been put into the mass distribution of bed nets as a means of prophylaxis within Africa. Distributed mosquito nets are intended to be used for malaria protection, yet increasing evidence suggests that fishing is a primary use for these nets, providing fresh concerns for already stressed coastal ecosystems. While research documents the scale…

  • Global challenges for seagrass conservation

    Open AccessRichard K F Unsworth, Len J McKenzie et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2019Citada por: 2Referências: 76

    Seagrasses, flowering marine plants that form underwater meadows, play a significant global role in supporting food security, mitigating climate change and supporting biodiversity. Although progress is being made to conserve seagrass meadows in select areas, most meadows remain under significant pressure resulting in a decline in meadow condition and loss of function. Effective management strategies need to be implemented to reverse seagrass loss…

  • Food supply depends on seagrass meadows in the coral triangle

    Open AccessRichard K F Unsworth, Stephanie L Hinder et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2014

    The tropical seascape provides food and livelihoods to hundreds of millions of people, but the support of key habitats to this supply remains ill appreciated. For fisheries and conservation management actions to help promote resilient ecosystems, sustainable livelihoods, and food supply, knowledge is required about the habitats that help support fisheries productivity and the consequences of this for food security. This paper provides an interdis…

  • Valuing and Evaluating Marine Ecosystem Services

    Open AccessJulian Clifton, Leanne C Cullen-Unsworth et al.ARTICLEEnvironment and Society2014

    The flow of ecosystem services from coral reefs, seagrass meadows and mangrove forests sustains the livelihoods of billions of people worldwide. Faced with the global degradation of marine and coastal ecosystems, policy makers are increasingly focusing on ecosystem service valuation techniques to encourage conservation and sustainable use of marine resources. Here we provide a review and synthesis of the available information on economic valuatio…

  • Tropical seagrass meadows modify seawater carbon chemistry

    Open AccessRichard K F Unsworth, Catherine J Collier et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2012

    Highly productive tropical seagrasses often live adjacent to or among coral reefs and utilize large amounts of inorganic carbon. In this study, the effect of seagrass productivity on seawater carbonate chemistry and coral calcification was modelled on the basis of an analysis of published data. \nPublished data (11 studies, 64 records) reveal that seagrass meadows in the Indo-Pacific have an 83% chance of being net autotrophic, resulting in an av…