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Changing Seas
Seagrasses and Mangroves
Season 2
Episode 203
Changing Seas examines the important role seagrasses and mangroves play in the ocean’s web of life. Today both are in decline globally, threatening an ecosystem collapse from the bottom of the food chain all the way to the top.
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