“…These were largely derived from research focused on the ecology of deep-sea fauna (e.g., Wolff, 1979) and carbon sources to marine food webs (Baeta et al, 2009), and also included research motivated by the study of organic matter fluxes to the deep sea (e.g., Wiebe et al, 1976), surveys of marine debris (Wei et al, 2012), assessments of kelp contributions to deep-sea sediments (e.g., Harrold et al, 1998), and assessments of the sources of sediment organic matter (e.g., Boysen-Jensen, 1914;Boschker et al, 2000), among other research topics. Taken in concert, however, these reports produce strong and compelling evidence that seagrass meadows contribute to sedimentary carbon stocks in bare sediments extending from shallow littoral areas to the hadal regions of the ocean.…”