de Souza Luiza Reis, Pereira Renato Crespo, Soares-Gomes Abílio
Laboratório de Ecologia de Sedimentos, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Front Plant Sci. 2024 Dec 23;15:1484301. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1484301. eCollection 2024.
Submerged or partially floating seagrasses in marine or brackish waters form productive seagrass beds, feeding grounds for a rich and varied associated biota, play key ecological roles in mitigating climate change and provide ecosystem services for humanity. The objective of this study was to perform a temporal quali- and quantitative analysis on the scientific production on seagrasses in the Atlantic Ocean during last 64 years (1960 to 2024) through defined workflow by scientometric analysis on Scopus database. Publications in this database date back to 1969, comprising a total of 3.482 scientific articles, primary focused on seagrass ecology. These articles were published in 574 distinct peer-reviewed scientific ecological journals, and are divided into four periods based on the number of articles, keywords and biograms, with an average annual increase of 8.28% in the number of articles published. , and were the most researched species, especially in Atlantic coastal areas of Europe and North/Central America. Studies on seagrasses along the Atlantic coast have been well consolidated by a few authors with prolific scientific output, but much of the research has been conducted by non-specialists who published only one or a few articles. We also found that researches from each continent tend to focus on specific topics: North America researches investigated future climate change scenarios and seagrass ecology, while those from Europe prioritize on restoration plans. Additionaly, European researchers from Europe predominantly collaborate with local scientists, a trend also observed among American researches. This indicates a need for increase research and scientific production in the South Atlantic region.
在海洋或咸淡水中淹没或部分漂浮的海草形成了高产的海草床，是丰富多样的相关生物群落的觅食地，在缓解气候变化方面发挥着关键的生态作用，并为人类提供生态系统服务。本研究的目的是通过对Scopus数据库进行科学计量分析，采用定义的工作流程，对过去64年（1960年至2024年）大西洋海草的科研产出进行时间上的定性和定量分析。该数据库中的出版物可追溯到1969年，共有3482篇科学文章，主要聚焦于海草生态学。这些文章发表在574种不同的同行评审科学生态期刊上，并根据文章数量、关键词和生物图谱分为四个时期，发表文章数量平均每年增长8.28%。 、 和 是研究最多的物种，特别是在欧洲以及北美/中美洲的大西洋沿岸地区。大西洋沿岸海草的研究已由一些科研产出丰富的作者很好地整合起来，但许多研究是由只发表了一篇或几篇文章的非专业人员进行的。我们还发现，各大洲的研究往往侧重于特定主题：北美研究调查未来气候变化情景和海草生态学，而欧洲的研究则优先考虑恢复计划。此外，欧洲研究人员主要与当地科学家合作，美国研究中也观察到了这一趋势。这表明南大西洋地区需要加强研究和科研产出。
