Jordi Chias / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding in Cymodocea, inside lagoon, Mayote Islands, Indian Ocean

Sergio Hanquet / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) resting in marine meadow, amongst Little Neptune grass (Cymodocea nodosa). Canary Islands, Tenerife.

Sergio Hanquet / Turtle (Chelonia mydas) resting on sea floor in marine meadow, amongst Little Neptune grass (Cymodocea nodosa). Canary Islands, Tenerife.

Sergio Hanquet / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) eating Seagrass (Cymodocea nodosa) on sea floor, portrait. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) eating Seagrass (Cymodocea nodosa) on sea floor. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Alex Mustard / Bed of Clump seagrass (Cymodocea serrulata) in late afternoon. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Sergio Hanquet / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on Seagrass (Cymodocea nodosa) on the seabed, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Atlantic Ocean.

Sergio Hanquet / Pipefish (Syngnathus acus) in a seagrass meadow (Cymodocea nodosa) Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Pipefish (Syngnathus acus) in a seagrass meadow (Cymodocea nodosa) Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Pearly razorfish (Xyrichthys novacula) hunting in sea grass (Cymodocea nodosa), Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Alex Mustard / Seagrass meadow (Cymodocea rotundat). Seagrass is threatened in the Maldives, where many resorts actively pluck the plants from the water to create a sandy seabed, but generating major problems of ero...

Alex Mustard / Marine biologist surveying a meadow of seagrass (Cymodocea rotundata) around a Maldive Island. Seagrass is an important habitat, yet Maldives resorts were previously encouraged to pluck seagrass to im...