Zostera Experimental Network (ZEN)

The Zostera Experimental Network (ZEN) is a global collaborative network of scientists studying the structure and functioning eelgrass (Zostera marina) ecosystems, the world’s most widespread marine plant. ZEN is funded by a US National Science Foundation grant and draws together a partnership of scientists from twelve countries. ZEN is conducting experiments and surveys that aim to quantify how resources and grazing interactively affect biomass, production, and trophic transfer in these ecologically and economically important seagrass ecosystems along natural gradients in biodiversity and environmental change.