| Description |
xvi, 691 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
1. Taxonomy and biogeography of seagrasses / C. den Hartog and John Kuo -- 2. Seagrass evolution, ecology and conservation : a genetic perspective / Michelle Waycott ... [et al.] -- 3. Seagrass morphology, anatomy, and ultrastructure / J. Kuo and C. den Hartog -- 4. Sexual reproduction of seagrasses : pollination in the marine context / Josef Daniel Ackerman -- 5. Ecology of seagrass seeds and dispersal strategies / Robert J. Orth, Matthew C. Harwell and Graeme J. Inglis -- 6. Seagrass beds and coastal biogeochemistry / Núria Marbà ... [et al.] -- 7. Carbon flux in seagrass ecosystems / Miguel A. Mateo ... [et al.] -- 8. Fluid dynamics in seagrass ecology - from molecules to ecosystems / Evamaria W. Koch ... [et al.] -- 9. Nutrients dynamics in seagrass ecosystems / Javier Romero ... [et al.] -- 10. Oxygen movement in seagrasses / Jens Borum ... [et al.] -- 11. Dynamics of seagrass stability and change / Carlos M. Duarte ... [et al.] -- 12. Aquatic optics : basic concepts for understanding how light affects seagrasses and makes them measurable from space / Richard C. Zimmerman and Arnold G. Dekker -- 13. Light and photosynthesis in seagrass meadows / Richard C. Zimmerman -- 14. Photosynthesis and metabolism in seagrasses at the cellular level / Anthony W.D. Larkum, Edward A. Drew, and Peter J. Ralph -- 15. Remote Sensing of seagrass ecosystems : use of spaceborne and airborne sensors / Arnold Dekker ... [et al.] -- 16. Zostera : biology, ecology, and management / Kenneth A. Moore and Frederick T. Short -- 17. Biology of posidonia / Sylvie Gobert ... [et al.] -- 18. The biology of thalassia : paradigms and recent advances in research / Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek -- 19. Epiphytes of seagrasses / Michael A. Borwitzka, Paul S. Lavery, and Mike van Keulen -- 20. The central role of grazing in seagrass ecology / John F. Valentine and J. Emmett Duffy -- 21. Seagrasses, fish, and fisheries / Bronwyn M. Gillanders -- 22. Predation in seagrass beds / Kenneth L. Heck and Robert J. Orth -- 23. Decline and recovery of seagrass ecosystems - the dynamics of change / Diana I. Walker, Gary A. Kendrick, and Arthur J. McComb -- 24. Human impacts on seagrasses : eutrophication, sedimentation and contamination / Peter J. Ralph ... [et al.] -- 25. Seagrass conservation biology : an interdisciplinary science for protection of the seagrass biome / W. Judson Kenworthy ... [et al.] -- 26. Seagrass ecology : new contributions from a landscape perspective / Susan S. Bell, Mark S. Fonseca, and Nathaniel B. Stafford |
| Summary |
Features experts in 26 areas of seagrass biology presenting their work. This book is divided into sections on taxonomy, anatomy, reproduction, ecology, physiology, fisheries, management, conservation and landscape ecology |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Marine plants.
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Seagrasses -- Ecology.
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Seagrasses.
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| Author |
Duarte, Carlos M.
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Larkum, A. W. D.
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Orth, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1947-
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| LC no. |
2006273259 |
| ISBN |
140202942X (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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1402029837 (e-book) |
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9781402029424 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781402029837 (ebook) |
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