| Description |
1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Marine science series |
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Marine science series.
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| Contents |
Seagrass ecology and management / W. Michael Kemp -- Establishing light requirements for the seagrass Thalassia testudinum / L. Kellie Dixon -- Somatic, respiratory, and photosynthetic responses of the seagrass Halodule wrightii to light reduction in Tampa Bay, Florida including a whole plant carbon budget / Merrie Beth Neely -- Effects of dock height on light irradiance (PAR) and seagrass (Halodule wrightii and Syringodium filiforme) cover / Jeffrey L. Beal and Brandon S. Schmit -- Tape grass life history metrics associated with environmental variables in a controlled estuary / Stephen A. Bortone and Robert K. Turpin -- Experimental studies on the salinity tolerance of turtle grass, Thalassia testudinum / Peter H. Doering and Robert H. Chamberlain -- Effects of the disposal of reverse osmosis seawater desalination discharges on a seagrass meadow (Thalassia testudinum) offshore of Antigua, West Indies / David A. Tomasko [and others] -- Development and use of an epiphyte photo-index (EPI) for assessing epiphyte loadings on the seagrass Halodule wrightii / Robbyn Miller-Myers and Robert W. Virnstein -- Establishing baseline seagrass parameters in a small estuarine bay / Margaret A. Wilzbach [and others] -- Monitoring submerged aquatic vegetation in Hillsborough Bay, Florida / Walter Avery -- Monitoring the effects of construction and operation of a marina on the seagrass Halophila decipiens in Fort Lauderdale, Florida / Donald R. Deis -- Recent trends in seagrass distributions in Southwest Florida coastal waters / Raymond C. Kurz [and others] -- Monitoring seagrass changes in Indian River Lagoon, Florida using fixed transects / Lori J. Morris [and others] -- Long-term trends in seagrass beds in the Mosquito Lagoon and Northern Banana River, Florida / Jane A. Provancha and Douglas M. Scheidt -- Reciprocal transplanting of the threatened seagrass Halophila johnsonii (Johnson's seagrass) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida / W. Schlese Heidelbaugh [and others] -- Setting seagrass targets for the Indian River Lagoon, Florida / Robert W. Virnstein and Lori J. Morris -- Seagrass bed recovery after hydrological restoration in a coastal lagoon with groundwater discharges in the North of Yucatan (Southeastern Mexico) / Jorge A. Herrera-Silveira [and others] -- Observations on the regrowth of subaquatic vegetation following transplantation / William P. Davis, Michelle R. Davis, and David A. Flemer -- Scaling submersed plant community responses to experimental nutrient enrichment / Laura Murray [and others] -- Seagrass ecosystem characteristics and research and management needs in the Florida Big Bend / Robert A. Mattson -- Seagrass restoration in Tampa Bay / J.O. Roger Johansson and Holly S. Greening -- Matching salinity metrics to estuarine seagrasses for freshwater inflow management / Ernest D. Estevez |
| Summary |
Seagrasses are becoming widely used as in situ indicators of the relative health and condition of subtropical and tropical estuarine ecosystems. This book brings together research results in seagrass management ecology from both the scientific and environmental management communities |
| Notes |
Proceedings of a workshop "Subtropical and Tropical Seagrass Management Ecology: Responses to Environmental Stress" held in Fort Myers, Florida, 14-16 October 1998 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Seagrasses -- Congresses
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Seagrasses -- Ecology -- Congresses
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NATURE -- Plants -- General.
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Seagrasses
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Seagrasses -- Ecology
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PLANTAS MARINHAS.
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MONOCOTILEDÔNEAS.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bortone, Stephen A.
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| ISBN |
9781435606647 |
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1435606647 |
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1420074474 |
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9781420074475 |
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