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Title Seagrasses : biology, ecology, and conservation / edited by Anthony W.D. Larkum, Robert J. Orth, and Carlos M. Duarte
Published Dordrecht, the Netherlands : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 691 pages) : illustrations
Contents Taxonomy and biogeography of seagrasses / C. den Hartog and John Kuo -- Seagrass evolution, ecology and conservation: a genetic perspective / Michelle Waycott, Gabriele Procaccini, Donald H. Les and Thorsten B.H. Reusch -- Seagrass morphology, anatomy, and ultrastructure / J. Kuo and C. den Hartog -- Sexual reproduction of seagrasses: pollination in the marine context / Josef Daniel Ackerman -- Ecology of seagrass seeds and dispersal strategies / Robert J. Orth, Matthew C. Harwell and Graeme J. Inglis -- Seagrass beds and coastal biogeochemistry / Núrai Marbà, Marianne Holmer, Esperança Gacia and Christina Barrón -- Carbon flux in seagrass ecosystems / Miguel A. Mateo, Just Cebrián, Kenneth Dunton, and Troy Mutchler -- Fluid dynamics in seagrass ecology--from molecules to ecosystems / Evamaria W. Koch, Joseph D. Ackerman, Jennifer Verduin and Michael van Keulen -- Nutrients dynamics in seagrass ecosystems / Javier Romero, Kun-Seop Lee, Marta Pérez, Miguel A. Mateo, and Teresa Alcoverro -- Oxygen movement in seagrasses / Jens Borum, Kaj Sand-Jensen, Thomas Binzer, Ole Pedersen, and Tina Maria Greve -- Dynamics of seagrass stability and change / Carlos M. Duarte, James W. Fourqurean, Dorte Krause-Jensen, and Birgit Olesen -- Aquatic optics: basic concepts for understanding how light affects seagrasses and makes them measurable from space / Richard C. Zimmerman and Arnold G. Dekker -- Light and photosynthesis in seagrass meadows / Richard C. Zimmerman -- Photosynthesis and metabolism in seagrasses at the cellular level / Anthony W.D. Larkum, Edward A. Drew, and Peter J. Ralph -- Remote sensing of seagrass ecosystems: use of spaceborne and airborne sensors / Arnold Dekker, Vittorio Brando, Janet Anstee, Suzanne Fife, Timothy Malthus and Evanthia Karpouzli -- Zostera: biology, ecology, and management / Kenneth A. Moore and Frederick T. Short -- Biology of posidonia / Sylvie Gobert, Marion L. Cambridge, Branco Velimirov, Gérard Pergent, Gilles Lepoint, Jean-Marie Bouquegneau, Patrick Dauby, Christine Pergent-Martini, and Diana I. Walker
The biology of thalassia: paradigms and recent advances in research / Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek, Jan A. Vonk, Johan Stapel, Paul L.A. Erftemeijer, Jack J. Middleburg, and Jay C. Zieman -- Epiphytes of seagrasses / Michael A. Borowitzka, Paul S. Lavery, and Michael van Keulen -- The central role of grazing in seagrass ecology / John F. Valentine and J. Emmett Duffy -- Seagrasses, fish, and fisheries / Bronwyn M. Gillanders -- Predation in seagrass beds / Kenneth L. Heck and Robert J. Orth -- Decline and recovery of seagrass ecosystems--the dynamics of change / Diana I. Walker, Gary A. Kendrick, and Arthur J. McComb -- Human impacts on seagrasses: eutrophication, sedimentation and contamination / Peter J. Ralph, David Tomasko, Kenneth Moore, Stephanie Seddon, and Catrionà M.O. Maccinis-Ng -- Seagrass conservation biology: an interdisciplinary science for protection of the seagrass biome / W. Judson Kenworthy, Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria, Robert G. Coles, Gérard Pergent and Christine Pergent-Martini -- 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Seagrasses.
NATURE -- Plants -- Aquatic.
Seagrasses.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Seagrasses
Form Electronic book
Author Larkum, A. W. D
Orth, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1947-
Duarte, Carlos M
ISBN 9781402029837
1402029837
140202942X
9781402029424
128095759X
9781280957598
6610624143
9786610624140