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 |
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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 |
Notes |
Print version record |
In |
Springer e-books |
Subject |
Seagrasses.
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NATURE -- Plants -- Aquatic.
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Seagrasses.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Seagrasses
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Larkum, A. W. D
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Orth, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1947-
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Duarte, Carlos M
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ISBN |
9781402029837 |
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1402029837 |
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140202942X |
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9781402029424 |
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128095759X |
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9781280957598 |
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6610624143 |
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9786610624140 |
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