Global seagrass research methods
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Abundance
Biology > Genetics > Population genetics
Classification > Taxonomy
Documents
Flora > Weeds > Marine organisms > Seaweeds > Sea grass
Identification keys
Light penetration
Methodology
Population functions > Growth
Restoration
Marine/Coastal |
| Authors | | Top |
- Short, F.T., editor
- Coles, R.G., editor
- Short, C.A., editor
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- Coles, R.G.; Short, F.T.; Short, C.A. (2001). Introduction, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 1-4, more
- Short, F.T.; Coles, R.G.; Pergent-Martini, C. (2001). Global seagrass distribution, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 5-30, more
- Kuo, J.; den Hartog, C. (2001). Seagrass taxonomy and identification key, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 31-58, more
- Walker, D.I.; Olesen, B.; Phillips, R.C. (2001). Reproduction and phenology in seagrasses, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 59-78, more
- Burdick, D.M.; Kendrick, G.A. (2001). Standards for seagrass collection, identification and sample design, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 79-100, more
- McKenzie, L.J.; Finkbeiner, M.A.; Kirkman, H. (2001). Methods for mapping seagrass distribution, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 101-121, more
- Inglis, G.J.; Waycott, M. (2001). Methods for assessing seagrass seed ecology and population genetics, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 123-140, more
- Duarte, C.M.; Kirkman, H. (2001). Methods for the measurement of seagrass abundance and depth distribution, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 141-153, more
- Short, F.T.; Duarte, C.M. (2001). Methods for the measurement of seagrass growth and production, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 157-182, more
- Beer, S.; Björk, M.; Gademann, R.; Ralph, P.J. (2001). Measurements of photosynthetic rates in seagrasses, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 183-198, more
- Kendrick, G.A.; Lavery, P.S. (2001). Assessing biomass, assemblage structure and productivity of algal epiphytes on seagrasses, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 199-222, more
- Sidik, B.J.; Bandeira, S.O.; Milchakova, N.A. (2001). Methods to measure macroalgal biomass and abundance in seagrass meadows, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 223-235, more
- Raz-Guzman, A.; Grizzle, R.E. (2001). Techniques for quantitative sampling of infauna and epifauna in seagrass, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 237-253, more
- Edgar, G.J.; Mukai, H.; Orth, R.J. (2001). Fish, crabs, shrimps and other large mobile epibenthos: measurement methods for their biomass and abundance in seagrass, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 255-270, more
- Zupo, V.; Nelson, W.G.; Gambi, M.C. (2001). Measuring invertebrate grazing on seagrasses and epiphytes, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 270-292, more
- Supanwanid, C.; Albertsen, J.O.; Mukai, H. (2001). Methods for assessing the grazing effects of large herbivores on seagrasses, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 293-312, more
- Walker, D.I.; Pergent, G.; Fazi, S. (2001). Seagrass decomposition, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 313-324, more
- Koch, E.W.; Verduin, J.J. (2001). Measurements of physical parameters in seagrass habitats, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 323-344, more
- Erftemeijer, P.L.A.; Koch, E.W. (2001). Sediment geology methods for seagrass habitat, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 345-367, more
- Carruthers, T.J.B.; Longstaff, B.J.; Dennison, W.C.; Abal, E.G.; Aioi, K. (2001). Measurement of light penetration in relation to seagrass, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 369-392, more
- Granger, S.; Iizumi, H. (2001). Water quality measurement methods for seagrass habitat, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 393-406, more
- Long, W.J.L.; Thom, R.M. (2001). Improving seagrass habitat quality, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 407-423, more
- Calumpong, H.P.; Fonseca, M.S. (2001). Seagrass transplantation and other seagrass restoration methods, in: Short, F.T. et al. Global seagrass research methods. pp. 425-443, more
- Coles, R.G.; Fortes, M. (2001). Protecting seagrass: approaches and methods, in: Short, F.T. et al. (Ed.) Global seagrass research methods. pp. 445-463, more
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| Abstract |
This thorough and informative volume presents a set of detailed, globally applicable techniques for seagrass research. The book provides methods for all aspects of seagrass science from basic plant collection to statistical approaches and investigations of plant-animal interaction. The emphasis is on methods that are applicable in both developing and developed countries. The importance of seagrasses in coastal and near shore environments, and ultimately their contribution to the productivity of the world's oceans, has become increasingly recognised over the last 40 years. Seagrasses provide food for sea turtles, nearly 100 fish species, waterfowl and for the marine mammals the manatee and dugong. Seagrasses also support complex food webs by virtue of their physical structure and primary production and are well known for their role as breeding grounds and nurseries for important crustacean, finfish and shell fish populations. Seagrasses are the basis of an important detrital food chain. The plants filter nutrients and contaminants from the water, stabilise sediments and act as dampeners to wave action. Seagrasses rank with coral reefs and mangroves as some of the world's most productive coastal habitat and strong linkages among these habitats make the loss of seagrasses a contributing factor in the degradation of the world's oceans. Contributors from around the world provide up-to-date methods for comparable collection of ecological information from both temperate and tropical seagrass ecosystems. |
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