Seagrass : ecology, uses, and threats

Author(s)

• Pirog, Robert S.

Bibliographic Information

Seagrass : ecology, uses, and threats

Robert S. Pirog editor

（Oceanography and ocean engineering）（Environmental science, engineering and technology series）

Nova Science Publishers, c2011

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-261) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Seagrasses are flowering plants from one of four plant families, all in the order Alismatales, which grow in marine, fully-saline environments. Seagrasses are sometimes labelled ecosystem engineers, because they partly create their own habitat: the leaves slow down water-currents increasing sedimentation, and the seagrass roots and rhizomes stabilise the seabed. Their importance for associated species is mainly due to provision of shelter, and for their extraordinarily high rate of primary production. This book presents current research in the study of seagrass, including ecosystem modelling of seagrass beds; P. oceanica population genetics and proteomics; the impact of hurricanes on seagrass thalassia testudinum in the Caribbean Sea; GIS mapping of seagrass meadows; and the rise of Ruppia in seagrass beds.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Ecosystem Modeling & its Application for Seagrass Beds
• Posidonia Oceanica: From Ecological Status to Genetic & Proteomic Resources
• The Impact of Hurricanes on Epiphytal Foraminifera on Rhizomes of the Seagrass Thalassia Testudinum, Nevis, North-Eastern Caribbean Sea
• The Importance & Function of Seagrass Habitats for Elasmobranchs
• The Use of Stochastic Models as a Management Tool in a Shallow Temperate Estuary of South Europe (Mondego, Portugal)
• Recruitment Preferences of a Bivalve Community: Results from Artificial Collectors over Posidonia Oceanica (L.) Delile Meadows in a Marine Protected Area (MPA)
• The Use of Aerial Photography in GIS Mapping of Seagrass Meadows
• The Rise of Ruppia in Seagrass Beds: Changes in Coastal Environment & Research Needs
• Seagrass Meadows of the Wakatobi National Park
• Index.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB07372933
• ISBN:
  • 9781617619878
• LCCN: 2010037906
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 277 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QK495.A14
  • DC22 : 584/.72
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Seagrasses -- Ecology
  • LCSH : Seagrasses -- Research -- Methodology
  • LCSH : Seagrasses -- Conservation
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB03929292
  • BA91367781