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Global seagrass research methods /

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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 o...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Short, Frederick T., Coles, Robert G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2001.
Subjects:
Seagrasses > Research.
Herbes marines > Recherche.
Seagrasses > Research
Methode
Seegrasgewächse
Ökologie
Zeegrassen.
Algues > Recherche.
Online Access:Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • Global seagrass distribution / Frederick T. Short, Robert G. Coles, Christine Pergent-Martini
  • Seagrass taxonomy and identification key / John Kuo, C. den Hartog
  • Reproduction and phenology in seagrasses / Diana I. Walker, Birgit Olesen, Ronald C. Phillips
  • Standards for seagrass collection, identification and sample design / David M. Burdick, Gary A. Kendrick
  • Methods for mapping seagrass distribution / Len J. McKenzie, Mark A. Finkbeiner, Hugh Kirkman
  • Methods for assessing seagrass seed ecology and population genetics / Graeme J. Inglis, Michelle Waycott
  • Methods for the measurement of seagrass abundance and depth distribution / Carlos M. Duarte, Hugh Kirkman
  • Methods for the measurement of seagrass growth and production / Frederick T. Short, Carlos M. Duarte
  • Measurements of photosynthetic rates in seagrasses / Sven Beer [and others]
  • Assessing biomass, assemblage structure and productivity of algal epiphytes on seagrasses / Gary A. Kendrick, Paul S. Lavery
  • Methods to measure macroalgal biomass and abundance in seagrass meadows / Bujang Japar Sidik, Salomão O. Bandeira, Nataliya A. Milchakova
  • Techniques for quantitative sampling of infauna and small epifauna in seagrass / Andrea Raz-Guzman, Raymond E. Grizzle
  • Fish, crabs, shrimps and other large mobile epibenthos : measurement methods for their biomass and abundance in seagrass / Graham J. Edgar, Hiroshi Mukai, Robert J. Orth
  • Measuring invertebrate grazing on seagrasses and epiphytes / Valerio Zupo, Walter G. Nelson, M. Cristina Gambi
  • Methods for assessing the grazing effects of large herbivores on seagrasses / Chatcharee Supanwanid, John O. Albertsen, Hiroshi Mukai
  • Seagrass decomposition / Diana I. Walker, Gérard Pergent, Stefano Fazi
  • Measurements of physical parameters in seagrass habitats / Evamaria W. Koch, Jennifer J. Verduin
  • Sediment geology methods for seagrass habitat / Paul L.A. Erftemeijer, Evamaria W. Koch
  • Measurement of light penetration in relation to seagrass / Timothy J.B. Carruthers [and others]
  • Water quality measurement methods for seagrass habitat / Stephen Granger, Hitoshi Iizumi
  • Improving seagrass habitat quality / Warren J. Lee Long, Ronald M. Thom
  • Seagrass transplantation and other seagrass restoration methods / Hilconida P. Calumpong, Mark S. Fonseca
  • Protecting seagrass : approaches and methods / Robert Coles, Miguel Fortes.