Global seagrass research methods
By: edited by Frederick T. Short, Robert G. Coles ; technical editor, Catherine A. Short.
Contributors: Short, Frederick T.; Coles, Robert G.
Publisher: Elsevier; Elsevier Science
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
Subjects: Seagrasses -- Research.
Description: Table of Contents

Introduction 		1
		R.G. Coles, F.T. Short and C.A. Short	

	Part I. 	Status of Seagrass

1.	 Global Seagrass Distribution 	5
		F.T. Short, R.G. Coles, and C. Pergent-Martini

2.	 Seagrass Taxonomy and Identification Key 	31
		J. Kuo and C. den Hartog

3.	 Reproduction and Phenology in Seagrasses	59
		D.I. Walker, B. Olesen, and R.C. Phillips

	Part II.	 Seagrass Research Methods
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4.	 Standards for Seagrass Collection, Identification and Sample Design	79
		D.M. Burdick and G.A. Kendrick

5.	 Methods for Mapping Seagrass Distribution 	101
		L.J. McKenzie, M.A. Finkbeiner, and H. Kirkman

6. Methods for Assessing Seagrass Seed Ecology and Population Genetics	123
		G.J. Inglis and M. Waycott

7. 	Methods for the Measurement of Seagrass Abundance and Depth  	141
		Distribution  C.M. Duarte and H. Kirkman

8.	 Methods for the Measurement of Seagrass Growth and Production	155
		F.T. Short and C.M. Duarte

9.	 Measurements of Photosynthetic Rates in Seagrasses	183
		S. Beer, M Bjork, R. Gademann, and P. Ralph

10. Assessing Biomass, Assemblage Structure and Productivity of Algal 	199
		Epiphytes on Seagrasses  G.A. Kendrick and P.S. Lavery
11.	 Methods to Measure Macroalgal Biomass and Abundance in Seagrass 	223
		Meadows  B. Japar Sidik, S.O. Bandeira, and N.A. Milchakova

12.	 Techniques for Quantitative Sampling of Infauna and Epifauna in Seagrass	237
		 A. Raz-Guzman And R.E. Grizzle

13.	 Fish, Crabs, Shrimps and Other Large Mobile Epibenthos: Measurement 	255
		Methods for their Biomass and Abundance in Seagrass 
		G.J. Edgar, H. Mukai, and R.J. Orth

14. Measuring Invertebrate Grazing on Seagrasses and Epiphytes	271
		V. Zupo, W.G. Nelson, and M.C. Gambi

15.	 Methods for Assessing the Grazing Effects of Large Herbivores on	293
		Seagrasses  C. Supanwanid, J.O. Albertsen, and H. Mukai

16.	 Seagrass Decomposition 	313
		D.I. Walker, G. Pergent, and S. Fazi

17.	 Measurements of Physical Parameters in Seagrass Habitats	325
		E.W. Koch and J.J. Verduin

18. 	Sediment Geology Methods for Seagrass Habitat	345
		P.L.A. Erftemeijer and E.W. Koch

19.	 Measurement of Light Penetration in Relation to Seagrass 	369
		T.J.B. Carruthers, B.J. Longstaff, W.C. Dennison, E.G. Abal, and K. Aioi 

20.	 Water Quality Measurement Methods for Seagrass Habitat	393
		S. Granger and H. Iizumi

	Part III. 	Seagrass Habitat Conservation
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21.	 Improving Seagrass Habitat Quality  	407
		W. Lee Long and R.M. Thom

22. 	Seagrass Transplantation and Other Seagrass Restoration Methods	425
		H. Calumpong and M. Fonseca

23. 	Protecting Seagrass: Approaches And Methods	445
		R.G. Coles and M.D. Fortes

List of Reviewers	465

Author Index	466

Subject Index	469
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.