Seagrasses | Monitoring, Ecology, Physiology, and Management | Stephen

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ABSTRACT

Seagrasses are becoming widely used as in situ indicators of the relative health and condition of subtropical and tropical estuarine ecosystems. To permit meaningful management of our estuaries, there is clearly a need to develop and refine ways of effectively monitoring and assessing seagrasses.
Seagrasses: Monitoring, Ecology, Physiology, and

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|6 pages

Seagrass Ecology and Management: An Introduction

part |2 pages

Section I

chapter 2|24 pages

Establishing Light Requirements for the Seagrass Thalassia testudinum: An Example from Tampa Bay, Florida

chapter 3|16 pages

Somatic, Respiratory, and Photosynthetic Responses of the Seagrass Halodule wrightii to Light Reduction in Tampa Bay, Florida Including a Whole Plant Carbon Budget

chapter 4|16 pages

The Effects of Dock Height on Light Irradiance (PAR) and Seagrass (Halodule wrightii and Syringodium filiforme) Cover

chapter 5|16 pages

Tape Grass Life History Metrics Associated with Environmental Variables in a Controlled Estuary

chapter 6|18 pages

Experimental Studies on the Salinity Tolerance of Turtle Grass, Thalassia testudinum

chapter 7|14 pages

Effects of the Disposal of Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination Discharges on a Seagrass Meadow (Thalassia testudinum) Offshore of Antigua, West Indies

part |2 pages

Section II

chapter 8|10 pages

Development and Use of an Epiphyte Photo-Index (EPI) for Assessing Epiphyte Loadings on the Seagrass Halodule wrightii

chapter 9|12 pages

Establishing Baseline Seagrass Parameters in a Small Estuarine Bay

chapter 10|10 pages

Monitoring Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Hillsborough Bay, Florida

chapter 11|10 pages

Monitoring the Effects of Construction and Operation of a Marina on the Seagrass Halophila decipiens in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

chapter 12|10 pages

Recent Trends in Seagrass Distributions in Southwest Florida Coastal Waters

chapter 13|10 pages

Monitoring Seagrass Changes in Indian River Lagoon, Florida Using Fixed Transects

chapter 14|18 pages

Long-Term Trends in Seagrass Beds in the Mosquito Lagoon and Northern Banana River, Florida

part |2 pages

Section III

chapter 15|14 pages

Reciprocal Transplanting of the Threatened Seagrass Halophila johnsonii (Johnson’s Seagrass) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida

chapter 16|8 pages

Setting Seagrass Targets for the Indian River Lagoon, Florida

chapter 17|12 pages

Seagrass Bed Recovery after Hydrological Restoration in a Coastal Lagoon with Groundwater Discharges in the North of Yucatan (Southeastern Mexico)

chapter 18|8 pages

Observations on the Regrowth of Subaquatic Vegetation Following Transplantation: A Potential Method to Assess Environmental Health of Coastal Habitats

part |2 pages

Section IV

chapter 19|18 pages

Scaling Submersed Plant Community Responses to Experimental Nutrient Enrichment

chapter 20|20 pages

Seagrass Ecosystem Characteristics, Research, and Management Needs in the Florida Big Bend

chapter 21|16 pages

Seagrass Restoration in Tampa Bay: A Resource-Based Approach to Estuarine Management

chapter 22|14 pages

Matching Salinity Metrics to Estuarine Seagrasses for Freshwater Inflow Management