International Seagrass Biology Workshop
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Table of Contents
WELCOME
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SECTION I REFLECTIONS
1. The Global Seagrass Inititative ContinuesPETER McROY
2. Historical Perspective on Seagrass Ecosystem Research
RONALD C. PHILLIPS
3. Reflections: From My First Steps in Botany to the "Seagrasses of the World"
CORNELIS DEN HARTOG
4. Seagrasses in Experimental Culture
CALVIN McMILLIAN
SECTION II DIVERSITY AND PLANT BIOLOGY
5. The Intertidal Distribution of Seagrasses and Seaweeds at Mecofi Bay, Northern MozambiqueSALOMAO O. BANDEIRA and CARVALHO M. ANTÓNIO
6. Seagrasses of Thailand
KHANJANAPAJ LEWMANOMONT, SUCHINT DEETAE and VITHYA SRIMANOBHAS
7. Inventory of Seagrasses in Kuta and Gerupuk Bays, Lombok-Indonesia
WAWAN KISWARA
8. A Study of Some Phenological Events in a Malaysian Enhalus acoroides Bed
SARAS ETHIRMANNASINGAM, SIEW-MOI PHANG and A. SASEKUMAR
9. Deepwater Seagrasses in Northeastern Australia - How Deep, How Meaningful?
WARREN J. LEE LONG, ROBERT G. COLES and LEN J. MCKENZIE
10. Seagrasses of the Southern Coast of Western Australia
HUGH KIRKMAN and JOHN KUO
11. Seedling Development of Selected Posidonia Species From Southwest Australia
JOHN KUO and HUGH KIRKMAN
SECTION III MOLECULAR GENETICS
12. An Integrated Approach to the Evolutionary Study of SeagrassesMICHELLE WAYCOTT and DONALD H. LES
13. An Easy Method for Investigating Molecular Systematic Relationships in the Genus Zostera, Zosteraceae
HIROSHI UCHIYAMA
14 Genetic Variability and Reproduction in Two Mediterranean Seagrasses
GABRIELE PROCACCINI and LUCIA MAZZELLA
SECTION IV HYDRODYNAMICS
15. Scale Dependence in the Study of Seagrass SystemsMARK S. FONSECA
16. Hydrodynamics of a Shallow Thalassia testudinum Bed in Florida, USA
EVAMARIA W. KOCH
17. Influence of a Zostera Bed on the Spatial Distribution of Water Flow Over a Broad Geographic Area
TERUHISA KOMATSU
18. Experimental Manipulation of Canopy Density in a Temperate Seagrass [Amphibolis griffithii (Black) den Hartog] Meadow: Effects on Sediments
DIANA I. WALKER, TIM J. B. CARRUTHERS, PETER F. MORRISON and ARTHUR J. McCOMB
19. In situ Submarine Pollination in Amphibolis antarctica (Labill.) Sonder et Aschers. and Its Relation to Hydrodynamics
JENNIFER J. VERDUIN
SECTION V PRODUCTION AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS
20. Techniques of Rapid Assessment of Seagrass Production Yield, Applied to Thalassia testudinum in a Mexican Tropical Reef LagoonBRIGITTA I. VAN TUSSENBROEK
21. Leaf Growth and Production of Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle in Kuta Bay, Lombok Island, Indonesia
MUHAMMAD HUSNI AZKAB
23. Temporal and Spatial Variability of Leaf Production of Zostera marina L. at Otsuchi, Northern Japan
HITOSHI IIZUMI
22. The Rate and Fate of Production of Seagrass Debris in Cages over a Syringodium isoetifolium Meadow in Fiji
SATOSHI NOJIMA and HIROSHI MUKAI
24. Initial Estimates of the Export of Leaf Litter from a Seagrass Bed in the Spermonde Archipelago, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
JOHAN STAPEL, REBI NIJBOER and BAS PHILIPSEN
25. Estimating Nutrient Availability in Seagrass Sediments
JAMES W. UDY and WILLIAM C. DENNISON
26. Is Habitat Separation Between Two Species of Posidonia from West Australia Due to Differences in Nutrient Use Efficiency?
MARION L. CAMBRIDGE
27. Nitrogen Assimilation and Growth Dynamics of the Mediterranean Seagrasses Posidonia oceanica, Cymodocea nodosa, and Zostera noltii
GEORGE P. KRAEMER and LUCIA MAZZELLA
28. Towards a Model for Inorganic Carbon Uptake in Seagrasses Involving Carbonic Anhydrase
ANTHONY W. D. LARKUM and PETER L. JAMES
29. Diurnal Photosynthetic Patterns of Halophila ovalis (R. Br.) Hook f.
PETER RALPH
SECTION VI ANIMAL INTERACTION
30. Diversity, Abundance and Diet of Fish in the Seagrass Beds of Lombok Island, IndonesiaMALIKUSWORO HUTOMO and TEGUH PERISTIWADY
31. Utilization of Seagrass Habitat by the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, in Chesapeake Bay: A Review
ROBERT J. ORTH, JACQUES VAN MONTFRANS, ROMUALD N. LIPCIUS and KAREN S. METCALF
32. The Distribution and Diets of Crabs Associated with Seagrass and Unvegetated Habitats in Western Port, Southeastern Australia
GRAHAM J. EDGAR
33. Habitat Value of Seagrasses for Decapods in Tropical Coastal Lagoons of the Southwestern Gulf Of Mexico: An Overview
ALBERTO J. SANCHEZ, ANDREA RAZ-GUZMAN and EVERARDO BARBA
34. Trophic Structure Related to Seagrass Habitat Complexity
ANDREA RAZ-GUZMAN and ALBERTO J. SANCHEZ
35. The Vagile Fauna of the Leaf Stratum of Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa in the Mediterranean Sea
M. BEATRICE SCIPIONE, M. CRISTINA GAMBI, MAURIZIO LORENTI, GIOVANNI F. RUSSO and VALERIO ZUPO
36. Burrow Structure and Effects of Burrowing Isopods (Limnoriidae) in Southwestern Australian Posidonia Meadows
ANNE BREARLEY and DIANA I. WALKER
37. Effects of the Non-Indigenous Mussel Musculista senhousia on Native Eelgrass Zostera marina
THORSTEN B. H. REUSCH
38. The Clearance Rates of Four Ascidians from Marmion Lagoon, Western Australia
SJAAK (J.) LEMMENS, DENISE KIRKPATRICK and PETER THOMPSON
SECTION VII DECLINE AND RECOVERY
39. Long-term Decline in Eelgrass, Zostera marina L., Linked to Increased Housing DevelopmentFREDERICK T. SHORT, DAVID M. BURDICK, STEVEN GRANGER and SCOTT W. NIXON
40. Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Posidonia oceanica Beds Near a Sewage Outfall (Mediterranean - France)
CHRISTINE PERGENT-MARTINI and GERARD PERGENT
41. Sudden Declines of Seagrass Beds: "Wasting Disease" and Other Disasters
CORNELIS DEN HARTOG
42. Recovery of the Seagrass Halophila ovalis after Grazing by Dugong
CHATCHAREE SUPANWANID
43. A Preliminary Report on the Recovery Process of Zostera marina in Otsuchi Bay, Northern Japan after Disturbance by Large Atmospheric Depressions
KEIKO AIOI and TERUHISA KOMATSU
44. Regression of Seagrass Meadows, Changes in Seabed Profiles and Seagrass Composition at Dedged and Undredged Sites in the Owen Anchorage Region of Southwestern Australia
DAVID M. GORDON, PETER COLLINS, IAN N. BAXTER and IAN LePROVOST
45. Ecology of Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) Transplants In Izembek Lagoon, Alaska
RONALD C. PHILLIPS
SECTION VIII MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT
46. Seagrass Survival ModelWILLIAM C. DENNISON and HUGH KIRKMAN
47. Monitoring Seagrasses in Tropical Ports and Harbours
WARREN J. LEE LONG, LEN J. MCKENZIE, MICHAEL A. RASHEED and ROBERT G. COLES
48. Monitoring of Posidonia oceanica Meadows Using Image Processing
VANINA PASQUALINI and CHRISTINE PERGENT-MARTINI
49. Seagrass Research in Southeast Asia: Where Does It Lead to?
MIGUEL D. FORTES
SECTION IX ABSTRACT
50. Fossil Heterozostera tasmanica from South-Central PeruRONALD C. PHILLIPS, SANDY WYLLIE-ECHEVERRIA and TOM J. DeVRIES
51. Patch Dynamics of the Seagrass Zostera novazelandica (?) at Three Sites in New Zealand
STEPHENIE J. TURNER, S. F. THRUSH, D. J. MORRISEY, M. R. WILKINSON, J. E. HEWITT, V. J. CUMMINGS, A. M. SCHWARZ and I. HAWES
52. Effects of Dugong Grazing on Microbial Processes in Seagrass Sediments
CHRISTINE J. PERRY and WILLIAM C. DENNISON
53. Is Silicon an Essential Nutrient for Seagrasses?
MARTEN A. HEMMINGA and P. M. J. HERMAN
54. Photosynthesis of Marine Macroalgae and Seagrasses in Globally Changing CO2 Environments
SVEN BEER and EVAMARIA W. KOCH
55. The Diatom Community of Mediterranean Seagrass Leaves
LUCIA MAZZELLA
56. The Distribution of Sessile Animals on Seagrass Leaves
KYOKO HAMAMOTO and HIROSHI MUKAI
57. Interactions Between Benthic Infauna and the Transport and Burial of Zostera marina Seeds
ROBERT J. ORTH, MARK W. LUCKENBACK, and J. MUHAMMAD
58. The Application of Horticultural Techniques in the Propagation of Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) from Seed
STEPHEN GRANGER, SCOTT NIXON, MICHAEL TRABER and RAY KEYES
59. Factors Affecting Survival and Growth of Seagrass Transplants on Negros Island, Central Philippines
HILCONIDA P. CALUMPONG, ERNANI G. MENEZ and RONALD C. PHILLIPS
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