References for WA Seagrass Web Site.

(This is a list of the references used in the creation
of the Western Australian Seagrass Web Site.)



Aston, H.I. (1973)"Aquatic Plants of Australia." (Melbourne University Press, Melbourne).

Borowitzka, M.A. and Lethbridge, R.C. (1989) Seagrass epiphytes. In: "Biology of Seagrasses. A treatise on the biology of seagrasses with special reference to the Australian region." (Eds. A.W.D. Larkum, A.J. McComb, S.A. Shepherd) (Aquatic Plant Studies 2) (Elsevier, Amsterdam). p. 458-499

Cambridge, M.L. and Kuo, J. (1979) Two new species of seagrass from Australia, Posidonia sinuosa and Posidonia angustifolia (Posidoniaceae). Aquat. Bot. 6, 307-328

Cambridge, M. L., Carstairs, S. A. & Kuo, J. 1983 An unusual method of vegetative propagation in Australian Zosteraceae. Aquat. Bot.15, 201-203

Ducker, S.C., Foord,N.J. and Knox,R.B. (1977) Biology of Australian seagrasses: the genus Amphibolis C. Agardh (Cymodoceaceae). Aust. J. Bot. 25, 67-95

Fitzpatrick, B., Penrose, H., van Keulen, M., Birkin, M., Gillen, S. & Webb, J. (2002) A preliminary marine ecological survey of Bateman Bay, Ningaloo Reef. Report produced by Oceanwise Environmental Scientists and Murdoch University.

Greenway, M. (1979) Halophila tricostata (Hydrocharitaceae), a new species of seagrass from the Great Barrier Reef region. Aquat. Bot.7, 67-70

den Hartog, C. (1970) Seagrasses of the World. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetens. Afd. Naturk. Ser. 2 59, 1-275+31 plates

Kendrick, G.A., Waycott, M., Kirkman, H., Wyllie, A. (1997) "Two Peoples Bay seagrass study" Unpublished study.

Kirkman, H. and Kuo, J. Seagrasses of the southern coast of Western Australia. In: "Seagrass Biology: Proceedings of an International Workshop." (Eds. J. Kuo, R.C. Phillips, D.I. Walker, H. Kirkman) (Faculty of Sciences, Unversity of Western Australia, Perth). p. 51-56

Kirkman, H. and Walker, D.I. (1989) Regional studies - Western Australian seagrass. In: "Biology of Seagrasses. A treatise on the biology of seagrasses with special reference to the Australian region." (Eds. A.W.D. Larkum, A.J. McComb, S.A. Shepherd) (Aquatic Plant Studies 2) (Elsevier, Amsterdam). p. 157-181

Kuo, J. and Cambridge, M.L. (1984) A taxonomic study of the Posidonia ostenfeldii complex (Posidoniaceae) with descriptions of four new Australian seagrasses. Aquat. Bot. 20, 267-95.

Kuo, J. and McComb, A.J. (1989) In: "Biology of Seagrasses. A treatise on the biology of seagrasses with special reference to the Australian region." (Eds. A.W.D. Larkum, A.J. McComb, S.A. Shepherd) (Aquatic Plant Studies 2) (Elsevier, Amsteredam). p. 6-73

Kuo, J., Long, W. L. & Coles, R. G. (1993) Occurrence and fruit and seed biology of Halophila tricostata Greenway (Hydrocharitaceae). Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 44, 43-57.

Phillips, R.C. and Meñez, (1988) "Seagrasses" Smiths. Contr. Mar. Sci. Number 34 (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.)

Robertson, E. (1984) Seagrasses. In: "The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia." (Ed. H.B.S. Womersley) (South Australian Government Printer, Adelaide). p. 57-122

Soros-Pottruff, C. L. & Posluszny, U. (1995) Developmental morphology of reproductive structures of Zostera and a reconsideration of Heterozostera (Zosteraceae). Int. J. Plant Sci. 156, 143-158

Tomlinson, P.B. (1982) Helobiae (Alismatidae). In: "Anatomy of the Monocotyledons" (Ed. C.R. Metcalfe) Vol. 7 (Clarendon Press, Oxford).

van Keulen, M., Green, B., Astill, H. & Wheeler, K. (1998) Report on marine survey of proposed deep-water harbour development site at Oakajee. Unpublished report for Industry Inland, Geraldton.

Walker, D.I. (1989) Regional studies - seagrass in Shark Bay, the foundations of an ecosystem. In: "Biology of Seagrasses. A treatise on the biology of seagrasses with special reference to the Australian region." (Eds. A.W.D. Larkum, A.J. McComb, S.A. Shepherd) (Aquatic Plant Studies 2) (Elsevier, Amsterdam). p.182-210

Walker, D.I. (1990) Seagrass in Shark Bay, Western Australia. In: "Research in Shark Bay: Report of the France-Australe Bicentenary Expedition Committee." (Eds. P.F. Berry, S.D. Bradshaw, B.R. Wilson) (Western Australian Museum, Perth). p.101-6

Walker, D.I. and Prince, R.I.T. (1987) Distribution and biogeography of seagrass species on the north-west coast of Australia. Aquat. Bot. 29, 19-32


The Western Australian Seagrass Web pages were created and are maintained by:

Mike van Keulen
Murdoch University
Western Australia.
Last update: Tuesday, 25 October, 2005 10:13