文档介绍：SEAGRASSES: BIOLOGY, ECOLOGYAND CONSERVATION
SEAGRASSES: BIOLOGY,
ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
by
ANTHONY . LARKUM
School of Biological Sciences,
University of Sydney, NSW,
Australia
ROBERT J. ORTH
School of Marine Science,
College of William and Mary,
Virginia Institute of Marine Science,
Gloucester Point, VA, .
and
CARLOS M. DUARTE
IMEDEA (CSIB-UIB),
Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados,
Grupo de Oceanografia Interdisciplinar,
Esplores, Spain
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ISBN-10 1-4020-2942-X (HB)
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ISBN-13 978-1-4020-2942-4 (HB)
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Contents
Foreword xiii
1 Taxonomy and Biogeography of Seagrasses 1–23
C. den Hartog and John Kuo
I. Introduction 1
II. Key to the Angiosperm Families Containing True Marine Species 2
III. Seagrasses: General Taxonomy 3
IV. Biogeography 16
V. Conclusion and Outlook 18
References 19
Appendix: A List of the Seagrass Species of the World 22
2 Seagrass Evolution, Ecology and Conservation:
A ic Perspective 25–50
Michelle Waycott, Gabriele ini, Donald H. Les
and Thorsten B. H. Reusch
I. Introduction 25
II. The Evolution of Seagrass Diversity 26
III. Ecological and Reproductive Processes 35
IV. Concluding Remarks 44
Acknowledgments 45
References 45
3 Seagrass Morphology,