Seagrasses

Abstract

Introduction Section I: Ecology and Physiology Establishing Light Requirements for the Seagrass Thalassia testudinum: An Example from Tampa Bay, Florida (USA) Somatic, Respiratory, and Photosynthetic responses of the Seagrass Halodule wrightii to Light Reduction in Tampa Bay, Including a Whole Plant Carbon Budget The Effects of Dock Height on Light Irradiance (PAR) and Seagrass (Halodule wrightii and Syringodium filiforme) Cover Tapegrass Life History Metrics Associated with Environmental Variables in a Controlled Estuary Experimental Studies on the Salinity Tolerance of Turtle Grass, Thalassia testudinum Effects of the Dispersal of Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination Discharges on a Seagrass Meadow (Thalassia testudinum) Offshore of Antigua, West Indies Section II: Monitoring and Trends Development and Use of an Epiphyte Photo-Index (EPI) for Assessing Epiphyte Loadings on the Seagrass Halodule wrightii Establishing Baseline Seagrass Parameters in a Small Estuarine Bay Monitoring Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Hillsborough Bay, Florida Effects of Construction and Operation of a Marine on a Seagrass Halophila decipiens in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Recent Trends in Seagrass Distributions in Southwest Florida Coastal Waters Monitoring Seagrass Changes in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, using fixed Transects Long-term Trends in Seagrass Beds in the Mosquito Lagoon and Northern Banana River, Florida, USA Section III: Restoration Reciprocal Transplanting of the Threatened Seagrass Halophila johnsonii (Johnson's Seagrass) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida Seagrass Targets for the Indian River Lagoon, Florida Seagrass Bed Recovery after Hydrological Restoration in a Coastal Lagoon with Groundwater Discharges in the North of Yucatan (SE, Mexico) Observations on the Regrowth of Subaquatic Vegetation Following Transplantation: A Potential Method to Assess Environmental Health of Coastal Habitats Section IV: Management Scaling Submersed Plant Community Responses to Experimental Nutrient Enrichment Ecosystem Characteristics and Research and Management Needs in the Florida Big Bend Seagrass Restoration in Tampa Bay: A Resource-based Approach to Estuarine Management Matching Salinity Metrics to Estuarine Seagrasses for Freshwater Inflow Management Index