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Contents
25 Seagrass Conservation Biology: An Interdisciplinary Science
for Protection of the Seagrass Biome
W. Judson Kenworthy, Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria,
Robert G. Coles, G ´
erard Pergent and Christine Pergent-Martini
I. Introduction
595
II. The State of Seagrass Science Relative
to Conservation Biology
604
III. Seagrasses Conservation Biology: An Approach
for the Future
605
IV. Science-Based Protection Approaches
610
V. Implementing Conservation Tools: Two Examples
612
VI. Summary and Outlook
617
Acknowledgments
617
References
617
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Susan S. Bell, Mark S. Fonseca, and Nathaniel B. Stafford
I.
Introduction
625
II. The Landscape Approach
626
III. Historical Overview
629
IV. Terrestrial vs. Marine Landscapes
635
V. Landscape Dynamics
636
VI. Boundaries and Seagrass Landscapes
638
VII. Conceptual and Methodological Improvements
639
VIII. Future Directions
640
IX. Summary
641
Acknowledgments
641
References
641
Epilogue
647
Index
649
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625–645
Seagrass Ecology: New Contributions
from a Landscape Perspective