Chapter 9 Nutrients and Seagrasses
251
Kuo J (1993) Root anatomy and rhizosphere ultrastructure in
tropical seagrasses. Aust J Mar Freshwater Res 44: 75–84
Kuo J and Stewart JG (1995) Leaf anatomy and ultrastructure of
the North American marine angiosperm Phyllospadix (Zosteraceae). Can J Bot 73: 827–842
Lapointe BE and Duke CS (1984) Biochemical strategies for
growth of Gracilaria tikvahiae (Rhodophyta) in relation to
light intensity and nitrogen availability. J Phycology 20: 488–
495
Lara C, Romero JM and Guerrero MG (1987) Regulated nitrate
transport in the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans. J Bacteriol 169: 4376–4378
Lee KS and Dunton KH (1999a) Influence of sediment nitrogenavailability on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in the seagrass
Thalassia testudinum. Mar Biol 134: 217–226
Lee KS and Dunton KH (1999b) Inorganic nitrogen acquisition in
the seagrass Thalassia testudinum: Development of a wholeplant nitrogen budget. Limnol Oceanogr 44: 1204–1215
Lee KS and Dunton KH (2000) Effects of nitrogen enrichment
on biomass allocation, growth, and leaf morphology of the
seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 196: 39–48
Lemmens JWTJ, Clapin G, Lavery P and Cary J (1996) Filtering
capacity of seagrass meadows and others habitats of Cockburn
Sound, Western Australia. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 143: 187–200
Lepoint G, Defawe O, Gobert S, Dauby P and Bouquegneau JM
(2002a) Experimental evidence for N recycling in the leaves
of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica. J Sea Res 48: 173–179
Lepoint G, Millet S, Dauby P, Gobert S and Bouquegneau JM
(2002b) Annual nitrogen budget of the seagrass Posidonia
oceanica as determined by in situ uptake experiments. Mar
Ecol Prog Ser 237: 87–96
Lipkin Y (1979) Quantitative aspects of seagrass communities,
particularly of those dominated by Halophila stipulacea, in
Sinai (Northern Red Sea). Aquat Bot 7: 119–128
L´ opez NI, Duarte CM, Vallespin´ os F, Romero J and Alcoverro
T (1995) Bacterial activity in seagrass (Posidonia oceanica)
sediments. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 187: 39–49
L´ opez NI, Duarte CM, Vallespin´ os F, Romero J and Alcoverro
T (1998) The effect of nutrient additions on bacterial activity
in seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) sediments. J Exp Mar Biol
Ecol 224: 155–166
Marb` a N, Hemmiga MA, Mateo MA, Duarte CM, Mass YEM,
Terrados J and Gacia E (2002) Carbon and nitrogen translocation between seagrass ramets. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 226: 287–
300
Marschner H, Kirkby EA and Cakmakl I (1996) Effect of mineral
nutritional status on shoot–root partitioning of photoassimilates and cycling of mineral nutrients. J Exp Bot 47: 1255–
1263
Marschner H, Kirkby EA and Engels C (1997) Importance of
cycling and recycling of mineral nutrients within plants for
growth and development. Bot Acta 110: 265–273
Martin JH, Coale KH, Johnson KS, Fitzwater SE, Gordon RM,
Tanner SJ, Hunter CN, Elrod VA, Nowicki JL, Coley TL, Barber RT, Lindley S, Watson AJ, Van Scoy K, Law CS, Liddicoat MI, Ling R, Stanton T, Stockel J, Collins C, Anderson
A, Bidigare R, Ondrusek M, Latasa M, Millero FJ, Lee K,
Yao W, Zhang JZ, Friederich G, Sakamoto C, Chavez F, Buck
K, Kolber Z, Greene R, Falkowski P, Chisholm SW, Hoge F,
Swift R, Yungel J, Turner S, Nightingale P, Hatton A, Liss P
and Tindale NW (1994) Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Nature 371(6493): 123–
129
Martins ARO and Bandeira SO (2001) Biomass distribution
and leaf nutrient concentration and resorption of Thalassia
hemprichii at Inhaca Island, Mozambique. S Afr J Bot 67:
443–449
Mateo MA and Romero J (1997) Detritus dynamics in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: Elements for an ecosystem carbon
and nutrient budget. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 151: 43–53
Mateo MA, Romero J, P´ erez M, Littler M and Littler D (1997)
Dynamics of millenary organic deposits resulting from the
growth of the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica.
Est Coast Shelf Sci 44: 103–110
McGlathery KJ (1995) Nutrient and grazing influences on a
subtropical seagrass community. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 122:
239–252
McGlathery KJ, Risgaard-Petersen N and Cristensen PB (1998)
Temporal and spatial variation in nitrogen fixation activity in
the eelgrass Zostera marina rhizosphere. Mar Ecol Prog Ser
168: 245–258
McMillan C (1980) Flowering under controlled conditions by
Cymodocea serrulata, Halophila stipulacea, Syringodium
isoetifolium, Zostera capensis and Thalassia hemprichii from
Kenya. Aquat Bot 8: 323–336
McRoy CP and Goering JJ (1974) Nutrient transfer between the
seagrass Zostera marina and its epiphytes. Nature 248: 173–
174
Mengel K and Kirkby EA (2001) Plant water relationships. In:
Mengel K, Kirkby EA, Kosegarten H and Appel T (eds) Principles of Plant Nutrition, pp 181–242. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht
Middelburg JJ, Soetaert K and Herman PMJ (1996) Evaluation
of the nitrogen isotope-pairing technique method for measuring benthic denitrification: A simulation analysis. Limnol
Oceanogr 41: 1839–1844
Miyajima T, Koike I, Yamano H and Iizumi H (1998) Accumulation and transport of seagrass-derived organic matter in reef
flat sediment of Green Island, Great Barrier Reef. Mar Ecol
Prog Ser 175: 251–259
Miyajima T, Suzumura M, Umezawa Y and Koike I (2001) Microbiological nitrogen transformation in carbonate sediments
of a coral-reef lagoon and associated seagrass beds. Mar Ecol
Prog Ser 217: 273–286
Moore KA and Wetzel RL (2000) Seasonal variations in eelgrass
(Zostera marina L.) responses to nutrient enrichment and reduced light availability in experimental ecosystems. J Exp Mar
Biol Ecol 244: 1–28
Morell JM and Corredo JE (1993) Sediment nitrogen trapping
in a mangrove lagoon. Est Coast Shelf Sci 37: 203–212
Moriarty DJW and O’Donohue MJ (1993) Nitrogen fixation in
seagrass communities during summer in Gulf of Carpentaria,
Australia. Aust J Mar Freshwater Res 44: 117–125
Muchhal-Umesh S and Raghothama KG (1999) Transcriptional
regulation of plant phosphate transporters. Proc Natl Acad Sci
USA 96: 5868–5872
Muramatsu Y, Harada A, Ohwaki Y, Kasahara Y, Takagi S and
Fukuhara T (2002) Salt tolerant ATPase activity in the plasma
membrane of the marine angiosperm Zostera marina L. Plant
Cell Physiol 43: 1137–1145
Murray DR and Larkum AWD (1991) Seed proteins of the seagrass Zostera capricorni. Aquat Bot 40: 101–108
251
Kuo J (1993) Root anatomy and rhizosphere ultrastructure in
tropical seagrasses. Aust J Mar Freshwater Res 44: 75–84
Kuo J and Stewart JG (1995) Leaf anatomy and ultrastructure of
the North American marine angiosperm Phyllospadix (Zosteraceae). Can J Bot 73: 827–842
Lapointe BE and Duke CS (1984) Biochemical strategies for
growth of Gracilaria tikvahiae (Rhodophyta) in relation to
light intensity and nitrogen availability. J Phycology 20: 488–
495
Lara C, Romero JM and Guerrero MG (1987) Regulated nitrate
transport in the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans. J Bacteriol 169: 4376–4378
Lee KS and Dunton KH (1999a) Influence of sediment nitrogenavailability on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in the seagrass
Thalassia testudinum. Mar Biol 134: 217–226
Lee KS and Dunton KH (1999b) Inorganic nitrogen acquisition in
the seagrass Thalassia testudinum: Development of a wholeplant nitrogen budget. Limnol Oceanogr 44: 1204–1215
Lee KS and Dunton KH (2000) Effects of nitrogen enrichment
on biomass allocation, growth, and leaf morphology of the
seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 196: 39–48
Lemmens JWTJ, Clapin G, Lavery P and Cary J (1996) Filtering
capacity of seagrass meadows and others habitats of Cockburn
Sound, Western Australia. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 143: 187–200
Lepoint G, Defawe O, Gobert S, Dauby P and Bouquegneau JM
(2002a) Experimental evidence for N recycling in the leaves
of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica. J Sea Res 48: 173–179
Lepoint G, Millet S, Dauby P, Gobert S and Bouquegneau JM
(2002b) Annual nitrogen budget of the seagrass Posidonia
oceanica as determined by in situ uptake experiments. Mar
Ecol Prog Ser 237: 87–96
Lipkin Y (1979) Quantitative aspects of seagrass communities,
particularly of those dominated by Halophila stipulacea, in
Sinai (Northern Red Sea). Aquat Bot 7: 119–128
L´ opez NI, Duarte CM, Vallespin´ os F, Romero J and Alcoverro
T (1995) Bacterial activity in seagrass (Posidonia oceanica)
sediments. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 187: 39–49
L´ opez NI, Duarte CM, Vallespin´ os F, Romero J and Alcoverro
T (1998) The effect of nutrient additions on bacterial activity
in seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) sediments. J Exp Mar Biol
Ecol 224: 155–166
Marb` a N, Hemmiga MA, Mateo MA, Duarte CM, Mass YEM,
Terrados J and Gacia E (2002) Carbon and nitrogen translocation between seagrass ramets. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 226: 287–
300
Marschner H, Kirkby EA and Cakmakl I (1996) Effect of mineral
nutritional status on shoot–root partitioning of photoassimilates and cycling of mineral nutrients. J Exp Bot 47: 1255–
1263
Marschner H, Kirkby EA and Engels C (1997) Importance of
cycling and recycling of mineral nutrients within plants for
growth and development. Bot Acta 110: 265–273
Martin JH, Coale KH, Johnson KS, Fitzwater SE, Gordon RM,
Tanner SJ, Hunter CN, Elrod VA, Nowicki JL, Coley TL, Barber RT, Lindley S, Watson AJ, Van Scoy K, Law CS, Liddicoat MI, Ling R, Stanton T, Stockel J, Collins C, Anderson
A, Bidigare R, Ondrusek M, Latasa M, Millero FJ, Lee K,
Yao W, Zhang JZ, Friederich G, Sakamoto C, Chavez F, Buck
K, Kolber Z, Greene R, Falkowski P, Chisholm SW, Hoge F,
Swift R, Yungel J, Turner S, Nightingale P, Hatton A, Liss P
and Tindale NW (1994) Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Nature 371(6493): 123–
129
Martins ARO and Bandeira SO (2001) Biomass distribution
and leaf nutrient concentration and resorption of Thalassia
hemprichii at Inhaca Island, Mozambique. S Afr J Bot 67:
443–449
Mateo MA and Romero J (1997) Detritus dynamics in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: Elements for an ecosystem carbon
and nutrient budget. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 151: 43–53
Mateo MA, Romero J, P´ erez M, Littler M and Littler D (1997)
Dynamics of millenary organic deposits resulting from the
growth of the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica.
Est Coast Shelf Sci 44: 103–110
McGlathery KJ (1995) Nutrient and grazing influences on a
subtropical seagrass community. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 122:
239–252
McGlathery KJ, Risgaard-Petersen N and Cristensen PB (1998)
Temporal and spatial variation in nitrogen fixation activity in
the eelgrass Zostera marina rhizosphere. Mar Ecol Prog Ser
168: 245–258
McMillan C (1980) Flowering under controlled conditions by
Cymodocea serrulata, Halophila stipulacea, Syringodium
isoetifolium, Zostera capensis and Thalassia hemprichii from
Kenya. Aquat Bot 8: 323–336
McRoy CP and Goering JJ (1974) Nutrient transfer between the
seagrass Zostera marina and its epiphytes. Nature 248: 173–
174
Mengel K and Kirkby EA (2001) Plant water relationships. In:
Mengel K, Kirkby EA, Kosegarten H and Appel T (eds) Principles of Plant Nutrition, pp 181–242. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht
Middelburg JJ, Soetaert K and Herman PMJ (1996) Evaluation
of the nitrogen isotope-pairing technique method for measuring benthic denitrification: A simulation analysis. Limnol
Oceanogr 41: 1839–1844
Miyajima T, Koike I, Yamano H and Iizumi H (1998) Accumulation and transport of seagrass-derived organic matter in reef
flat sediment of Green Island, Great Barrier Reef. Mar Ecol
Prog Ser 175: 251–259
Miyajima T, Suzumura M, Umezawa Y and Koike I (2001) Microbiological nitrogen transformation in carbonate sediments
of a coral-reef lagoon and associated seagrass beds. Mar Ecol
Prog Ser 217: 273–286
Moore KA and Wetzel RL (2000) Seasonal variations in eelgrass
(Zostera marina L.) responses to nutrient enrichment and reduced light availability in experimental ecosystems. J Exp Mar
Biol Ecol 244: 1–28
Morell JM and Corredo JE (1993) Sediment nitrogen trapping
in a mangrove lagoon. Est Coast Shelf Sci 37: 203–212
Moriarty DJW and O’Donohue MJ (1993) Nitrogen fixation in
seagrass communities during summer in Gulf of Carpentaria,
Australia. Aust J Mar Freshwater Res 44: 117–125
Muchhal-Umesh S and Raghothama KG (1999) Transcriptional
regulation of plant phosphate transporters. Proc Natl Acad Sci
USA 96: 5868–5872
Muramatsu Y, Harada A, Ohwaki Y, Kasahara Y, Takagi S and
Fukuhara T (2002) Salt tolerant ATPase activity in the plasma
membrane of the marine angiosperm Zostera marina L. Plant
Cell Physiol 43: 1137–1145
Murray DR and Larkum AWD (1991) Seed proteins of the seagrass Zostera capricorni. Aquat Bot 40: 101–108