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are importantly integrative of many environmental conditions. Thus seagrasses have been used in
a number of important wide-scale and multidisciplinary studies such as the Florida Bay study
(Chapter 23), the Chesapeake Bay studies (Chapter 25; see also references), the Moreton Bay study
(see “References”) and the Cockburn Sound study
(see Chapter 23).
In the future it will be important for seagrass biologists to canvas these special qualities of seagrasses
and seek ways of bringing seagrasses to the forefront. This can be done by recommending the use
of seagrasses in all future interdisciplinary investigations of the nearshore environmnent, by incorporating such a viewpoint into national and international legislation, where appropriate, by ensuring
that seagrass biologists are always an integral part
of multidisciplinary investigations of the nearshore
environment, by promoting special sessions of national and international conferences, by supporting existing journals devoted to seagrass research
and stimulating new journals, and in many other
ways.
We hope that the contents of this book provide a
useful departure point to face the future challenges
in seagrasss research and conservation. Although
the editors and authors have made all possible efforts to ensure that the contents of the book represent
the most updated depiction of current knowledge as
possible, we sincerely hope that they soon become
outdated. This would be the best possible symptom
of the major progress in understanding the biology,
ecology and conservation of seagrasses this book
strived to stimulate.
References
Chesapeake Bay: www.vims.edu/bio/sav/
Moreton Bay Study: www.healthywaterways.org.au
SeagrassNet: www.seagrassnet.org
Seagrass Watch: Email, Seagrass@dpi.qld.gov.au
Epilogue
are importantly integrative of many environmental conditions. Thus seagrasses have been used in
a number of important wide-scale and multidisciplinary studies such as the Florida Bay study
(Chapter 23), the Chesapeake Bay studies (Chapter 25; see also references), the Moreton Bay study
(see “References”) and the Cockburn Sound study
(see Chapter 23).
In the future it will be important for seagrass biologists to canvas these special qualities of seagrasses
and seek ways of bringing seagrasses to the forefront. This can be done by recommending the use
of seagrasses in all future interdisciplinary investigations of the nearshore environmnent, by incorporating such a viewpoint into national and international legislation, where appropriate, by ensuring
that seagrass biologists are always an integral part
of multidisciplinary investigations of the nearshore
environment, by promoting special sessions of national and international conferences, by supporting existing journals devoted to seagrass research
and stimulating new journals, and in many other
ways.
We hope that the contents of this book provide a
useful departure point to face the future challenges
in seagrasss research and conservation. Although
the editors and authors have made all possible efforts to ensure that the contents of the book represent
the most updated depiction of current knowledge as
possible, we sincerely hope that they soon become
outdated. This would be the best possible symptom
of the major progress in understanding the biology,
ecology and conservation of seagrasses this book
strived to stimulate.
References
Chesapeake Bay: www.vims.edu/bio/sav/
Moreton Bay Study: www.healthywaterways.org.au
SeagrassNet: www.seagrassnet.org
Seagrass Watch: Email, Seagrass@dpi.qld.gov.au