Index
653
PLFA, 174
carbon flux
Posidonia oceanica, 165, 181, 184
primary production, 168
production measurement, 161
rates, 168
refractory accumulation, 167, 182
refractory material, 172
role of nutrients, 168
herbivory, 168
seagrass litter, 170
seagrass productivity, 160
secondary production, 172, 173
sediment redox potential, 177
sediments, 164, 183
burail, 183
stable isotopic approach, 174
Supra-littoral deposits, 170
Thalassia testudinum, 165, 180
translocation, 179
water column, 164
Zostera marina, 162, 180
Zostera noltii, 180
carbon flux seagrass productivity below-ground, 159
carbon fluxes, 395
carbon metabolism, 163, 246
carbon sinks, 179
carbon skeletons, 245
carbon sources used by bacteria in, 138
carbon uptake
Methods, 162
13 C,
14 C, O 2 , 162
carbonate dissolution, 142
carbonate production, 143
carbonate sediment, 442
carbonate sediments, 150
carbonic anhydrase, 325
carbonic–carbonate system, 141
carborate sediments, 574
carboxysome, 325
Caribbean, 9, 427, 428
history of seagrass communities, 467
carotenoids, 355
carpellate flower, 91
carpellate flowers, 99
carpels, 91
cascading trophic effects, 489, 543, 597
Case Study 2: Florida Bay, 560
CASI, 348
Casparian strip, 56
Caspian Sea, 5
Caulerpa taxifolia, 247, 608
invasive species, 608
Causes and scales (spatial and temporal) of natural declines and
recovery, 553
CDOM, 351
central large vacuole, 64
central role of mesograzers, 483
central stele, 57
chamber techniques, 256
changes in seagrass distributions, 551
changes in sucrose and inositol content, 339
Channel Islands, 600
charismatic marine vertebrates, 596
charismatic sites, 616
Chelonia mydas, 398
chemical feeding deterrents, 481
Chemotaxonomy, 340, 341
inositols, 340
Chesapeake Bay, 289, 374
seagrass decline, 374
Zostera marina, 374
Chesapeake Bay Seagrass Conservation, 612
Chile
Heterozostra chilensis, 17
chloramphenicol, 336
chlorophyll, 307, 355
water column model, 316
content, 328
chlorophyll a, 351
chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting complexes, 323
chlorophyll a fluorescence techniques, 330
chlorophyll fluorescence fundamentals, 331
chloroplasts, 64
grana, 83
chromosome morphology, 32
chromosome numbers, 9
cladistic analyses, 28
Clark-type oxygen microelectrodes, 257
classifications of seagrasses, 27, 28
Climate change, 400
clonal growth, 39, 246, 275, 416, 419, 630
age structure data, 280
birth and death of shoots, 280
blowouts, 284
deep meadows, 286
demographic estimates, 280
density dependence, 275
disturbance, 284
disturbances, 282
diversity, 41
dynamics, 281, 283, 286
Enhalus acoroides, 275
equations, 279
expansion, 418
gap closure, 284
gap dynamics, 284
Halodule wrightii, 275
integration, 234
landscape scale, 286
models, 273
number per patch, 43
patch dynamics, 282
patch edges, 282
patch extension, 282
patch formation, 281
patch size, 273
plastochron interval, 277
rhizome extension rate, 281
rhizome growth, 272
resource sharing, 179
seasonal fluctuations, 284
653
PLFA, 174
carbon flux
Posidonia oceanica, 165, 181, 184
primary production, 168
production measurement, 161
rates, 168
refractory accumulation, 167, 182
refractory material, 172
role of nutrients, 168
herbivory, 168
seagrass litter, 170
seagrass productivity, 160
secondary production, 172, 173
sediment redox potential, 177
sediments, 164, 183
burail, 183
stable isotopic approach, 174
Supra-littoral deposits, 170
Thalassia testudinum, 165, 180
translocation, 179
water column, 164
Zostera marina, 162, 180
Zostera noltii, 180
carbon flux seagrass productivity below-ground, 159
carbon fluxes, 395
carbon metabolism, 163, 246
carbon sinks, 179
carbon skeletons, 245
carbon sources used by bacteria in, 138
carbon uptake
Methods, 162
13 C,
14 C, O 2 , 162
carbonate dissolution, 142
carbonate production, 143
carbonate sediment, 442
carbonate sediments, 150
carbonic anhydrase, 325
carbonic–carbonate system, 141
carborate sediments, 574
carboxysome, 325
Caribbean, 9, 427, 428
history of seagrass communities, 467
carotenoids, 355
carpellate flower, 91
carpellate flowers, 99
carpels, 91
cascading trophic effects, 489, 543, 597
Case Study 2: Florida Bay, 560
CASI, 348
Casparian strip, 56
Caspian Sea, 5
Caulerpa taxifolia, 247, 608
invasive species, 608
Causes and scales (spatial and temporal) of natural declines and
recovery, 553
CDOM, 351
central large vacuole, 64
central role of mesograzers, 483
central stele, 57
chamber techniques, 256
changes in seagrass distributions, 551
changes in sucrose and inositol content, 339
Channel Islands, 600
charismatic marine vertebrates, 596
charismatic sites, 616
Chelonia mydas, 398
chemical feeding deterrents, 481
Chemotaxonomy, 340, 341
inositols, 340
Chesapeake Bay, 289, 374
seagrass decline, 374
Zostera marina, 374
Chesapeake Bay Seagrass Conservation, 612
Chile
Heterozostra chilensis, 17
chloramphenicol, 336
chlorophyll, 307, 355
water column model, 316
content, 328
chlorophyll a, 351
chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting complexes, 323
chlorophyll a fluorescence techniques, 330
chlorophyll fluorescence fundamentals, 331
chloroplasts, 64
grana, 83
chromosome morphology, 32
chromosome numbers, 9
cladistic analyses, 28
Clark-type oxygen microelectrodes, 257
classifications of seagrasses, 27, 28
Climate change, 400
clonal growth, 39, 246, 275, 416, 419, 630
age structure data, 280
birth and death of shoots, 280
blowouts, 284
deep meadows, 286
demographic estimates, 280
density dependence, 275
disturbance, 284
disturbances, 282
diversity, 41
dynamics, 281, 283, 286
Enhalus acoroides, 275
equations, 279
expansion, 418
gap closure, 284
gap dynamics, 284
Halodule wrightii, 275
integration, 234
landscape scale, 286
models, 273
number per patch, 43
patch dynamics, 282
patch edges, 282
patch extension, 282
patch formation, 281
patch size, 273
plastochron interval, 277
rhizome extension rate, 281
rhizome growth, 272
resource sharing, 179
seasonal fluctuations, 284