654
Index
sexual vs a sexual reproduction, 276
shoot demography, 277, 278
shoot dynamics, 275
shoot mortality, 276, 277
shoot recruitment, 275
simulation study, 273
small-scale disturbances, 283
space occupation, 273, 275
strategies, 273
table of components, 272
Thalassia testudinum, 275
threshold seagrass cover, 286
vegetative vs seedling establishment, 281
clone map, 40
closure of gaps, 284
CO 2 –Carbonate System, 141
coarse shifting sand, 213
coastal biogeochemistry, 135, 140
Coastal Chumash, 600
coastal ecosystems, 140, 488
increased nutrient loads, 488
models, 488
nutrient experiments, 488
coastal margins, 597
coastal productivity, 371
coastal waters, 522
shallow, 348
Cockburn Sound, 289, 551, 556
loss and recovery, 556
seagrass species, 556
cod, 370
coded wire tags, 522
coefficients of vertical light attenuation (K -functions), 297
coiled peduncle, 75
collar of wall material, 76
colonization, 246, 450
colonization hypothesis, 115
common garden experiments, 44
community composition, 465
community interaction webs, 487
community level performance measures, 613
community structure, 423
fluorescence and O 2 Evolution-Derived Rates of Photosynthesis,
336
comparisons among estuaries, 515
comparisons between tropical and temperate seagrass systems,
515
compensate for low nutritional quality, 482
compensation depth, 338
complex seagrass landscape, 214
components of seagrass meadows, 272
conceptual model, 115, 544
conservation, 127, 524
aquaculture effects, 607
biodiversity, 597
Chesapeake Bay
water quality management, 612
coastal margins, 597
cultural value
ethical attitudes, 600
subsistence cultures, 600
use of seagrass leaves, 600
developing metrics, 614
developing nations, 606
eutrophication, 607
Great Barrier Reef, 614, 615
commercial considerations, 615
conservation plan, 614
recreational activity, 615
representative conservation areas, 614
table on no-take areas, 615
habitat destruction, 617
history, 604
intrinsic values, 600
invasive species
Caulerpa taxifolia, 608
Zostera japonica, 608
large-scale declines, 603
multiple stressors, 607
natural products of Zostera marina, 600
need for program, 601, 602
non-prescriptive approaches, 612
principles, 595
remote areas, 614
Seagrass loss
invasive species, 608
species extinction, 617
wasting disease, 603
conservation and management issues, 524
Conservation Biology, 595, 604
conservation science, 596
“conservation”
consequences, 597
seagrass loss, 597
consumer control in seagrass ecosystems, 490
consumer–prey relationships, 537
consumption by herbivores, 238
contamination, 567, 569
continuity principle, 194
contribution of epiphytes, 161
convergence, 25, 89
conversion on HCO
−
3 in seawater into CO 2 , 84
Cook, 11
copepods, 454
coral, 217, 218
coral reefs, 216, 218, 295, 482
coralline algae, 444, 448
Coriolis Force, 194, 196
cortex, 56
Cosine Law, 296
cost benefit analysis, 617
cost of raw data, 357
cost of restoration, 599
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM), 323, 329
creeping flow, 195
Cretaceous, 7, 111
critical cues, 114
critical three-way interaction, 483
cropping epiphytic algae, 483
crustaceans, 429, 505
crustaceans, gastropods, 465
crustose coralline algae, 450
cryptic, 545
Cuba, 9
Index
sexual vs a sexual reproduction, 276
shoot demography, 277, 278
shoot dynamics, 275
shoot mortality, 276, 277
shoot recruitment, 275
simulation study, 273
small-scale disturbances, 283
space occupation, 273, 275
strategies, 273
table of components, 272
Thalassia testudinum, 275
threshold seagrass cover, 286
vegetative vs seedling establishment, 281
clone map, 40
closure of gaps, 284
CO 2 –Carbonate System, 141
coarse shifting sand, 213
coastal biogeochemistry, 135, 140
Coastal Chumash, 600
coastal ecosystems, 140, 488
increased nutrient loads, 488
models, 488
nutrient experiments, 488
coastal margins, 597
coastal productivity, 371
coastal waters, 522
shallow, 348
Cockburn Sound, 289, 551, 556
loss and recovery, 556
seagrass species, 556
cod, 370
coded wire tags, 522
coefficients of vertical light attenuation (K -functions), 297
coiled peduncle, 75
collar of wall material, 76
colonization, 246, 450
colonization hypothesis, 115
common garden experiments, 44
community composition, 465
community interaction webs, 487
community level performance measures, 613
community structure, 423
fluorescence and O 2 Evolution-Derived Rates of Photosynthesis,
336
comparisons among estuaries, 515
comparisons between tropical and temperate seagrass systems,
515
compensate for low nutritional quality, 482
compensation depth, 338
complex seagrass landscape, 214
components of seagrass meadows, 272
conceptual model, 115, 544
conservation, 127, 524
aquaculture effects, 607
biodiversity, 597
Chesapeake Bay
water quality management, 612
coastal margins, 597
cultural value
ethical attitudes, 600
subsistence cultures, 600
use of seagrass leaves, 600
developing metrics, 614
developing nations, 606
eutrophication, 607
Great Barrier Reef, 614, 615
commercial considerations, 615
conservation plan, 614
recreational activity, 615
representative conservation areas, 614
table on no-take areas, 615
habitat destruction, 617
history, 604
intrinsic values, 600
invasive species
Caulerpa taxifolia, 608
Zostera japonica, 608
large-scale declines, 603
multiple stressors, 607
natural products of Zostera marina, 600
need for program, 601, 602
non-prescriptive approaches, 612
principles, 595
remote areas, 614
Seagrass loss
invasive species, 608
species extinction, 617
wasting disease, 603
conservation and management issues, 524
Conservation Biology, 595, 604
conservation science, 596
“conservation”
consequences, 597
seagrass loss, 597
consumer control in seagrass ecosystems, 490
consumer–prey relationships, 537
consumption by herbivores, 238
contamination, 567, 569
continuity principle, 194
contribution of epiphytes, 161
convergence, 25, 89
conversion on HCO
−
3 in seawater into CO 2 , 84
Cook, 11
copepods, 454
coral, 217, 218
coral reefs, 216, 218, 295, 482
coralline algae, 444, 448
Coriolis Force, 194, 196
cortex, 56
Cosine Law, 296
cost benefit analysis, 617
cost of raw data, 357
cost of restoration, 599
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM), 323, 329
creeping flow, 195
Cretaceous, 7, 111
critical cues, 114
critical three-way interaction, 483
cropping epiphytic algae, 483
crustaceans, 429, 505
crustaceans, gastropods, 465
crustose coralline algae, 450
cryptic, 545
Cuba, 9