Index
655
cultural value, 599
cumulative impacts, 611
currents, 200, 201, 203, 210
cuticle, 59, 60, 62, 64, 324
cutin, 56
Cyanobacteria, 238, 325
cycling, 150
cyclone and floods, 578
cyclones, 214, 286
Cymodocea, 7, 75, 101
flowers, 74
Cymodocea angustata, 9, 62
Cymodecea floridana, 17
Cymodocea micheloti, 18
Cymodocea nodosa, 55, 58, 240, 244, 266
effect of P addition, 244
Cymodocea rotundata, 9, 54, 141, 263, 264
Cymodocea serrulata, 9, 17
Cymodoceaceae, 1, 57, 74, 78, 82
annual vegetative spread, 553
flowers
cymose inflorescences, 74
female flower, 74
male flower, 74
Fruit and Seed, 78
Halodule, 8
indehiscent fruits, 78
key to genera, 8
pinifolia, 8
seedling, 82
stony pericarp, 78
tridentata, 8
two groups, 8
uninervis, 8
wrightii, 8
Cymodoceaceae complex, 8
Cymodoceae
Amphibolis, 9
auricula-leporis, 9
ciliatum, 9
five genera, 8
flowers, 8
fruit, 8
leaves, 8
monophyletic status, 8
pachyrhizum, 9
pollen, 8
rhizome, 8
scales, 8
seed, 8
Syringodium, 9
taxonomy, 8
Thalassodendron, 9
cymose inflorescences, 74, 95
Cynoscion nebulosus, 544
D1 protein, 333, 337
D1 protein damage, 333
Dahlgren, 11
daily integrated production, 313
damage of high O 2 , 337
dark, 265
Dark respiration, 260
DBL, 195, 260
debris, 399
decapod crustaceans, 486, 489
decapods, 399
decay, 240
Decay rates, 168
Decline and Recovery of Seagrass Ecosystems, 122, 551
Decline of Estuarine Vegetation, 488
decomposition, 170, 239, 371
decreases in light intensity and/or increases in sedimentation, 552
deep seagrass meadows, 286
deep water by reducing the leaf thickness, 83
deformation layer, 195
Demography, 280, 422, 610
Den Hartog, 12
Denitrification, 146, 229, 237, 241, 243, 244, 263
denitrification rates, 241
dense mats, 57
density, 210, 511
density dependence in seed survival, 125
Density of nekton, 508
Seagrass vs other habitats, 508
density-dependence in regulating clonal growth, 274
deposition, 210, 218
depth, 286
biomass, 287
eelgrass, 287
shoot density, 287
depth effect
grana, 83
hypodermal fiber, 83
leaf thickness, 83
Depth Limitations, 337
depth limits, 388
depth-related differences, 419
desiccation, 209
destruction of seagrasses by ampithoids, 488
Detoxification, 582
detrital pathway, 174, 468
Detrital production, 164
detritivores, 467
detritus, 217, 239, 240, 399
litter bag experiments, 172
methodology, 172
nutrient content, 172
detritus-based seagrass ecosystems, 467
developing metrics, 613
developing nations, 606
development of roots, 56
developmental morphology, 74
diagenesis in vegetated sediments, 143
Diaspores, 91, 104
Posidonia australis, 117
Thalassia testudinum, 117
Zostera marina, 117
diatoms, 450
DIC, 142
oxygen, 140
DIC concentration, 143
dichogamous pollination, 93
dichogamy, 105
655
cultural value, 599
cumulative impacts, 611
currents, 200, 201, 203, 210
cuticle, 59, 60, 62, 64, 324
cutin, 56
Cyanobacteria, 238, 325
cycling, 150
cyclone and floods, 578
cyclones, 214, 286
Cymodocea, 7, 75, 101
flowers, 74
Cymodocea angustata, 9, 62
Cymodecea floridana, 17
Cymodocea micheloti, 18
Cymodocea nodosa, 55, 58, 240, 244, 266
effect of P addition, 244
Cymodocea rotundata, 9, 54, 141, 263, 264
Cymodocea serrulata, 9, 17
Cymodoceaceae, 1, 57, 74, 78, 82
annual vegetative spread, 553
flowers
cymose inflorescences, 74
female flower, 74
male flower, 74
Fruit and Seed, 78
Halodule, 8
indehiscent fruits, 78
key to genera, 8
pinifolia, 8
seedling, 82
stony pericarp, 78
tridentata, 8
two groups, 8
uninervis, 8
wrightii, 8
Cymodoceaceae complex, 8
Cymodoceae
Amphibolis, 9
auricula-leporis, 9
ciliatum, 9
five genera, 8
flowers, 8
fruit, 8
leaves, 8
monophyletic status, 8
pachyrhizum, 9
pollen, 8
rhizome, 8
scales, 8
seed, 8
Syringodium, 9
taxonomy, 8
Thalassodendron, 9
cymose inflorescences, 74, 95
Cynoscion nebulosus, 544
D1 protein, 333, 337
D1 protein damage, 333
Dahlgren, 11
daily integrated production, 313
damage of high O 2 , 337
dark, 265
Dark respiration, 260
DBL, 195, 260
debris, 399
decapod crustaceans, 486, 489
decapods, 399
decay, 240
Decay rates, 168
Decline and Recovery of Seagrass Ecosystems, 122, 551
Decline of Estuarine Vegetation, 488
decomposition, 170, 239, 371
decreases in light intensity and/or increases in sedimentation, 552
deep seagrass meadows, 286
deep water by reducing the leaf thickness, 83
deformation layer, 195
Demography, 280, 422, 610
Den Hartog, 12
Denitrification, 146, 229, 237, 241, 243, 244, 263
denitrification rates, 241
dense mats, 57
density, 210, 511
density dependence in seed survival, 125
Density of nekton, 508
Seagrass vs other habitats, 508
density-dependence in regulating clonal growth, 274
deposition, 210, 218
depth, 286
biomass, 287
eelgrass, 287
shoot density, 287
depth effect
grana, 83
hypodermal fiber, 83
leaf thickness, 83
Depth Limitations, 337
depth limits, 388
depth-related differences, 419
desiccation, 209
destruction of seagrasses by ampithoids, 488
Detoxification, 582
detrital pathway, 174, 468
Detrital production, 164
detritivores, 467
detritus, 217, 239, 240, 399
litter bag experiments, 172
methodology, 172
nutrient content, 172
detritus-based seagrass ecosystems, 467
developing metrics, 613
developing nations, 606
development of roots, 56
developmental morphology, 74
diagenesis in vegetated sediments, 143
Diaspores, 91, 104
Posidonia australis, 117
Thalassia testudinum, 117
Zostera marina, 117
diatoms, 450
DIC, 142
oxygen, 140
DIC concentration, 143
dichogamous pollination, 93
dichogamy, 105