676
Index
structural complexity, 537
sulfide, 543, 546
survival rates of infauna, 539
temporal differences, 539
thresholds, 538
top-down control, 547
two models, 538
predation at the landscape level, 543
predation rate, 510, 538, 539
as a function of seagrass density, 542
predator limitation of mesograzers, 487
predator satiation, 538
predator–prey dynamics, 543
predator–prey interactions, 537, 544
in evolutionary time, 545
predator-prey encounters, 538
predicting population dynamics Using Shoot Demography, 278
prescriptive approaches, 610
pressure, 201, 266
change, 337
dynamics, 194
gradient, 194, 203
hydrostatic, 194
pressure drag, 195
Pressurization, 261, 265
primary producers, 441
primary production, 160
above ground, 160
algae, 160, 161
algal component, 177
stable isotope studies, 177
below ground, 160
carbonate dissolution, 142
chemistry
redox potential, 182
decomposition, 167
detrital production, 164
dissolved organic carbon DOC, 179
epiphytes, 160, 161
export, 166, 168, 169
export estimates, 169
export of below-ground parts, 169
exudates, 179
factors involved, 182
Fate oF Fixed C, 164
food webs dynamics, 177
herbivory, 165–167
higher trophic levels, 398
leaf production, 167
light attenuation, 164
effect, 164
mass-balance equations, 164
methodological difficulties, 168
methods, 161
nitrogen content, 167
other primary producers, 160
output quantification, 167
phosphorus content, 167
phytoplankton, 160
productivity VS biomass ratio, 160
refractory carbon, 182
relationships, 167
Role of nutrients, 166
role of nutrients, 177
seagrass VS other productivity ecosystems, 160
seasonality, 169
significant on sediments, 164
stable isotope studies, 177
translocation, 179
primary production export, 166
primary productivity, 328
primordium, 417
Principal Components Analysis, 634
principles of conservation biology, 596
priority, 606
problems, 256
process of nutrient contamination, 571
process of sedimentation and turbidity, 575
Process rates in seagrass sediments., 147
processes linking coastal systems, 605
processes of heavy metal contamination, 580
processes of patch formation, 281
production, 143, 164, 395, 396
δ
15 N, 177
individual to landscape level, 177
Stable isotope, 177
methodology, 177
δ
15 N, 177
trophic pathways, 177
Productivity
effect of epiphytes, 316
Zostera, 371
productivity above-ground, 160
productivity:biomass ratios, 160
profile, 206
prominent macrophytes associated with Thalassia testudinum,
424
prominent macrophytes associated with Thalassia hemprichii,
425
propeller scarring, 526
prophyll, 71
prophyllum, 3
protected areas (MPAs), 597
protection, 540
protection provided by seagrasses, 545
proteinaceous film, 76
protogyny, 93
proton/HCO
−
3 symport mechanism, 326
protozoa, 443
PSII, 333
PSII reaction centres, 334
Puerto Rico, 410
pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometer, 163, 330, 331,
375
pulse events, 587
PUR, 315, 319
PUR(z), 312
pyrenoid, 325
pyruvate-phosphate dikinase, 329
Q
−
A reoxidation, 336
quantitative hyperspectral measurement, 348
Index
structural complexity, 537
sulfide, 543, 546
survival rates of infauna, 539
temporal differences, 539
thresholds, 538
top-down control, 547
two models, 538
predation at the landscape level, 543
predation rate, 510, 538, 539
as a function of seagrass density, 542
predator limitation of mesograzers, 487
predator satiation, 538
predator–prey dynamics, 543
predator–prey interactions, 537, 544
in evolutionary time, 545
predator-prey encounters, 538
predicting population dynamics Using Shoot Demography, 278
prescriptive approaches, 610
pressure, 201, 266
change, 337
dynamics, 194
gradient, 194, 203
hydrostatic, 194
pressure drag, 195
Pressurization, 261, 265
primary producers, 441
primary production, 160
above ground, 160
algae, 160, 161
algal component, 177
stable isotope studies, 177
below ground, 160
carbonate dissolution, 142
chemistry
redox potential, 182
decomposition, 167
detrital production, 164
dissolved organic carbon DOC, 179
epiphytes, 160, 161
export, 166, 168, 169
export estimates, 169
export of below-ground parts, 169
exudates, 179
factors involved, 182
Fate oF Fixed C, 164
food webs dynamics, 177
herbivory, 165–167
higher trophic levels, 398
leaf production, 167
light attenuation, 164
effect, 164
mass-balance equations, 164
methodological difficulties, 168
methods, 161
nitrogen content, 167
other primary producers, 160
output quantification, 167
phosphorus content, 167
phytoplankton, 160
productivity VS biomass ratio, 160
refractory carbon, 182
relationships, 167
Role of nutrients, 166
role of nutrients, 177
seagrass VS other productivity ecosystems, 160
seasonality, 169
significant on sediments, 164
stable isotope studies, 177
translocation, 179
primary production export, 166
primary productivity, 328
primordium, 417
Principal Components Analysis, 634
principles of conservation biology, 596
priority, 606
problems, 256
process of nutrient contamination, 571
process of sedimentation and turbidity, 575
Process rates in seagrass sediments., 147
processes linking coastal systems, 605
processes of heavy metal contamination, 580
processes of patch formation, 281
production, 143, 164, 395, 396
δ
15 N, 177
individual to landscape level, 177
Stable isotope, 177
methodology, 177
δ
15 N, 177
trophic pathways, 177
Productivity
effect of epiphytes, 316
Zostera, 371
productivity above-ground, 160
productivity:biomass ratios, 160
profile, 206
prominent macrophytes associated with Thalassia testudinum,
424
prominent macrophytes associated with Thalassia hemprichii,
425
propeller scarring, 526
prophyll, 71
prophyllum, 3
protected areas (MPAs), 597
protection, 540
protection provided by seagrasses, 545
proteinaceous film, 76
protogyny, 93
proton/HCO
−
3 symport mechanism, 326
protozoa, 443
PSII, 333
PSII reaction centres, 334
Puerto Rico, 410
pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometer, 163, 330, 331,
375
pulse events, 587
PUR, 315, 319
PUR(z), 312
pyrenoid, 325
pyruvate-phosphate dikinase, 329
Q
−
A reoxidation, 336
quantitative hyperspectral measurement, 348