Index
685
Seeds, 11, 75, 78, 111, 119, 289, 421
accumulation of nutrient, 80
adaptations to dispersal, 119
dispersal characteristics, 112, 119
dormancy, 80
dormancy characteristics, 112
germination
microsites, 121
harvesting, 126
morphology and anatomy
bristles, 78
embryo, 78
hypocotyl, 78
seed coat, 78
starch, 78
viviparous seed, 78
numbers, 80
viviparous
footing tissue, 79
integument, 79
peduncle, 79
styles, 79
transfer cell, 79
seeds production, 111
seeds size, 112
seed germination, 113
segrass loss
Cockburn Sound VS Parmelia and Success Banks, 558
self-pollination, 93, 101, 42
self-shading, 210, 313
sensor signal-to-noise, 350
septa, 65
sequestration, 241
seston, 235
seston deposition rate, 138
settlement, 450, 511
severe damage on seagrasses, 485
sexual diaspores, 112
sexual Reproduction, 89, 93, 419
sexual reproductive effort, 276
shade-adapted photosynthesis, 328
shading by phytoplankton, 571
shading experiments, 277
shallow, 197, 198
shallow coastal water, 348
shape, 61
shape factors, 353
Shark Bay, 58
shear, 99
shear stress, 196, 198, 204
sheath cells, 69
sheaths, 206
shellfish farming, 374
shoot, 81, 272
shoot as a module, 272
shoot demography, 277
plastochron interval, 277
predicting population dynamics, 278
shoot density, 287, 306, 392, 538
shoot dynamics, 275, 419
shoot growth, 392
demography, 422
methodological problems, 422
Thalassia, 422
shoot mortality, 276
Posidonia oceanica, 290
shoot recruitment, 275
shoot:root ratios, 313
shoots, 14
Short et al., 1993a, 370
short- and long-term resource management problems, 605
short-term accumulation, 181
short-term experiments, 478
short-term sink, 181
short-Term Sinks, 183
sieve elements, 69
sieve tubes, 56, 66, 68
sigmoid function, 305
significant limitations, 483
simplified seagrass-bed food web, 467
simulated spread of clones, 274
sinks of phosphorus, 151
sirenians, 466
site, 122
skimming flow, 453
skylight, 351
sloping seabed, 358
small invertebrate-feeding predators, 467
small scale, 509
small scale gene flow, 44
small scale physical disturbances, 283
small-scale dynamics, 349
smooth, 195
smothering, 576
sodium-stimulated system, 326
soft substrates, 213
soluble carbohydrates, 395
soluble protein, 233
sources of Heavy Metals, 580
sources of Nutrients, 571
sources of POM, 137
South America, 9
South Australia, 5
South Chinese Sea, 14
Southern Brazil, 9
Southern Funen, Denmark, 289
space occupation in seagrasses, 274
spaceborne, 347
spadix, 71
Sparisoma radians, 482
Spathe, 3, 11, 71, 72, 75
spathe-spadix arrangements, 95
spatial arrangement, 42
spatial arrangement of landscapes, 627
spatial autocorrelation techniques, 42
spatial patterns, 447
spatial scales, 628, 510, 544
spatial structure of seagrass populations, 281
specialist herbivores, 481
species composition, 455
species extinction, 617
species richness, 508
685
Seeds, 11, 75, 78, 111, 119, 289, 421
accumulation of nutrient, 80
adaptations to dispersal, 119
dispersal characteristics, 112, 119
dormancy, 80
dormancy characteristics, 112
germination
microsites, 121
harvesting, 126
morphology and anatomy
bristles, 78
embryo, 78
hypocotyl, 78
seed coat, 78
starch, 78
viviparous seed, 78
numbers, 80
viviparous
footing tissue, 79
integument, 79
peduncle, 79
styles, 79
transfer cell, 79
seeds production, 111
seeds size, 112
seed germination, 113
segrass loss
Cockburn Sound VS Parmelia and Success Banks, 558
self-pollination, 93, 101, 42
self-shading, 210, 313
sensor signal-to-noise, 350
septa, 65
sequestration, 241
seston, 235
seston deposition rate, 138
settlement, 450, 511
severe damage on seagrasses, 485
sexual diaspores, 112
sexual Reproduction, 89, 93, 419
sexual reproductive effort, 276
shade-adapted photosynthesis, 328
shading by phytoplankton, 571
shading experiments, 277
shallow, 197, 198
shallow coastal water, 348
shape, 61
shape factors, 353
Shark Bay, 58
shear, 99
shear stress, 196, 198, 204
sheath cells, 69
sheaths, 206
shellfish farming, 374
shoot, 81, 272
shoot as a module, 272
shoot demography, 277
plastochron interval, 277
predicting population dynamics, 278
shoot density, 287, 306, 392, 538
shoot dynamics, 275, 419
shoot growth, 392
demography, 422
methodological problems, 422
Thalassia, 422
shoot mortality, 276
Posidonia oceanica, 290
shoot recruitment, 275
shoot:root ratios, 313
shoots, 14
Short et al., 1993a, 370
short- and long-term resource management problems, 605
short-term accumulation, 181
short-term experiments, 478
short-term sink, 181
short-Term Sinks, 183
sieve elements, 69
sieve tubes, 56, 66, 68
sigmoid function, 305
significant limitations, 483
simplified seagrass-bed food web, 467
simulated spread of clones, 274
sinks of phosphorus, 151
sirenians, 466
site, 122
skimming flow, 453
skylight, 351
sloping seabed, 358
small invertebrate-feeding predators, 467
small scale, 509
small scale gene flow, 44
small scale physical disturbances, 283
small-scale dynamics, 349
smooth, 195
smothering, 576
sodium-stimulated system, 326
soft substrates, 213
soluble carbohydrates, 395
soluble protein, 233
sources of Heavy Metals, 580
sources of Nutrients, 571
sources of POM, 137
South America, 9
South Australia, 5
South Chinese Sea, 14
Southern Brazil, 9
Southern Funen, Denmark, 289
space occupation in seagrasses, 274
spaceborne, 347
spadix, 71
Sparisoma radians, 482
Spathe, 3, 11, 71, 72, 75
spathe-spadix arrangements, 95
spatial arrangement, 42
spatial arrangement of landscapes, 627
spatial autocorrelation techniques, 42
spatial patterns, 447
spatial scales, 628, 510, 544
spatial structure of seagrass populations, 281
specialist herbivores, 481
species composition, 455
species extinction, 617
species richness, 508