688
Index
rhizome vertical, 416
salinity range, 410
sediment depth requirement, 410
sediment interactions, 412
sediment nutrient addition, 414
seeds, 421
seeds dispersal, 421
success of sexual reproduction, 421
succession, 427
temperature tolerances, 409
testudinum, 13
vegetative propagation, 421
Thalassia testudinum, 12, 17, 230, 232, 258, 266, 267, 276, 424
associated macrophytes, 424
competition with Halimeda incrassata, 426
drift algae, 426
dormant shoot, 417
epiphytes, 424
epiphytic algae, 426
Florida Keys, 426
foliar shoot, 417
Halimeda spp., 424
leaf primordium, 417
interactions with macrophytes, 428
macroalgae, 424
section of horizontal rhizome, 417
horizontal rhizome, 417
vertical of rhizome, 417
vertical rhizome, 417
nitrogen budget, 232
role of macrophytic algae, 427
succession in Caribbean, 427
tropical Western Atlantic, 427
US Virgin Islands, 428
Thalassia dominated community, 427
Thalassia roots, 413
Thalassioideae, 12
Thalassocharis, 7
Thalassodendron, 9, 17, 52, 79, 101
aril-like structure, 80
auricula-leporis, 9
ciliatum, 9
Eocene, 18
pachyrhizum, 9
Thalassodendron auricula-leporis, 17
Thalassodendron ciliatum
clonal growth, 273
hard substratum, 213
simulation, 273
Thalassodendron pachyrhizum, 54, 62, 66, 72, 73, 79
Thalassodendron spp.
female flower, 74
maleflower, 74
The Netherlands, 5
theoretical scheme, 325
thickness of boundary layers, 259
thread-like pollen, 72, 73
three anatomical types, 69
three basic tissues, 51
threshold seagrass cover, 286
thresholds, 538
thylakoid membrane, 328
tidal, 516
tidal currents, 286
tidal Differences, 517
tidal inundation patterns, 509
tide, 206, 209, 210, 216, 218
tides, 197, 198, 201, 209, 391
tillering, 466
tissue assays, 523
tmK gene, 7
Tomlinson, 11
top-down, 247, 469
top-down control, 486, 491, 547
Phyllospadix torreyi, 6, 62
toxic compounds, 267
toxic metabolites
accumulation, 267
toxicological approach, 586
‘top–down’ controls, 455
tracheary elements, 69
tracing the contribution of seagrass production to fisheries
Species Elsewhere, 522
tragedy of the commons, 604
trampling, 526
transfer cells, 61, 79
transient, 113
transitional, 195
translocation, 179, 338, 396
transmittance, 298
transplantation, 126
transplanting eelgrass remotely with frame systems, 378
transplants, 401
transport, 208
water column to canopy, 208
transport of nutrients, 234
transport of oxygen, 141, 255
trawling, 525
trawling practices, 606
trinucleate, 76
Tripneustes gratilla, 429
trnL gene, 409
trnL parsimony phylogram, 31, 32
trophic, 521
trophic cascade, 464, 486, 488
trophic cascade dynamics, 486
trophic link with negligible influence on energy and materials
flows, 468
trophic links between seagrass and other habitats, 529
trophic pathways, 480, 178
trophic relationships, 522
tropical Indo-West Pacific, 13
tropical systems, 468
tropical Western Atlantic, 427
tsunami, 197
tube worms, 630
tube-building polychaete, Diopatra cuprea, 122
tunicates, 449
turbidity, 210, 217, 352, 577, 576
turbulence, 210, 212
turbulent eddies, 200
turbulent flow, 195, 208
Index
rhizome vertical, 416
salinity range, 410
sediment depth requirement, 410
sediment interactions, 412
sediment nutrient addition, 414
seeds, 421
seeds dispersal, 421
success of sexual reproduction, 421
succession, 427
temperature tolerances, 409
testudinum, 13
vegetative propagation, 421
Thalassia testudinum, 12, 17, 230, 232, 258, 266, 267, 276, 424
associated macrophytes, 424
competition with Halimeda incrassata, 426
drift algae, 426
dormant shoot, 417
epiphytes, 424
epiphytic algae, 426
Florida Keys, 426
foliar shoot, 417
Halimeda spp., 424
leaf primordium, 417
interactions with macrophytes, 428
macroalgae, 424
section of horizontal rhizome, 417
horizontal rhizome, 417
vertical of rhizome, 417
vertical rhizome, 417
nitrogen budget, 232
role of macrophytic algae, 427
succession in Caribbean, 427
tropical Western Atlantic, 427
US Virgin Islands, 428
Thalassia dominated community, 427
Thalassia roots, 413
Thalassioideae, 12
Thalassocharis, 7
Thalassodendron, 9, 17, 52, 79, 101
aril-like structure, 80
auricula-leporis, 9
ciliatum, 9
Eocene, 18
pachyrhizum, 9
Thalassodendron auricula-leporis, 17
Thalassodendron ciliatum
clonal growth, 273
hard substratum, 213
simulation, 273
Thalassodendron pachyrhizum, 54, 62, 66, 72, 73, 79
Thalassodendron spp.
female flower, 74
maleflower, 74
The Netherlands, 5
theoretical scheme, 325
thickness of boundary layers, 259
thread-like pollen, 72, 73
three anatomical types, 69
three basic tissues, 51
threshold seagrass cover, 286
thresholds, 538
thylakoid membrane, 328
tidal, 516
tidal currents, 286
tidal Differences, 517
tidal inundation patterns, 509
tide, 206, 209, 210, 216, 218
tides, 197, 198, 201, 209, 391
tillering, 466
tissue assays, 523
tmK gene, 7
Tomlinson, 11
top-down, 247, 469
top-down control, 486, 491, 547
Phyllospadix torreyi, 6, 62
toxic compounds, 267
toxic metabolites
accumulation, 267
toxicological approach, 586
‘top–down’ controls, 455
tracheary elements, 69
tracing the contribution of seagrass production to fisheries
Species Elsewhere, 522
tragedy of the commons, 604
trampling, 526
transfer cells, 61, 79
transient, 113
transitional, 195
translocation, 179, 338, 396
transmittance, 298
transplantation, 126
transplanting eelgrass remotely with frame systems, 378
transplants, 401
transport, 208
water column to canopy, 208
transport of nutrients, 234
transport of oxygen, 141, 255
trawling, 525
trawling practices, 606
trinucleate, 76
Tripneustes gratilla, 429
trnL gene, 409
trnL parsimony phylogram, 31, 32
trophic, 521
trophic cascade, 464, 486, 488
trophic cascade dynamics, 486
trophic link with negligible influence on energy and materials
flows, 468
trophic links between seagrass and other habitats, 529
trophic pathways, 480, 178
trophic relationships, 522
tropical Indo-West Pacific, 13
tropical systems, 468
tropical Western Atlantic, 427
tsunami, 197
tube worms, 630
tube-building polychaete, Diopatra cuprea, 122
tunicates, 449
turbidity, 210, 217, 352, 577, 576
turbulence, 210, 212
turbulent eddies, 200
turbulent flow, 195, 208