Seagrass : Ecology, Uses and Threats.
Pirog, Robert S.
Seagrass : Ecology, Uses and Threats. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (291 pages) - Oceanography and Ocean Engineering; Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology . - Oceanography and Ocean Engineering; Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology .
Intro -- SEAGRASS: ECOLOGY, USES AND THREATS -- SEAGRASS: ECOLOGY, USES AND THREATS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 ECOSYSTEM MODELING AND ITS APPLICATION FOR SEAGRASS BEDS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROJECT OF ATSUMI BAY -- 2.1. Location and Situation -- 2.2. Evaluation Program -- 2.2.1. Objective and Scenarios for Part 1 -- 2.2.2. Objective and Scenarios for Part 2 -- 3. ECOSYSTEM MODELING -- 3.1. Whole Construction of the Simulation System -- 3.2. Ecosystem Model -TRÄUMEREI -- 3.2.1. Overview of the TRÄUMEREI Model -- 3.2.2. Model Equations and Computational Algorithm -- (1) For Pelagic System -- (2) For Benthic System -- 3.2.3. Biochemical Reactions -- 3.2.4. Dissolved Oxygen in Benthic System -- 4. IMPLEMENTATION -- 4.1. Expression of the Geographical Feature -- 4.2. Boundary Conditions and Initial Values -- 4.3. Simulation Period and Time Step -- 4.4. Parameters -- 4.5. Validation - Comparison between Calculations and Observations -- 5. EVALUATION OF PART 1 - LIKELIHOOD OF SEAGRASS GROWTH ON THE ARTIFICIAL SHALLOWS -- 5.1. Ecological Mechanism in the Natural Seagrass Beds -- 5.1.1. Biological and Physical Processes in Nutrient Cycling -- (1) Fluxes at System Boundary: -- (2) Fluxes between < -- A> -- and < -- D> -- in Figure 11: -- (3)Turnover Rate of < -- D> -- in Figure 11: -- (4) Mineralization Pathway and De-nitrification in the Benthic System: -- (5) Overall Image of Vertical Cycle for Each Area: -- 5.1.2. Turn over Rate of Nutrient Cycling -- 5.2. Effectiveness of Suspension Feeders to Seagrass Growth -- 5.3. Likelihood of Seagrass Growth on the Artificial Shallows in the Mito Area -- 6. EVALUATION OF PART 2 - EFFECT OF RECLAIMING/CREATING THE SEAGRASS BEDS ON ATSUMI BAY -- 6.1. Model Validation and Spatial Distribution of Water Quality. 6.2. EFFECT OF DISAPPEARANCE OF THE NATURAL SEAGRASS BEDS -- 6.3. EFFECT OF THE MITIGATION PLAN FAILING IN SEAGRASS GROWING -- 6.4. EFFECT OF THE MITIGATION PLAN SUCCEEDING IN SEAGRASS GROWING -- 7. EVALUATION OF THE PURIFICATION -- 7.1. Definition of the Purification Rate -- 7.2. Biological Purification Fluxes -- 7.3. Purification Rate of Phytoplankton -- 7.4. Purification Rate of Nutrients -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 POSIDONIA OCEANICA: FROM ECOLOGICAL STATUS TO GENETIC AND PROTEOMIC RESOURCES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GENETIC STUDIES -- i) Genetic Variability of Posidonia oceanica -- ii) Spatial Patterns of Genetic Variability -- iii) Genetics and Restoration -- iv) Genetics in Monitoring -- v) Future Outlook -- PROTEOMIC INVESTIGATIONS -- i) Technical Approach -- ii) Challenging of Protein Analyses from Posidonia oceanica -- iii) Proteomics in Environmental Monitoring and Adaptive Responses in Posidonia oceanica -- iv) Proteomics in Adaptive Responses to Light of Posidonia oceanica -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 THE IMPACT OF HURRICANES ON EPIPHYTAL FORAMINIFERA ON RHIZOMES OF THE SEAGRASS THALASSIA TESTUDINUM, NEVIS, NORTH-EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION TO FORAMINIFERA -- FORAMINIFERA AND SUCCESSIONS -- HURRICANES AND THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA -- SHE ANALYSIS OF TIME SERIES -- PREVIOUS WORK ON EPIPHYTAL FORAMINIFERA OFF NEVIS -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- FINDINGS -- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS -- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FINDINGS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 THE IMPORTANCE AND FUNCTION OF SEAGRASS HABITATS FOR ELASMOBRANCHS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SEAGRASS HABITATS AS NURSERY AREAS -- SEAGRASS HABITATS AS FORAGING GROUNDS -- SEAGRASS HABITATS AS REFUGIA -- CONSERVATION -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. Chapter 5 THE USE OF STOCHASTIC MODELS AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL IN A SHALLOW TEMPERATE ESTUARY OF SOUTH EUROPE (MONDEGO, PORTUGAL) -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS . -- 2.1. Study Site Description -- 2.2. Monitoring Program -- 2.3. Statistical Analysis and Modelling Procedures -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1. Determining the Cause-Effect Relationships between Trophic Components -- 3.2. Conceptualization of the Model and Equations -- 3.3. Model Simulations -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 RECRUITMENT PREFERENCES OF A BIVALVE COMMUNITY: RESULTS FROM ARTIFICIAL COLLECTORS OVER POSIDONIA OCEANICA (L.) DELILE MEADOWS IN A MARINE PROTECTED AREA (MPA) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Study Area -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Multi-Specific Patterns Related to Distance to the Coast (1st Dataset) -- Multi-Specific Patterns Related to the Sample Depth and Location (2nd Dataset) -- Similarity Analysis -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 THE USE OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN GIS MAPPING OF SEAGRASS MEADOWS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TYPES OF FILTERS AND ROLL FILMS -- AEROPHOTOGRAMMETRY -- Aerial Surveys -- Aerial Cameras and Aerial photos -- ACQUIRING AND STORING IMAGES -- IMAGE RECTIFICATION -- GEOREFERENCING -- IMAGE ANALYSIS -- GIS ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 THE RISE OF RUPPIA IN SEAGRASS BEDS: CHANGES IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENT AND RESEARCH NEEDS -- ABSTRACT -- CHANGES IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENT AND SEAGRASS BEDS -- CHARACTERISTICS OF RUPPIA MARITIMA -- DO WE NEED TO RESTORE RUPPIA BEDS? -- CASE STUDY: RUPPIA MARITIMA OF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST, THE USA -- Changes in the Seagrass Community -- Changes in the Seagrass Beds after the 2005 Hurricane Katrina at Grand Bay NERR -- Ruppia Maritima Restoration Efforts in Bayou Cumbest -- Further Research Needs. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 SEAGRASS ECOLOGY AND THREATS IN THE TROPICAL INDO-PACIFIC BIOREGION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TROPICAL SEAGRASS BIOLOGY -- Seagrass Species -- Biogeography -- SEAGRASS HABITAT - THREATS AND LOSS -- Management Issues -- Understanding Threats to Seagrass -- Monitoring Changes -- MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION TOOLS -- MANAGEMENT NEEDS IN THE TROPICAL INDO-PACIFIC BIOREGION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 SEAGRASS MEADOWS OF THE WAKATOBI NATIONAL PARK -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION TO SEAGRASS MEADOWS -- SPATIAL COVERAGE -- SEAGRASS COMMUNITY DYNAMICS AND HERBIVORY -- INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES -- FISH ASSEMBLAGES -- ECOSYSTEM INTERACTIONS -- THREATS TO SEAGRASS MEADOWS -- FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS -- CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
9781611224023
Seagrasses -- Ecology.
Seagrasses -- Research -- Methodology.
Seagrasses -- Conservation.
Electronic books.
QK495.A14 -- S38 2011eb
584/.72
Seagrass : Ecology, Uses and Threats. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (291 pages) - Oceanography and Ocean Engineering; Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology . - Oceanography and Ocean Engineering; Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology .
Intro -- SEAGRASS: ECOLOGY, USES AND THREATS -- SEAGRASS: ECOLOGY, USES AND THREATS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 ECOSYSTEM MODELING AND ITS APPLICATION FOR SEAGRASS BEDS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROJECT OF ATSUMI BAY -- 2.1. Location and Situation -- 2.2. Evaluation Program -- 2.2.1. Objective and Scenarios for Part 1 -- 2.2.2. Objective and Scenarios for Part 2 -- 3. ECOSYSTEM MODELING -- 3.1. Whole Construction of the Simulation System -- 3.2. Ecosystem Model -TRÄUMEREI -- 3.2.1. Overview of the TRÄUMEREI Model -- 3.2.2. Model Equations and Computational Algorithm -- (1) For Pelagic System -- (2) For Benthic System -- 3.2.3. Biochemical Reactions -- 3.2.4. Dissolved Oxygen in Benthic System -- 4. IMPLEMENTATION -- 4.1. Expression of the Geographical Feature -- 4.2. Boundary Conditions and Initial Values -- 4.3. Simulation Period and Time Step -- 4.4. Parameters -- 4.5. Validation - Comparison between Calculations and Observations -- 5. EVALUATION OF PART 1 - LIKELIHOOD OF SEAGRASS GROWTH ON THE ARTIFICIAL SHALLOWS -- 5.1. Ecological Mechanism in the Natural Seagrass Beds -- 5.1.1. Biological and Physical Processes in Nutrient Cycling -- (1) Fluxes at System Boundary: -- (2) Fluxes between < -- A> -- and < -- D> -- in Figure 11: -- (3)Turnover Rate of < -- D> -- in Figure 11: -- (4) Mineralization Pathway and De-nitrification in the Benthic System: -- (5) Overall Image of Vertical Cycle for Each Area: -- 5.1.2. Turn over Rate of Nutrient Cycling -- 5.2. Effectiveness of Suspension Feeders to Seagrass Growth -- 5.3. Likelihood of Seagrass Growth on the Artificial Shallows in the Mito Area -- 6. EVALUATION OF PART 2 - EFFECT OF RECLAIMING/CREATING THE SEAGRASS BEDS ON ATSUMI BAY -- 6.1. Model Validation and Spatial Distribution of Water Quality. 6.2. EFFECT OF DISAPPEARANCE OF THE NATURAL SEAGRASS BEDS -- 6.3. EFFECT OF THE MITIGATION PLAN FAILING IN SEAGRASS GROWING -- 6.4. EFFECT OF THE MITIGATION PLAN SUCCEEDING IN SEAGRASS GROWING -- 7. EVALUATION OF THE PURIFICATION -- 7.1. Definition of the Purification Rate -- 7.2. Biological Purification Fluxes -- 7.3. Purification Rate of Phytoplankton -- 7.4. Purification Rate of Nutrients -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 POSIDONIA OCEANICA: FROM ECOLOGICAL STATUS TO GENETIC AND PROTEOMIC RESOURCES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GENETIC STUDIES -- i) Genetic Variability of Posidonia oceanica -- ii) Spatial Patterns of Genetic Variability -- iii) Genetics and Restoration -- iv) Genetics in Monitoring -- v) Future Outlook -- PROTEOMIC INVESTIGATIONS -- i) Technical Approach -- ii) Challenging of Protein Analyses from Posidonia oceanica -- iii) Proteomics in Environmental Monitoring and Adaptive Responses in Posidonia oceanica -- iv) Proteomics in Adaptive Responses to Light of Posidonia oceanica -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 THE IMPACT OF HURRICANES ON EPIPHYTAL FORAMINIFERA ON RHIZOMES OF THE SEAGRASS THALASSIA TESTUDINUM, NEVIS, NORTH-EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION TO FORAMINIFERA -- FORAMINIFERA AND SUCCESSIONS -- HURRICANES AND THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA -- SHE ANALYSIS OF TIME SERIES -- PREVIOUS WORK ON EPIPHYTAL FORAMINIFERA OFF NEVIS -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- FINDINGS -- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS -- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FINDINGS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 THE IMPORTANCE AND FUNCTION OF SEAGRASS HABITATS FOR ELASMOBRANCHS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SEAGRASS HABITATS AS NURSERY AREAS -- SEAGRASS HABITATS AS FORAGING GROUNDS -- SEAGRASS HABITATS AS REFUGIA -- CONSERVATION -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. Chapter 5 THE USE OF STOCHASTIC MODELS AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL IN A SHALLOW TEMPERATE ESTUARY OF SOUTH EUROPE (MONDEGO, PORTUGAL) -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS . -- 2.1. Study Site Description -- 2.2. Monitoring Program -- 2.3. Statistical Analysis and Modelling Procedures -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1. Determining the Cause-Effect Relationships between Trophic Components -- 3.2. Conceptualization of the Model and Equations -- 3.3. Model Simulations -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 RECRUITMENT PREFERENCES OF A BIVALVE COMMUNITY: RESULTS FROM ARTIFICIAL COLLECTORS OVER POSIDONIA OCEANICA (L.) DELILE MEADOWS IN A MARINE PROTECTED AREA (MPA) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Study Area -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Multi-Specific Patterns Related to Distance to the Coast (1st Dataset) -- Multi-Specific Patterns Related to the Sample Depth and Location (2nd Dataset) -- Similarity Analysis -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 THE USE OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN GIS MAPPING OF SEAGRASS MEADOWS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TYPES OF FILTERS AND ROLL FILMS -- AEROPHOTOGRAMMETRY -- Aerial Surveys -- Aerial Cameras and Aerial photos -- ACQUIRING AND STORING IMAGES -- IMAGE RECTIFICATION -- GEOREFERENCING -- IMAGE ANALYSIS -- GIS ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 THE RISE OF RUPPIA IN SEAGRASS BEDS: CHANGES IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENT AND RESEARCH NEEDS -- ABSTRACT -- CHANGES IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENT AND SEAGRASS BEDS -- CHARACTERISTICS OF RUPPIA MARITIMA -- DO WE NEED TO RESTORE RUPPIA BEDS? -- CASE STUDY: RUPPIA MARITIMA OF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST, THE USA -- Changes in the Seagrass Community -- Changes in the Seagrass Beds after the 2005 Hurricane Katrina at Grand Bay NERR -- Ruppia Maritima Restoration Efforts in Bayou Cumbest -- Further Research Needs. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 SEAGRASS ECOLOGY AND THREATS IN THE TROPICAL INDO-PACIFIC BIOREGION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TROPICAL SEAGRASS BIOLOGY -- Seagrass Species -- Biogeography -- SEAGRASS HABITAT - THREATS AND LOSS -- Management Issues -- Understanding Threats to Seagrass -- Monitoring Changes -- MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION TOOLS -- MANAGEMENT NEEDS IN THE TROPICAL INDO-PACIFIC BIOREGION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 SEAGRASS MEADOWS OF THE WAKATOBI NATIONAL PARK -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION TO SEAGRASS MEADOWS -- SPATIAL COVERAGE -- SEAGRASS COMMUNITY DYNAMICS AND HERBIVORY -- INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES -- FISH ASSEMBLAGES -- ECOSYSTEM INTERACTIONS -- THREATS TO SEAGRASS MEADOWS -- FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS -- CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
9781611224023
Seagrasses -- Ecology.
Seagrasses -- Research -- Methodology.
Seagrasses -- Conservation.
Electronic books.
QK495.A14 -- S38 2011eb
584/.72