A Guide to Southern Temperate Seagrasses
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A Guide to Southern Temperate Seagrasses

  1. 112 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Guide to Southern Temperate Seagrasses

About this book

A Guide to Southern Temperate Seagrasses describes the exceptionally diverse seagrasses in the temperate parts of the southern hemisphere. This book introduces readers to the evolution, biology and ecology of the southern temperate seagrasses and presents a visual key to allow species identification using easily recognisable features. Detailed information is presented summarising the distinctive features of each species or 'complex', with brief notes about their taxonomy, reproduction and ecology.

With information provided in a highly concise format, this book allows readers to rapidly identify a particular seagrass, as well as other species that it may easily be confused with, confirm that the species occurs in a certain area, and access general information on the biology and ecology of the species. It is a valuable resource for students, researchers, environmental consultants and both government and non-government agencies.

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Glossary

Glossary
Image

angiosperms
A group of flowering plants distinguished by true flowers
annual
A plant that germinates, grows, flowers, sets seeds and dies within a year
anther
Pollen-bearing (male) part of a flower; usually the terminal portion of the stamen (p103)
bi-dentate
Having 2 teeth-like projections
bioregion
A geographic region that is defined by the types of organisms that live there
bisexual
Male and female parts in one individual
bract
Leaf-like structure at the base of an inflorescence or flower
branch
Where a leaf, shoot, stem or rhizome splits into two (p102)
bristle
A stiff structure, such as a hair or projection
bullose
Distended surface with a blistered or puckered appearance
carpel
Central part of the flower enclosing the ovules (female)
clonal growth
Multiple organisms produced from one parent by vegetative means; individual plants thus formed may later grow independently
comb
Referring to the hard, comb-like structure at the base of an Amphibolis seedling that aids in attachment of the seedling to the ground
complex
Referring to a related group of species where the boundaries between the species are unclear, indicating there is uncertainty in the taxonomy
convergent
Appearing to have a similar form but different ancestry
cryptic
Not visually obvious or, in reference to species, species that can not be visually distinguished
cyme
An inflorescence in which each flower, in turn, is formed and then opens at the tip of a growing axis
dentate
Having toothed-like projections
dioecious
Having male and female flowers on different plants
drupe
Fleshy fruit derived from a single carpel, usually containing a single seed
endemic
Unique to a given region
epiphyte
Organisms that...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. What is a seagrass?
  8. Taxonomy
  9. Habitats
  10. Ecology
  11. Fauna
  12. Human interactions
  13. Reproduction
  14. Evolution
  15. Bioregions
  16. Currents
  17. A unique flora
  18. Using this guide
  19. Southern temperate seagrasses key
  20. Species list
  21. Cymodoceaceae
  22. Amphibolis antarctica
  23. Amphibolis griffithii
  24. Cymodocea angustata
  25. Cymodocea serrulata
  26. Halodule uninervis
  27. Syringodium isoetifolium
  28. Thalassodendron ciliatum
  29. Thalassodendron pachyrhizum
  30. Posidoniaceae
  31. Posidonia angustifolia
  32. Posidonia australis
  33. Posidonia ostenfeldii ‘complex’
  34. Posidonia sinuosa
  35. Ruppiaceae
  36. Ruppia
  37. Ruppia species
  38. Hydrocharitaceae
  39. Halophila australis
  40. Halophila decipiens
  41. Halophila ovalis ‘complex’
  42. Halophila spinulosa
  43. Zosteraceae
  44. Zostera capensis
  45. Zostera muelleri
  46. Zostera tasmanica ‘complex’
  47. Potamogetonaceae
  48. Lepilaena
  49. Bibliography
  50. Pictorial glossary
  51. Glossary
  52. Contributors