Table of Contents

Introduction 1
R.G. Coles, F.T. Short and C.A. Short

Part I.     Status of Seagrass

1. Global Seagrass Distribution 5
   F.T. Short, R.G. Coles, and C. Pergent-Martini

2. Seagrass Taxonomy and Identification Key 31
   J. Kuo and C. den Hartog

3. Reproduction and Phenology in Seagrasses 59
   D.I. Walker, B. Olesen, and R.C. Phillips

   Part II. Seagrass Research Methods Color plates

4. Standards for Seagrass Collection, Identification and Sample Design 79
   D.M. Burdick and G.A. Kendrick

5. Methods for Mapping Seagrass Distribution 101
   L.J. McKenzie, M.A. Finkbeiner, and H. Kirkman

6. Methods for Assessing Seagrass Seed Ecology and Population Genetics 123
   G.J. Inglis and M. Waycott

7. Methods for the Measurement of Seagrass Abundance and Depth 141
   Distribution C.M. Duarte and H. Kirkman

8. Methods for the Measurement of Seagrass Growth and Production 155
   F.T. Short and C.M. Duarte

9. Measurements of Photosynthetic Rates in Seagrasses 183
   S. Beer, M Bjork, R. Gademann, and P. Ralph

10. Assessing Biomass, Assemblage Structure and Productivity of Algal 199
    Epiphytes on Seagrasses G.A. Kendrick and P.S. Lavery

11. Methods to Measure Macroalgal Biomass and Abundance in Seagrass 223
    Meadows B. Japar Sidik, S.O. Bandeira, and N.A. Milchakova

12. Techniques for Quantitative Sampling of Infauna and Epifauna in Seagrass 237
    A. Raz-Guzman And R.E. Grizzle

13. Fish, Crabs, Shrimps and Other Large Mobile Epibenthos: Measurement 255
    Methods for their Biomass and Abundance in Seagrass G.J. Edgar, H. Mukai, and R.J. Orth

14. Measuring Invertebrate Grazing on Seagrasses and Epiphytes 271
    V. Zupo, W.G. Nelson, and M.C. Gambi

15. Methods for Assessing the Grazing Effects of Large Herbivores on 293
    Seagrasses C. Supanwanid, J.O. Albertsen, and H. Mukai

16. Seagrass Decomposition 313
    D.I. Walker, G. Pergent, and S. Fazi

17. Measurements of Physical Parameters in Seagrass Habitats 325
    E.W. Koch and J.J. Verduin

18. Sediment Geology Methods for Seagrass Habitat 345
    P.L.A. Erftemeijer and E.W. Koch

19. Measurement of Light Penetration in Relation to Seagrass 369
    T.J.B. Carruthers, B.J. Longstaff, W.C. Dennison, E.G. Abal, and K. Aioi

20. Water Quality Measurement Methods for Seagrass Habitat 393
    S. Granger and H. Iizumi

    Part III. Seagrass Habitat Conservation Color plates

21. Improving Seagrass Habitat Quality 407
    W. Lee Long and R.M. Thom

22. Seagrass Transplantation and Other Seagrass Restoration Methods 425
    H. Calumpong and M. Fonseca

23. Protecting Seagrass: Approaches And Methods 445
    R.G. Coles and M.D. Fortes

List of Reviewers 465

Author Index 466

Subject Index 469