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Author Green, Edmund P. (Edmund Peter), 1965-

Title World atlas of seagrasses / [edited by] Edmund P. Green & Frederick T. Short
Published Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2003
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, [2003]
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Description xii, 298 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 31 cm
Contents Chapter 1: The seagrasses of Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea -- Chapter 2: The seagrasses of Western Europe -- Chapter 3: The seagrasses of the western Mediterranean -- Chapter 4: The seagrasses of the Black, Azov, Caspian and Aral Seas -- Chapter 5: The seagrasses of the eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea -- The seagrasses of the Arabian Gulf and Arabian region -- Chapter 7: The seagrasses of Kenya and Tanzania -- Chapter 8: The seagrasses of Mozambique and southeastern Africa -- Chapter 9: The seagrasses of India -- Chapter 10: The seagrasses of western Australia -- Chapter 11: The seagrasses of eastern Australia -- Chapter 12: The seagrasses of New Zealand -- Chapter 13: The seagrasses of Thailand -- Chapter 14: The seagrasses of Malaysia -- Chapter 15: The seagrasses of the western Pacific Islands -- Chapter 16: The seagrasses of Indonesia -- The Philippines and Viet Nam -- Chapter 17: The seagrasses of Japan -- The seagrasses of the Republic of Korea -- Chapter 19: The seagrasses of the Pacific coast of North America -- Chapter 20: The seagrasses of the western North Atlantic -- Chapter 21: The seagrasses of the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States -- Chapter 22: The seagrasses of the Gulf of Mexico -- Chapter 23: The seagrasses of the Caribbean -- Chapter 24: The seagrasses of South America: Brazil, Argentina and Chile
Summary "Seagrasses, a group of about sixty species of underwater marine flowering plants, grow in the shallow marine and estuary environments of all the world's continents except Antarctica. The primary food of animals such as manatees, dugongs, and green sea turtles, and critical habitat for thousands of other animal and plant species, seagrasses are also considered one of the most important shallow-marine ecosystems for humans, since they play an important role in fishery production. Though they are highly valuable ecologically and economically, many seagrass habitats around the world have been completely destroyed or are now in rapid decline. The World Atlas of Seagrasses is the first authoritative and comprehensive global synthesis of the distribution and status of this critical marine habitat." "Illustrated throughout with color maps, photographs, tables, and more, and written by an international team of collaborators, this unique volume covers seagrass ecology, scientific studies to date, current status ...nging distributions, threatened areas, and conservation and management efforts for twenty-four regions of the world. As human populations expand and continue to live disproportionately in coastal areas, bringing new threats to seagrass habitat, a comprehensive overview of coastal resources and critical habitats is more important than ever. The World Atlas of Seagrasses will stimulate new research, conservation, and management efforts, and will help better focus priorities at the international level for these vitally important coastal ecosystems."--BOOK JACKET
[Cont.] changing distributions, threatened areas, and conservation and management efforts for twenty-four regions of the world. As human populations expand and continue to live disproportionately in coastal areas, bringing new threats to seagrass habitat, a comprehensive overview of coastal resources and critical habitats is more important than ever. The World Atlas of Seagrasses will stimulate new research, conservation, and management efforts, and will help better focus priorities at the international level for these vitally important coastal ecosystems."--BOOK JACKET
Analysis SEAGRASSES
Seagrasses
Notes Published in association with UNEP-WCMC
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Also available via the World Wide Web
System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader
Subject Seagrasses -- Atlases.
Seagrasses.
Genre/Form Atlases.
Author Green, Edmund P. (Edmund Peter), 1965-
Green, Edmund
Short, Frederick T.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
LC no. 2004298124
ISBN 0520240472
Other Titles Atlas of seagrasses
Seagrasses