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Author Waycott, Michelle, author.

Title A guide to southern temperate seagrasses / Michelle Waycott, Kathryn McMahon and Paul Lavery.

Publication Info. Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary 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.
Contents Cover; Foreword; Preface; Contents; What is a seagrass?; Taxonomy; Habitats; Ecology; Fauna; Human interactions; Reproduction; Evolution; Bioregions; Currents; A unique flora; Using this guide; Southern Temperate Seagrasses Key; Species list; Cymodoceaceae; Amphibolis antarctica; Amphibolis griffithii; Cymodocea angustata; Cymodocea serrulata; Halodule uninervis; Syringodium isoetifolium; Thalassodendron ciliatum; Thalassodendron pachyrhizum; Posidoniaceae; Posidonia angustifolia; Posidonia australis; Posidonia ostenfeldii 'complex'; Posidonia sinuosa; Ruppiaceae; Ruppia; Ruppia species.
HydrocharitaceaeHalophila australis; Halophila decipiens; Halophila ovalis 'complex'; Halophila spinulosa; Zosteraceae; Zostera capensis; Zostera muelleri; Zostera tasmanica 'complex'; Potamogetonaceae; Lepilaena; Bibliography; Pictorial glossary; Glossary; Contributors.
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Subject Seagrasses -- Southern Hemisphere.
Seagrasses.
Southern Hemisphere.
Seagrasses -- Southern Hemisphere -- Identification.
Genre/Form Field guides.
Subject NATURE -- Plants -- General.
Added Author McMahon, Kathryn, author.
Lavery, Paul Stephen, author.
Other Form: Print version: Waycott, Michelle. Guide to southern temperate seagrasses 9781486300150 (OCoLC)857812429
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