A doctoral dissertation examining the biology of the most widely distributed and structurally dominating of seagrass species occurring in the seagrass meadows of the coastal waters. Written to answer the question of how seagrass meadows respond to environmental change such as light degradation, three main research lines are followed: describing growth characteristics in Enhalus in the established phase, explaining such characteristics in relation to prevailing environmental conditions, and determining the response of propagules to manipulated environmental changes. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
This text explores the spatial variation and seasonality in growth and reproduction of "Enhalus acoroides" (L.f.) Royle populations in the coastal waters off Cape Bolinao, NW Phillipines.
PrefaceChapter 1 General introduction
Chapter 2 Characterization of the environmental conditions at the selected study sites: seagrass habitats of Bolinao, NW PhilippinesChapter 3 Spatio-temporal variation in shoot size and leaf growth of the two dominant Philippine seagrasses Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle and Thalassia hemprichii (Ehrenb.) Aschers.Chapter 4 Recolonization in a multi-species seagrass meadow: the contrasting strategies of the two dominant species Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle and Thalassia hemprichii (Ehrenb.) Aschers.Chapter 5 Factors affecting the spatio-temporal vanatton in the sexual reproduction in Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) RoyleChapter 6 The effects of sediment type, shading and nutrient addition on the survival, morphometrics and biomass of Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle seedlingsChapter 7 On the survival, morphology and growth of the mature stands of Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle: in situ imposed shading and transplantation experimentsChapter 8 General discussion and conclusions: the primary importance of light availability on the biology of Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) RoyleSummarySa laktudCurriculum vitae
ReneNadal Rollon, born in Bohol, Philippines.
