Epiphytes of seagrasses

M.A. Borowitzka; P.S. Lavery; M. van Keulen

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-2983-7_19

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Epiphytes of seagrasses

M.A. Borowitzka, P.S. Lavery and M. van Keulen

Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation, pp.441-462

Springer

2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2983-7_19

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Abstract

In all aquatic environments, available surfaces are rapidly colonized by a variety of organisms. If these organisms grow on plants they are called epiphytes. Seagrasses provide an excellent substratum for epiphytic organisms and these organisms are an integral component of seagrass ecosystems. The ecology and physiology of seagrass epiphytes have been reviewed previously (Harlin, 1980; Borowitzka and Lethbridge, 1989) and this chapter focuses primarily on new developments in our understanding of seagrass epiphyte biology and ecology that have occurred since then.

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Title: Epiphytes of seagrasses
Authors/Creators: M.A. Borowitzka (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
P.S. Lavery (Author/Creator) - Edith Cowan University
M. van Keulen (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
Contributors: A.W.D. Larkum (Editor)
R.J. Orth (Editor)
C.M. Duarte (Editor)
Publication Details: Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation, pp.441-462
Publisher: Springer; Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Identifiers: 991005544586007891
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter

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