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Chapter 08: Vulnerability of seagrasses in the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
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dc.contributor.author | Waycott, M. | * |
dc.contributor.author | Collier, C. | * |
dc.contributor.author | McMahon, K. | * |
dc.contributor.author | Ralph, P. | * |
dc.contributor.author | McKenzie, L.J. | * |
dc.contributor.author | Udy, J. | * |
dc.contributor.author | Grech, A. | * |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-08T05:38:44Z | null |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-08T05:38:44Z | null |
dc.date.copyright | 2007 | en |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | en-US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781876945619 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11017/541 | null |
dc.description.abstract | Seagrasses are flowering plants and, along with mangroves, have greater affinities to terrestrial plants than other marine macrophytes such as algae. Approximately 55 species of seagrass occur in five different plant families and represent at least three independent evolutionary lineages. Thus, seagrasses are not a taxonomically unified group but a ‘biological’ or ‘ecological’ group85,149. The evolutionary adaptations required for survival in the marine environment have led to convergence in morphology. Seagrasses evolved under differing ambient CO2 and temperature conditions so may have different tolerances to changing environmental conditions. A wide range of tolerances across marine environments exist amongst the extant diversity of seagrasses, reflecting their substantial adaptive capacity as a group. | en |
dc.publisher | The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Book: Climate change and the Great Barrier Reef: a vulnerability assessment | en |
dc.relation.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11017/137 | en |
dc.title | Chapter 08: Vulnerability of seagrasses in the Great Barrier Reef to climate change | en |
dc.type | Book section or chapter | * |
dc.subject.asfa | Climatic changes | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Coral reefs | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Ecosystem resilience | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Seagrass | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Vulnerability | en |
dc.description.notes | This is Chapter 8 of Climate change and the Great Barrier Reef: a vulnerability assessment. The entire book can be found at http://hdl.handle.net/11017/137 | en |
dc.contributor.corpauthor | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | en |
dc.bibliographicCitation.title | Climate change and the Great Barrier Reef: a vulnerability assessment | en |
dc.bibliographicCitation.stpage | 193 | en |
dc.bibliographicCitation.endpage | 235 | en |
dc.bibliographicCitation.authors | Johnson, J.E. | * |
dc.bibliographicCitation.authors | Marshall, P.A. | * |
dc.subject.apais | Environmental management | en |
dc.subject.apais | Environmental impact | en |
dc.publisher.place | Townsville | en |
dc.relation.connectiontogbrmpa | GBRMPA published this item | en |
dc.subject.category | Animals | en |
dc.subject.category | Plants | en |
dc.subject.category | Ecosystems | en |
dc.subject.category | Processes | en |
dc.subject.category | Economic values | en |
dc.subject.category | Social values | en |
dc.subject.category | Climate change | en |
dc.subject.category | Coastal communities | en |
dc.subject.location | Reef-wide | en |
dc.keywords | climate change action plan 1 | en |
dc.keywords | Vulnerability assessment | en |
dc.keywords | targeted science | en |
dc.keywords | resilient GBR ecosystem | en |
dc.keywords | CCAP 07/08 | en |
dc.keywords | CCAP output | en |
dc.keywords | A1 | en |
dc.keywords | A1.2 | en |
dc.keywords | A1.3 | en |
dc.keywords | A1.4 | en |
dc.keywords | B1 | en |
dc.keywords | B1.3 | en |
dc.keywords | B1.4 | en |
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