chapter 1 Seagrass Ecology and Management: An Introduction / part Section I / chapter 2 Establishing Light Requirements for the Seagrass Thalassia testudinum: An Example from Tampa Bay, Florida / chapter 3 Somatic, Respiratory, and Photosynthetic Responses of the Seagrass Halodule wrightii to Light Reduction in Tampa Bay, Florida Including a Whole Plant Carbon Budget -- chapter 4 The Effects of Dock Height on Light Irradiance (PAR) and Seagrass (Halodule wrightii and Syringodium filiforme) Cover / chapter 5 Tape Grass Life History Metrics Associated with Environmental Variables in a Controlled Estuary / chapter 6 Experimental Studies on the Salinity Tolerance of Turtle Grass, Thalassia testudinum / chapter 7 Effects of the Disposal of Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination Discharges on a Seagrass Meadow (Thalassia testudinum) Offshore of Antigua, West Indies / part Section II / chapter 8 Development and Use of an Epiphyte Photo-Index (EPI) for Assessing Epiphyte Loadings on the Seagrass Halodule wrightii / chapter 9 Establishing Baseline Seagrass Parameters in a Small Estuarine Bay / chapter 10 Monitoring Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Hillsborough Bay, Florida / chapter 11 Monitoring the Effects of Construction and Operation of a Marina on the Seagrass Halophila decipiens in Fort Lauderdale, Florida / chapter 12 Recent Trends in Seagrass Distributions in Southwest Florida Coastal Waters / chapter 13 Monitoring Seagrass Changes in Indian River Lagoon, Florida Using Fixed Transects / chapter 14 Long-Term Trends in Seagrass Beds in the Mosquito Lagoon and Northern Banana River, Florida / part Section III / chapter 15 Reciprocal Transplanting of the Threatened Seagrass Halophila johnsonii (Johnson’s Seagrass) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida / chapter 16 Setting Seagrass Targets for the Indian River Lagoon, Florida / chapter 17 Seagrass Bed Recovery after Hydrological Restoration in a Coastal Lagoon with Groundwater Discharges in the North of Yucatan (Southeastern Mexico) -- chapter 18 Observations on the Regrowth of Subaquatic Vegetation Following Transplantation: A Potential Method to Assess Environmental Health of Coastal Habitats -- part Section IV / chapter 19 Scaling Submersed Plant Community Responses to Experimental Nutrient Enrichment / chapter 20 Seagrass Ecosystem Characteristics, Research, and Management Needs in the Florida Big Bend / chapter 21 Seagrass Restoration in Tampa Bay: A Resource-Based Approach to Estuarine Management / chapter 22 Matching Salinity Metrics to Estuarine Seagrasses for Freshwater Inflow Management