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Accession number;01A0173378
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| Title;Development of local and global networks for reserch and conservation of seagrasses. |
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NAKAOKA MASAHIRO
(Ocean Res. Inst., Univ. of Tokyo)
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Journal Title;Aquabiology
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Journal Code:S0220B
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ISSN:0285-4376
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VOL.22;NO.6;PAGE.566-569(2000)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;REF.9 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;Establishment of network programs for monitoring seagrass vegetation is one of the important ways to promote efficient management and conservation of seagrass ecosystems. In this article, I review some local and global network programs that monitor seagrass systems over large spatial scales. Posidonia Monitoring Network (PMN) in the northeastern Mediterranean region of France is designed to use the seagrass Posidonia oceanica as a biological indicator of pollution level of Mediterranean sea. The changes in Posidonia vegetation have been monitored over a decade along the 650 km of the coastline. Seagrass-Watch in Queensland, Australia is a community-based monitoring program of seagrasses. Mapping of seagrasses and measurements of various parameters of seagrass beds have been conducted through a cooperation between local governmental offices, scientists and community volunteers. SeagNet is a worldwide network of seagrass scientists that is in a planning stage of establishment by World Seagrass Association. One of its major activities is called SeagMon that plans to monitor status of major seagrass beds in the world simultaneously using a standardized methodology. Its purpose is to establish an early warning system of the changes in seagrass resources with major environmental changes of the world, such as global warming. (author abst.) |
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