WCMC Global Seagrass Database

World Atlas of Seagrasses

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Contents Preface Foreword Introduction to the World Atlas of Seagrasses Key to maps and mapping methods

GLOBAL OVERVIEW	Authors
	M. Spalding, M. Taylor, C. Ravilious, F. Short, E. Green

REGIONAL CHAPTERS
Chapter		Author/s	Link
1	THE SEAGRASSES OF Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea	C. Boström S.P. Baden D. Krause-Jensen
2	THE SEAGRASSES OF Western Europe	C. Hily M.M. van Katwijk C. den Hartog
3	THE SEAGRASSES OF Western Europe	G. Procaccini M.C. Buia M.C. Gambi M. Perez G. Pergent C. Pergent-Martini J. Romero
4	THE SEAGRASSES OF The Black, Azov, Caspian and Aral Seas	N.A. Milchakova
5	THE SEAGRASSES OF The Eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea	Y. Lipkin S. Beer D. Zakai
6	THE SEAGRASSES OF The Arabian Gulf and Arabian region	R.C. Phillips
7	THE SEAGRASSES OF Kenya and Tanzania	C.A. Ochieng P.L.A. Erftemeijer	Sample Page
8	THE SEAGRASSES OF Mozambique and southeastern Africa	S.O. Bandeira F. Gell
9	THE SEAGRASSES OF India	T.G. Jagtap D.S. Komarpant R. Rodrigues
10	THE SEAGRASSES OF Western Australia	D.I. Walker
11	THE SEAGRASSES OF Eastern Australia	R. Coles L. McKenzie S. Campbell
12	THE SEAGRASSES OF New Zealand	G.J. Inglis
13	THE SEAGRASSES OF Thailand	C. Supanwanid K. Lewmanomont
14	THE SEAGRASSES OF Malaysia	J.S. Bujang M.H. Zakaria
15	THE SEAGRASSES OF The western Pacific Islands	R. Coles L. McKenzie S. Campbell M. Fortes F. Short
16	THE SEAGRASSES OF Indonesia	T.E. Kuriandewa W. Kiswara M. Hutomo S. Soemodihardjo
17	THE SEAGRASSES OF Japan	K. Aioi M. Nakaoka
18	THE SEAGRASSES OF The Republic of Korea	K.-S. Lee S.Y. Lee
19	THE SEAGRASSES OF The Pacific coast of North America	S. Wyllie-Echeverria J.D. Ackerman
20	THE SEAGRASSES OF The Western North Atlantic	F.T. Short C.A. Short
21	THE SEAGRASSES OF The mid-Atlantic coast of the United States	E.W. Koch R.J. Orth
22	THE SEAGRASSES OF The Gulf of Mexico	C.P. Onuf R.C. Phillips C.A. Moncreiff A. Raz-Guzman J.A. Herrera-Silveira
23	THE SEAGRASSES OF The Caribbean	J.C. Creed R.C. Phillips B.I. Van Tussenbroek
24	THE SEAGRASSES OF South America: Brazil, Argentina and Chile	J.C. Creed

APPENDICES 1 Seagrass species, by country or territory 2 Marine protected areas known to include seagrass beds, by country or territory 3 Species range maps
The Global Seagrass Workshop
INDEX
REGIONAL MAPS Europe Plate I, Africa Plate III, Australia Plate V, The Pacific Plate VII, Asia Plate IX, North America Plate XI, The Caribbean Plate XIII, South America Plate XIV,	Map IX
COLOUR PLATES The beauty of seagrasses Plate II, Impacts to seagrass ecosystems Plate IV, Seagrass ecosystems Plate VI, Seagrasses and people Plate VIII, The sex life of seagrasses Plate X, Diversity of seagrass habitat Plate XII,	Plate X

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