LIST OF TABLES Page No. Table 1: Pearson Correlation Matrix for Aerial productivity, 13 density and total biomass Pearson Correlation Matrix for Thalassia areal productivity, 17 Table 2: biomass, nitrate, ammonia and reactive phosphate concentration LIST OF PLATES Page No. PVC quadrats (0.2 m2) used to measuring Thalassia testudinum 7 Plate 1: areal productivity found growing amongst 10 2: Halodule wrightii Thalassia testudinum at St Bay East, Trinidad A native algae, found growing in seagrass 11 Plate 3: Caulerpa taxifolia beds West of Alcoa, Trinidad LIST OF APPENDICES Page No. Appendix 1: total biomass Thalassia testudium (g dry wt. m-2) measured at seagrass monitored sites in Trinidad and Tobago from 2002-2009 31 Appendix 2: areal productivity Thalassia testudium (g dry wt. m2 d-1) measured at seagrass monitored sites in Trinidad and Tobago from 2002-2009 32 Appendix 3: density at seagrass Thalassia testudium (shoots m-2) measured monitored sites in Trinidad and Tobago from 2002-2009 33
LIST OF TABLES Page No. Table 1: Pearson Correlation Matrix for Aerial productivity, density and total biomass 13 Table 2: Pearson Correlation Matrix for Thalassia areal productivity, biomass, nitrate, ammonia and reactive phosphate concentration 17 LIST OF PLATES Page No. Plate 1: PVC quadrats (0.2 m2) used to measuring Thalassia testudinum areal productivity 7 2: Halodule wrightii found growing amongst Thalassia testudinum at St Bay East, Trinidad 10 Plate 3: A native algae, Caulerpa taxifolia found growing in seagrass beds West of Alcoa, Trinidad 11 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix 1: Thalassia testudium total biomass (g dry wt. m-2) measured at seagrass monitored sites in Trinidad and Tobago from Page No. 2002-2009 31 Appendix 2: Thalassia testudium areal productivity (g dry wt. m2 d-1) measured at seagrass monitored sites in Trinidad and Tobago from 2002-2009 32 Appendix 3: Thalassia testudium density (shoots m-2) measured at seagrass monitored sites in Trinidad and Tobago from 2002-2009 33
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