Seagrass in Malaysia: issues and challenges ahead

• Main Authors: Bujang, Japar Sidik, Zakaria, Muta Harah, Short, Frederick T.
• Other Authors: Finlayson, C. Max
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/52818/1/Seagrass%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/52818/; https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-94-007-4001-3_268

Seagrasses are submerged monocotyledonous angiosperms living in marine and estuarine habitats. They are plants differentiated into distinct segments: rhizomes, roots, and leaves. Seagrasses vary in morphology and size, ranging from the tropical eelgrass Enhalus acoroides with strap-like leaves that...