Mangroves in Focus 2nd Edition
ISBN : 978-1-86283-150-6
Published Date : 17 November 2004
Product Code : F 13P
Format : Free PDF for download
by Dave Claridge, John Burnett and Bob Moffatt
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A 160 page information and project book updated for the 2013 Queensland Marine Science Sylabus
Excellent projects for Marine Science Syllabus EMI's
Innovative and engaging lab exercises
Contents
Chapter 1 Classification and biodiversity
Classification systems
Biodiversity
Variety and abundance of life
Lab exercise 1.1 Mangrove microbes
Lab exercise 1.2 Scat analysis
Project 1.1 Fish and mangroves
Project 1.2 Organisms that live in the mud
Project 1.3 Mangroves and plankton
Project 1.4 Mangrove identification
Project 1.5 Crab study
Project 1.6 Design a key
Chapter 2 Anatomy, physiology and adaptation
Anatomy and physiology
Adaptations
Reproduction
Lab exercise 2.1 Mangrove leaf sections
Lab exercise 2.2 Mangrove leaf epidermis
Lab exercise 2.3 Salt secretion
Lab exercise 2.4 Pneumatophore morphology
Lab exercise 2.5 Salt levels in leaves
Project 2.1 Seedlings and salinity
Project 2.2 Fruit germinating and salinity
Project 2.3 Leaf angles
Project 2.4 Width and length ratios
Project 2.5 Salt excretion rates
Chapter 3 Ecology and succession
Ecological succession
Field trip: Mangrove adaptations and relationships
Lab exercise 3.1 Mud salinity
Lab exercise 3.2 Organic component of the mud
Lab exercise 3.3 Mud porosity and dissolved oxygen
Project 3.1 Mangrove productivity
Project 3.2 Ecological succession
Project 3.3 Investigating attaching organisms
Project 3.4 Mangrove leaf decomposition rates
Project 3.5 Mud saturation
Project 3.6 Pneumatophore distribution
Project 3.7 Leaf fall and biomass
Project 3.8 Mangrove snail and crab populations
Chapter 4 Conservation and sustainability
Economic value of mangroves
Threats to mangroves
Management issues
Lab exercise 4.1 Water quality and mangroves
Lab exercise 4.2 Growing mangroves
Lab exercise 4.3 Make your own insect repellent
Project 4.1 Marina development
Project 4.2 Effects of canals
Project 4.3 Organise a conservation role play
Project 4.4 Maine paints and marine organisms
Project 4.5 Attitudes and feelings poll
Appendix 1 Species descriptions
Acanthus ilicifolius
Aegialitis annulata
Aegiceras corniculatum
Avicennia marina
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza
Ceriops tagal
Cynometra iripa
Camptostemon schultzii
Excoecaria agallocha
Heritiera littoralis
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Lumnitzera racemosa
Nypa fruticans
Osbornia octodonta
Pemphis acidula
Rhizophora stylosa
Scyphiphora hydrophylacea
Sonneratia alba
Xylocarpus mekongensis
Acrostichum speciosum
Allocasuarina glauca
Amyema cambagei
Amyema mackayense
Drynaria rigidula
Derris trifoliata
Enchylaena tomentosa
Microsorium punctatum
Pallandsia usniodea
Ramalina species
Suaeda arbusculoides
Suaeda australis
Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Sesuvium portulacastrum
Sporobolus virginicus
Thespesia populnea
Appendix 2
Glossary
Bibliography (1992)
