8.5.4 Methods
Measurements Needed for Estimating Net Production
A. Density of meristems
Collect biomass samples to establish the density of seagrass meristems per area of bottom
(Chapter 7). For mono-meristematic shoots, a simple shoot count will suffice. For dimeristematic
species, discriminate between the number of meristems on stems and the
number of meristems on horizontal rhizomes.