| Eleven seagrass species were found in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Seagrasses occurred in five different habitats, i.e. intertidal terrigenous mudflats, shallow terrigenous sandy bays, coastal reef flats, reef flats of patch reefs, and sandy reef bases, from the intertidal to a maximum depth of 35 m. Thalassia hemprichii and Enhalus acoroides were the dominant constant species of stable environments (permanently present in climax vegetations). Cymodocea rotundata, Halodule uninervis and Halophila ovalis were the dominant pioneering species in the area. A considerable number (117) of macroalgal taxa were found associated with seagrass vegetation, but only 13 of these were found exclusively in association with seagrasses. Macroalgal biomass in the seagrass... |
