Meadows of the sea

摘要

Alf Nilsen goes diving among the seagrass of Cabilao to find some of the fish and invertebrates which live there. TROPICAL SEAGRASS MEADOWS associated with coral reefs are utilised both daily and seasonally as feeding ground and nursery area by reef fishes. In one study undertaken in Malatapay, Negros Oriental, Philippines by the Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology in Bremen Germany 115 species belonging to 70 genera and 42 families were identified.