Table 13

Table 13. CARICOMP turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) leaf measurements, 1993-1995.

Country and Institution		Shoots/ Quadrat	Mean Leaf Length (cm)			Mean Leaf Width (mm)			Leaf Area Index (m² leaf per m² surface)
Site:	Date	Mean	Mean	SD	SE	Mean	SD	SE	Index	SD	SE
BELIZE: Smithsonian Institution
Carrie Bow Cay I	Dec 1994	21.0	16.83	8.30	2.14	12.00	0.93	0.24	6.44	0.91	0.41
Carrie Bow Cay I	Aug 1995	21.5	18.92	11.76	3.14	11.93	0.92	0.25	6.84	3.69	1.65
Carrie Bow Cay II		18.7	15.90	8.21	2.12	11.87	0.92	0.24	5.31	0.38	0.17
Carrie Bow Cay I	Dec 1995	19.0	20.69	12.40	3.20	12.80	1.94	0.50	7.72	2.70	1.21
Carrie Bow Cay II		17.0	20.20	10.73	3.10	11.08	1.08	0.31	4.68	1.68	0.75
BERMUDA: Bermuda Biological Station for Research Map
North Bermuda	Sep 1994	15.7	8.18	3.98	1.03	8.53	0.92	0.24	1.68	0.62	0.28
South Bermuda		13.8	6.12	2.85	0.76	6.14	1.35	0.36	0.74	0.24	0.11
COLOMBIA: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR) Map
Chengue Bay 1	Mar 1994	11.0	15.81	12.71	2.54	15.04	1.31	0.26	6.59	1.15	0.52
Chengue Bay II		11.0	17.72	12.02	2.56	14.77	0.43	0.09	6.33	0.89	0.40
Chengue Bay 1	Nov1994	10.8	16.12	9.20	2.17	16.22	2.05	0.48	5.12	0.49	0.22
Chengue Bay II		17.3	20.07	8.70	2.25	15.20	1.37	0.36	7.97	0.96	0.43
Chengue Bay 1	Mar 1995	12.5	20.50	9.58	2.32	15.06	2.16	0.53	6.60	2.07	0.93
Chengue Bay II		17.5	22.28	10.97	2.59	15.39	0.50	0.12	10.75	1.83	0.82
CUBA: Instituto de Oceanología (CIEC) Map
Cayo Coco A	Mar 1994	ND	12.65	4.06	0.98	9.59	1.18	0.29	ND
Cayo Coco B		ND	11.41	5.34	1.20	10.20	1.40	0.31	ND
Cayo Coco A	Oct 1994	ND	14.54	7.47	2.16	8.44	0.78	0.22	ND
Cayo Coco B		ND	10.29	4.98	1.29	9.63	1.60	0.41	ND
Cayo Coco A	Apr 1995	13.0	21.94	8.23	1.75	9.23	1.45	0.31	5.91	1.67	0.75
Cayo Coco B		13.2	13.03	4.84	1.01	8.30	2.18	0.46	3.41	0.95	0.43
Cayo Coco A	Sep 1995	18.5	25.16	9.34	2.14	8.81	0.24	0.06	7.80	1.66	0.74
Cayo Coco B		15.7	13.45	7.39	1.51	7.75	1.48	0.30	4.61	1.56	0.70
CURAÇAO: Carmabi Foundation Map
Spanish Water	Mar 1995	3.5	16.71	6.40	1.65	10.53	1.46	0.38	0.93	0.40
Spanish Water	Oct 1995	2.7	14.25	5.12	1.48	9.42	0.79	0.23	0.43	0.21
MEXICO: Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnología, Estación Puerto Morelos Map
High Prod.	Aug 1993	10.2	11.54	6.66	1.92	11.67	3.03	0.87	1.70	0.92	0.41
Typical		10.3	8.38	4.21	1.22	7.42	2.02	0.58	0.74	0.30	0.13
High Prod.	Feb 1994	9.3	8.94	5.04	1.40	10.92	0.76	0.22	1.18	0.30	0.14
Typical		9.7	9.78	3.91	1.13	8.42	0.79	0.23	0.97	0.35	0.15
High Prod.	Aug 1994	8.0	12.18	8.45	2.34	10.69	1.93	0.54	1.40	0.76	0.34
Typical		12.0	8.08	5.23	1.58	8.09	1.64	0.50	0.89	0.53	0.24
High Prod.	Jan 1995	9.5	10.97	6.52	2.06	10.80	0.79	0.25	1.15	0.50	0.22
Typical		11.0	8.09	5.51	1.59	8.83	0.72	0.21	0.95	0.33	0.15
High Prod.	Aug 1995	9.8	14.69	6.34	1.91	12.27	1.10	0.33	1.95	0.28	0.13
Typical		10.7	14.93	6.41	2.14	8.78	1.39	0.47	1.28	0.58	0.26
MEXICO: CINVESTAV Map
Celestun	Sept 1994	ND	13.27	6.11	1.22	10.84	3.76	0.75	ND
PUERTO RICO, USA: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico
Isla Magueyes A	Mar 1995	22.0	10.38	5.54	1.34	9.29	1.15	0.28	3.66	1.64	0.73
Isla Magueyes B		9.5	9.10	4.47	1.15	8.60	0.51	0.13	1.11	0.16	0.07
VENEZUELA: INTECMAR Map
Las Luisas	Sept 1994	ND	14.77	6.56	1.37	9.44	0.59	0.12	ND
Las Luisas	Mar 1995	ND	15.37	9.53	1.95	10.96	1.20	0.24	ND
VENEZUELA: EDIMAR Map
Punta de Mangle	Nov 1995	8.2	12.75	6.56	1.40	16.00	1.41	0.30	3.74	1.03	0.46
ND: Leaf Area Index could not be calculated as the mean number of shoots/quadrat was not measured.

Belize: SI	Curaçao: Carambi Foundation	Puerto Rico: UPR
Bermuda: BBSR	Mexico: ICMyL	Venezuela: INTECMAR
Colombia: INVEMAR	Mexico: CINVESTA V	Venezuela: EDIMAR
Cuba: CIEC

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