In this article we reviewed and discussed the research advances on the marine higher plant eelgrass ( zostera marina l . ) from 5 aspects including ( 1 ) characteristics of morphology and anatomical structure , ( 2 ) basic physiology , ( 3 ) salt - tolerance mechanism , ( 4 ) possible growth - limiting factors , ( 5 ) questions and expectations 摘要综述和讨论了目前对海洋沉水植物大叶藻的研究进展，主要包括： ( l )形态解剖结构特点， ( 2 )基本生理研究， ( 3 )耐盐机理， ( 4 )生存限制因子， ( 5 )问题与展望。
