Saltmarsh restoration, Kiawah Island and Morgan Island , South Carolina (Beck 2012)

OPP-ZGBY72permanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-ZGBY72

Completed (successful/maintained)

Country: USA

Goal

Technique: Planting saltmarsh (seeds, seedlings or sods) Study tested if locally collected smooth cordgrass will have higher plant performance than non-local commercially available plant material from native plant nurseries over a period of 2 years. S. alterniflora from each source was transplanted in a randomized block design, with plants spaced 0.5 m apart. Here: Survival of local plants after the second field season is reported. Spatial extent 3200 ha as reported. Reported project duration 2,4 year(s). Average survival 14,9% as reported.

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Project's total contribution

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Recorded result

Marsh area

1 variable · 32 km² · 2005-01-01 to 2005-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)

pending

Self-reported

Marsh area · 1.1.4.1

pending

0 → 32 km2 · health —% → —%

Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Beck J, Gustafson DJ (2012) Plant source influence on Spartina alterniflora survival and growth in restored South Carolina Salt Marshes. Southeast Nat 11:747-754.

A variable shows "pending" instead of a contribution when no domain area has been set for it yet — the share of the world a project touched cannot be computed without one. The health percentages are accurate regardless.