Seagrass restoration, Oyster Harbour, near Albany, Western Australia (Bastyan 2008)

OPP-WDZGCWpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-WDZGCW

Completed (successful/maintained)

Country: Australia

Goal

Technique: transplanting seagrass (seedlings, sprigs, shoots, or rhizomes) Over 500 transplant units collected from either actively growing edges of nearby patches (plagiotropic growth form; n=264) or within established meadows (orthotropic growth form; n=198) were collected and planted by anchoring. After 5 years, shoot numbers of individual transplants were similar to shoot densities recorded for natural meadows, >500 shoots m-2. Spatial extent 700 ha as reported. Reported project duration 4,4 year(s). Average survival 95,5% as reported.

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Project's total contribution

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Recorded result

Meadow area

1 variable · 7 km² · 1997-01-01 to 1997-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)

pending

Self-reported

Meadow area · 1.1.2.1

pending

0 → 700 ha · health —% → —%

Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Bastyan GR, Cambridge ML (2008) Transplantation as a method for restoring the seagrass Posidonia australis. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 79:289-299.

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.