Linking seagrass restoration and replanting to the biology of seagrass survival and growth.

将海草恢复和重新种植与海草生存和生长的生物学联系起来。

• 批准号: LP0454138
• 负责人: Prof Gary Kendrick
• 金额: $ 17.56万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-05-17 至 2007-05-17
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0454138
• 关键词: Linking; seagrass; restoration; replanting; biology

Seagrasses form the basis of productive nearshore marine ecosystems in Australia but major losses have occurred due to coastal development and pollution. Recently, it has been proposed to restore seagrass habitats by transplanting meadow-forming seagrasses. These species are, however, large and slow growing, and rehabiltation programs have been limited and costly. This project will study and model the growth of both natural and transplanted populations of selected seagrasses, with the aims of optimising the selection of sites, species and planting design, and of developing realistic performance criteria for growth of planted units. The long term goal is to develop broadscale mechanical planting.

海草是澳大利亚生产性近岸海洋生态系统的基础，但由于沿海开发和污染，造成了重大损失。最近，有人提出通过移植草甸形成的海草来恢复海草的栖息地。然而，这些物种体型庞大，生长缓慢，恢复计划有限且成本高昂。该项目将研究选定海草的自然种群和移植种群的生长并建立模型，目的是优化选址、物种和种植设计，并为种植单位的生长制定现实的表现标准。长期目标是发展大规模机械种植。