Utilising plant-sediment-feedbacks to enhance seagrass restoration

该项目旨在调查沉积物微生物在促进澳大利亚濒危海草物种健康方面的作用。该项目希望通过整合宏观和微观生态学、环境基因组学、植物生态学和生态系统功能（如养分和生物地球化学循环），为提高海草恢复成功率创造新的知识。预期的结果是利用沉积物微生物加强海草恢复的新知识，这些知识可以整合到管理和政策中。该项目应提供显著效益，如发展关键战略联盟以加强对海草的管理、生态系统服务及其提供的经济和社会效益。

This project aims to investigate the role of sediment microbes in promoting the health of threatened seagrass species across Australia. This project expects to create new knowledge for enhancing restoration success for seagrasses by integrating macro and micro-ecology, environmental genomics, plant ecology and ecosystem function (e.g. nutrient and biogeochemistry cycling). Expected outcomes are new knowledge to enhance seagrass restoration utilising sediment microbes that can be integrated into management and policy. This project should provide significant benefits, such as the development of key strategic alliances to enhance management of seagrasses, and the ecosystem services, and economic and social benefits they provide.