Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0454138
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Linking seagrass restoration and replanting to the biology of seagrass survival and growth. 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.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2004
End Date: 05-2007
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $240,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Living resources (flora and fauna) | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Rehabilitation of degraded coastal and estuarine areas
