Author: Perry Fleming GayaldoPublisher:
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Category : Wetland restoration
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Eelgrass (Zostera Marina) Restoration Techniques
Author: Perry Fleming GayaldoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wetland restoration
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Eelgrass (Zostera Marina) Restoration and Monitoring Technical Guidelines
Author: N. Tay EvansRestoring Eelgrass (Zostera Marina) from Seed
Author: Robert Joseph OrthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eelgrass
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Global Seagrass Research Methods
Author: F.T. ShortPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 008052561X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
This thorough and informative volume presents a set of detailed, globally applicable techniques for seagrass research.The book provides methods for all aspects of seagrass science from basic plant collection to statistical approaches and investigations of plant-animal interaction. The emphasis is on methods that are applicable in both developing and developed countries. The importance of seagrasses in coastal and near shore environments, and ultimately their contribution to the productivity of the world's oceans, has become increasingly recognised over the last 40 years.Seagrasses provide food for sea turtles, nearly 100 fish species, waterfowl and for the marine mammals the manatee and dugong. Seagrasses also support complex food webs by virtue of their physical structure and primary production and are well known for their role as breeding grounds and nurseries for important crustacean, finfish and shell fish populations. Seagrasses are the basis of an important detrital food chain. The plants filter nutrients and contaminants from the water, stabilise sediments and act as dampeners to wave action. Seagrasses rank with coral reefs and mangroves as some of the world's most productive coastal habitat and strong linkages among these habitats make the loss of seagrasses a contributing factor in the degradation of the world's oceans.Contributors from around the world provide up-to-date methods for comparable collection of ecological information from both temperate and tropical seagrass ecosystems.
Eelgrass (Zostera Marina L.) Restoration in the Pacific Northwest
Author: Ronald M. ThomPublisher:
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Category : Restoration ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
We summarize eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) restoration and mitigation project results and recommendations of transplant practitioners in the Pacific Northwest since 1990. Our purpose is to provide current information for programs considering eelgrass restoration by providing a synthesis of what practitioners and researchers have learned through experimentation and monitoring of discrete projects throughout western Washington and British Columbia. Reports, papers, personal communications, and a workshop were used to gather data on these projects. Our general null hypothesis is that eelgrass can be restored to match natural eelgrass meadows in terms of structure and function. We conclude that, under favorable site conditions, and if the reason for the initial loss of eelgrass is understood and corrected, that eelgrass can be restored. However, eelgrass restoration science is hampered by knowledge gaps, reducing restoration success. For example, mechanisms for recent eelgrass loss in the region are not obvious, which suggests that the scientific understanding of eelgrass biology and ecosystem conditions is inadequate to support environmental management actions in our region. To improve restoration project success in the Pacific Northwest requires further research knowledge gaps, closely evaluating the performance of restoration projects, and disseminating information for use by future generations. Workshop participants identified an immediate need to construct a clearinghouse of eelgrass restoration and monitoring results that provides summaries and data from eelgrass enhancement efforts. Furthermore, we found that it was difficult to summarize the relative performance of the more than 30 projects reviewed because of variations in goals, project size, planting methods employed, performance criteria, duration of monitoring, intensity of monitoring, and data interpretation. Hence, we recommend that standard monitoring protocols be developed and results from .these methods be reported through the clearinghouse and periodic meetings.
Large-scale Restoration of Eelgrass (Zostera Marina) in the Patuxent River, Maryland
Author: David Michael GoshornPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Innovative Techniques for Large-scale Collection, Processing, and Storage of Eelgrass (Zostera Marina) Seeds
Author: Robert Joseph OrthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eelgrass
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
World Atlas of Seagrasses
Author: Frederick T. ShortPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520240476
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Seagrasses are a vital and widespread but often overlooked coastal marine habitat. This volume provides a global survey of their distribution and conservation status.
Restoration and Management of Eelgrass (Zostera Marina) on the West Coast of Sweden
Author: Louise ErianderPublisher:
ISBN: 9789162899042
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
Large-scale Restoration of Eelgrass (Zostera Marina) in the Patuxent and Potomac Rivers, Maryland
Author: Kathryn BuschPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eelgrass
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description