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Evaluation of Seagrass Planting and Monitoring Techniques: Implications for Assessing Restoration Success and Habit Equivalency

Bell, S. S., Tewfik, A., Hall, M. O., and Fonseca, M. S. Restoration Ecology 16(3):407-416. 2008.

Restoration has become an integral part of coastal management as a result of seagrass habitat loss. We studied restoration of the seagrass (Halodule wrightii) near Tampa Bay, Florida. Experimental plots were established in June 2002 using four planting methods: three manually planted and one mechanically transplanted by boat. Seagrass cover was recorded at high resolution (meter scale) annually through July 2005. Natural seagrass beds were concurrently examined as reference sites. We also evaluated the suitability of a commonly used protocol (Braun-Blanquet scores, BB) for comparing the development of seagrass cover using the planting methods and quantifying spatial patterns of cover over time.


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Author(s): Susan S. Bell, Alexander Tewfik, Margaret O. Hall, Mark S. Fonseca

Section: Diverse Species

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