Transplantation on a Posidonia oceanica meadow to facilitate its recovery after the Concordia shipwrecking

Ecological restoration is an important tool to reverse habitat loss and recover ecosystem services. Here, for two years, the authors examine the dynamic of Posidonia oceanica following the restoration of a 1149 m² meadow damaged by the Concordia shipwreck. To evaluate the suitability of a recently employed seagrass restoration protocol, the authors assessed the patches' survival and development by high-spatial resolution photomosaics over the whole transplanted surface. To estimate recovery trajectories, the authors quantified the cuttings' survival, shoot density, and Daily Leaf Production within fixed monitoring squares. The outcomes confirmed that the authors' protocol could be efficiently applied at larger scales, showing diminutions in cuttings' survival and shoot density over the first year (up to −20%), followed by stability in the number of living cuttings and increases of leaf bundles (up to +5%/year). The authors' insights demonstrate that the recovery of P. oceanica can be speeded up and underline the need for case-specific transplantation strategies.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113683
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X22003654
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• Authors:
  • Mancini, G
  • Ventura, D
  • Casoli, E
  • Belluscio, A
  • Ardizzone, G D
• Publication Date: 2022-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 113683
• Serial:
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Volume: 179
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0025-326
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0025326X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ecosystems; Environmental monitoring; Grasses; Restoration ecology; Shipwrecks
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01847285
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 26 2022 9:06AM