Mangrove restoration, Chicken Key, located in the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve, south Biscayne Bay, Miami-Dade, Florida (Milano 1999)

OPP-E8WB33permanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-E8WB33

Completed (successful/maintained)

Country: USA

Goal

Technique: Hydrological restoration - facilitation of a natural recovery, planting Clearing and removing 4 acres of exotic vegetation, including Casuarina equisetifolia, Neyraudia reynaudiana, Schinus terebinthifolius, Scaevola taccada, Thespesia populnea, Hibiscus tiliaceus and Acacia auriculiformis, selective clearing 3 acres of exotic vegetation, excavating 33,000 cubic yards of dredge spoil from the north and central portions of the Key (Spoil sold by contractor reducing restoration cost), rest Spatial extent 28328 ha as reported.

Team

Project's total contribution

No scored contributions yet

Recorded result

Cover area

1 variable · 283.28 km² · 1997-01-01 to 1997-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)

pending

Self-reported

Cover area · 1.1.1.1

pending

0 → 28328 ha · health —% → —%

Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Milano G (1999) Restoration of coastal wetlands in southeastern Florida. Wetl J 11:15–24.

A variable shows "pending" instead of a contribution when no domain area has been set for it yet — the share of the world a project touched cannot be computed without one. The health percentages are accurate regardless.