Seagrass restoration, West Galveston Bay, Texas (Society 2007)

OPP-7GET4Hpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-7GET4H

Completed (successful/maintained)

Country: USA

Goal

Technique: transplanting seagrass (seedlings, sprigs, shoots, or rhizomes) In spring 1994, 2.5 acres of shoal grass were planted at two sites in West Galveston Bay using donor plants from eastern and western Matagorda Bay. The sites were: Snake Island Cove and Redfish Cove. Halodule transplanting units were collected from donor beds at around 150km distance. Spatial extent 10117 ha as reported. Reported project duration 1,4 year(s). Average survival 38,0% as reported.

Team

Project's total contribution

No scored contributions yet

Recorded result

Meadow area

1 variable · 101.17 km² · 1993-01-01 to 1993-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)

pending

Self-reported

Meadow area · 1.1.2.1

pending

0 → 10117 ha · health —% → —%

Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Society for Ecological Restoration (2007) USA: Texas: West Galveston Bay Seagrass Restoration; Source: http://www.globalrestorationnetwork.org/database/case-study/?id=83; Galveston Bay Estuary Program.

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.