Seagrass restoration, Laguna Madre in Corpus Christi, Texas (Thorhaug 2001)

OPP-N2R66Qpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-N2R66Q

Completed (successful/maintained)

Country: USA

Goal

Technique: transplanting seagrass (cores or plugs) In the process of placing a drilling rig, a winter storm blew the vessel with the rig off a narrow channel. To remove the vessel, other vessels had to be called. A 35-acre accident occurred. In mitigation, 75 acres of the seagrass Halodule wrightii was planted by plugs in three areas. Here: (Impact) a persistently barren site for decades (scraped by another petroleum company's vessel) was restored in the shallows whi Spatial extent 151757 ha as reported. Reported project duration 0,2 year(s). Average survival 51,7% as reported.

Team

Project's total contribution

No scored contributions yet

Recorded result

Meadow area

1 variable · 1517.57 km² · 1999-01-01 to 1999-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)

pending

Self-reported

Meadow area · 1.1.2.1

pending

0 → 151757 ha · health —% → —%

Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Thorhaug A (2001) Petroleum industry's use of seagrass restoration as mitigation for construction and as a potential cleanup tool. Proc 2001 International Oil Spill Conference, IOSC..

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.