Seagrass restoration, USA (Thorhaug 1978)
OPP-7BAA1Xpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-7BAA1X
Completed (successful/maintained)- Country
- USA
Goal
Technique: transplanting seagrass (cores or plugs) Cost for planting seagrass plugs withouth sediment at a spacing of 0.3 m (n=44100 plugs planted on 1 ha). Source: AC Churchill, AE Cok, MI Riner (1978) Stabilization of subtidal sediments by the transplantation of the seagrass Zostera marina L., NYSSGP-RS-78-15 (New York Sea Grant, Garden City, USA). Spatial extent 4100 ha as reported.
Team
Project's total contribution
No scored contributions yet
Recorded result
Meadow area1 variable · 41 km² · 1978-01-01 to 1978-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)pendingSelf-reported
Meadow area
1 variable · 41 km² · 1978-01-01 to 1978-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)
pending
Self-reportedMeadow area · 1.1.2.1
pending
0 → 4100 ha · health —% → —%
Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Thorhaug A (1986) Review of seagrass restoration efforts. Ambio 15:110-119.
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.