Restoring Eelgrass (Zostera marina) from Seed: A Comparison of Planting Methods for Large-Scale Projects
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PROBLEM: Eelgrass (Zostera marina) seeds are being used in a variety of both smalland large-scale restoration activities and have been successfully used to initiate recovery of eelgrass in the Virginia seaside coastal lagoons, which lost eelgrass in the 1930s ‘wasting disease’ pandemic (Orth et al. 2006a). However, a major bottleneck with the use of seeds has been the relatively low rate of seedling establishment, generally 10 percent or less of seeds placed in the field (Orth et al. 2003). A recently developed underwater seed planter (Traber et al. 2003) represents an alternative method that could improve seedling success compared to techniques used in previous Chesapeake Bay studies and elsewhere.
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ERDC/TN SAV-08-1, Restoring Eelgrass (Zostera marina) from Seed: A Comparison of Planting Methods for Large-Scale Projects
PROBLEM: Eelgrass (Zostera marina) seeds are being used in a variety of both smalland large-scale restoration activities and have been successfully used to initiate recovery of eelgrass in the Virginia seaside coastal lagoons, which lost eelgrass in the 1930s ‘wasting disease’ pandemic (Orth et al. 2006a). However, a major bottleneck with the use of seeds has been the relatively low rate of see...
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