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Open coast seagrass restoration. Can we do it? Large scale seagrass transplants
Paulo, Diogo; Cunha, Alexandra H.; Boavida, Joana; Serrao, Ester; Gonçalves, Emanuel J.; Fonseca, MarkSome of the major challenges in seagrass restoration on exposed open coasts are the choice of transplant design that is optimal for coastlines periodically exposed to high water motion, and understanding the survival and dynamics of the transplanted areas on a long time-scale over many years. To contribute to a better understanding of these challenges, we describe here part of a large-scale seagrass restoration...
Biomares, a LIFE project to restore and manage the biodiversity of Prof. Luiz S...
Cunha, Alexandra H.; Erzini, Karim; Serrão, Ester A.; Gonçalves, Emanuel João; Borges, Rita Alexandra; Henriques, Miguel; Henriques, VictorThe Marine Park Prof. Luiz Saldanha, in the coast of Arrábida, is the first marine park in continental Portugal. This area is a Nature 2000 site and is considered to be a hotspot for European marine biodiversity. In 2005, the management plan of the park was implemented, ending several habitat menaces, thereby allowing an application to the LIFE—NATURE Programme. The LIFE-BIOMARES project aimed at the restoratio...