NESP MB Project E6 - Assisting restoration of ecosystem engineers through seed-based and shoot-based programs in the Shark Bay WHA

• Other Authors: Department of the Environment and Energy (DoEE), Australian Government (resourceProvider), Emma Flukes (pointOfContact), Gary Kendrick (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Head of School Gary Kendrick (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) (hasAssociationWith), Kendrick, Gary (hasPrincipalInvestigator), School of Biological Sciences (SBS), The University of Western Australia (UWA) (hasAssociationWith)
• Format: Dataset
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• Published: University of Tasmania, Australia
• Subjects: biota; National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub; Conservation and Biodiversity; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT; Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology); BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; ECOLOGY; seagrass; monitoring; Kendrick; Sinclair; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/nesp-mb-project-bay-wha/1728714

Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded Credit Gary Kendrick (UWA), John Statton (UWA), Elizabeth Sinclair (UWA), Ankje Frouw (ECU), Amrit Work (Sustain Nature Communications) Credit National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub Credit Department of the Environment and Energy (DoEE), Australian Government Credit In addition to NESP (DoE) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators. This record provides an overview of the scope and research output of NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub project E6 - "Assisting restoration of ecosystem engineers through seed-based and shoot-based programs in the Shark Bay WHS". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata. --- This project is a collaboration between scientists and the Shark Bay Malgana Indigenous community into jointly developed seeding and shoot planting methods to assist natural recovery of seagrasses in preparation for future devastating impacts of climate change. The Shark Bay World Heritage Site (WHS) is unique globally for its natural values, including stromatolites, seagrass meadows and marine megafauna including dugongs, sharks, turtles, and dolphins. The immediate goal is to scale up the existing restoration research to assist recovery of the dominant seagrasses, Amphibolis antarctica and Posidonia australis following the 2011 marine heat wave. Planned Outputs • A seagrass restoration toolkit (multimedia and report format) - will include information on sourcing suitable genetic material • Data on the trial seed restoration outcomes