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Preliminary study on seed-based restoration for Enhalus acoroides meadow
Received date: 2018-04-16
Request revised date: 2018-05-30
Online published: 2019-01-16
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China (41606182.41730529)
Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA13020204)
National Specialized Project of Science and Technology (2015FY110600)
National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC0506100)
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Although seagrass meadows play a key role in ecosystem services by providing high productivity, their distribution areas have been declining sharply, resulting from global climate change and increased human pressures. Therefore, it is urgent to strengthen the protection and restoration for seagrasses. In this study, we tried to use seed planting method to recover the Enhalus acoroides meadow in Li’an Lagoon. Results showed that the burial depth and mesh bag protection profoundly affected the seed germination. When the burial depth was 6 cm, seed germination was very low, at 1.25%. Seeds buried in 2-cm depth with mesh bag protection showed a much higher seedling establishment (96.10%) than the seeds without protection (5.88%) in the first month, indicating that seed loss negatively affected the seed germination rate. The survival of seedlings decreased to 24.4% after three months, probably due to macroalgal blooms in the early spring.
Key words: seagrass; Enhalus acoroides; ecological restoration; seeds
YU Shuo , ZHANG Jingping , CUI Lijun , JIANG Zhijian , ZHANG Ling , HUANG Xiaoping . Preliminary study on seed-based restoration for Enhalus acoroides meadow[J]. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2019 , 38(1) : 49 -54 . DOI: 10.11978/2018040
Fig. 1 Planting location (black star), fruit and seeds of Enhalus acoroides in Li’an Lagoon图1 海菖蒲播种实验地点(图中黑色五角星)、果实和种子 |
Fig. 2 Planting unit of Enhalus acoroides seeds: a) grasshopper cage, b) planting unit by mesh bag protection and c) planting plot图2 海菖蒲种子法的种植单元 |
Fig. 3 The bitten seeds of Enhalus acoroides in the fish traps图3 地笼内被啃食的海菖蒲种子 |
Fig. 4 Variation in seedling height of Enhalus acoroides图4 海菖蒲幼苗高度的变化 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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