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

Research Project

Researchers: Head of School Gary Kendrick (Principal investigator) ,  Head of School Gary Kendrick (Principal investigator) ,  Kendrick, Gary (Principal investigator) ,  Kendrick, Gary (Principal investigator) ,  Emma Flukes (Point of contact)
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Brief description 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

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Gary Kendrick (UWA), John Statton (UWA), Elizabeth Sinclair (UWA), Ankje Frouw (ECU), Amrit Work (Sustain Nature Communications)

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National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub

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Department of the Environment and Energy (DoEE), Australian Government

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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.

Data time period: 2019-01-30 to 2021-01-30

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