This project was completed as part of a PhD thesis by Thomas Hurst, Deakin university. "This experiment consisted of planting over 3,000 nursery raised seedlings as well as directly planting over 300 propagules across seven sites at varying proximities to remnant patches of mangrove forest and at different heights on the shore (inundation durations). Survival and growth of seedlings were monitored over two years and results showed that hydrodynamic energy, including tidal, wave and current energy, were the main factors associated with reduced survival of young seedlings." - excerpt from Hurst (2018)
Mangroves
Method: Planting: direct seeding, Planting: nursery reared
Mangrove species: Avicennia marina
Planting density: 1/m2
Seedling age at planting (months): 0, unknown
Approach
Mangroves
Geographic context
Bay
Organisation responsible
Deakin University
Primary objective
Test restoration methods
Coastal hazard
Erosion, Sea-level rise
Asset vulnerable
Natural
Source of project funding
State
Project approvals needed
State
Mangrove Planting for Coastal Stabilisation 2010-2013 Final Report
Hurst, Thomas 2018, Restoration of temperate mangrove ecosystems, Ph.D thesis, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University. https://dro.deakin.edu.au/view/DU:30113541
Hurst TA, Pope AJ, Quinn GP (2015) Exposure mediates transitions between bare and vegetated states in temperate mangrove ecosystems. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 533:121-134. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11364