Sowing the Seeds of Seagrass Recovery Using Hessian Bags

Unsworth, Richard; Bertelli, Chiara M.; Cullen-Unsworth, Leanne C.; Esteban, Nicole; Jones, Benjamin L.; Lilley, Richard; Lowe, Christopher; Nuuttila, Hanna; Rees, Sam

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Sowing the Seeds of Seagrass Recovery Using Hessian Bags

Richard Unsworth

, Chiara M. Bertelli, Leanne C. Cullen-Unsworth, Nicole Esteban

, Benjamin L. Jones, Richard Lilley, Christopher Lowe

, Hanna Nuuttila, Sam Rees

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Volume: 7

Swansea University Authors: Richard Unsworth , Nicole Esteban , Christopher Lowe , Hanna Nuuttila, Sam Rees

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Seagrass meadows are an important wetland habitat that have been degraded globally but have an important carbon storage role. In order to expand the restoration of theseproductive and biodiverse habitats methods are required that can be used for large scale habitat creation across a range of environ...

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Sowing the Seeds of Seagrass Recovery Using Hessian Bags

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