Combining co-introduction with patch-size optimization as a novel strategy to maximize seagrass restoration.

ABSTRACT: Coastal ecosystem engineers, such as mussels, oysters, salt marsh grasses, and seagrasses, typically shape their environment by ameliorating stressors when they grow beyond a critical population size. In doing so, they not only facilitate themselves but also provide habitat for diverse communities, which in turn, can engage in reciprocal interspecific facilitation. Over the last decades, anthropogenic disturbances have caused rapid degradation of coastal ecosystems, emphasizing the need for their restoration. Although the importance of both inter- and intraspecific positive interactions has been confirmed in small-scale experiments, their combined potential remains to be tested in restoration-scale experiments. Here, we examine whether restoration aimed at simultaneous recovery of both fac

SUBMITTER: Cronau RJT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12178098 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature