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Mitigation of seagrass in the Eastern Scheldt
Period: 2007 till 2008
Status: Completed

Thesaurus term: Seagrass
  • Radboud University Nijmegen, more, partner
  • Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee (RIKZ), more, partner
  • Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat; Rijkswaterstaat (RWS), more, sponsor
Because of dike maintenance transplantation of seagrass to two different plots in the Eastern Scheldt is necessary. A possible problem is the reworking of sediment by Arenicola marina (Lugworm) thus preventing establishment of seeds. Transplantation experiments in exposed and sheltered replicates of 50x50m will be carried out.