Nature Communications (Jul 2020)
Mimicry of emergent traits amplifies coastal restoration success
- Ralph J. M. Temmink,
- Marjolijn J. A. Christianen,
- Gregory S. Fivash,
- Christine Angelini,
- Christoffer Boström,
- Karin Didderen,
- Sabine M. Engel,
- Nicole Esteban,
- Jeffrey L. Gaeckle,
- Karine Gagnon,
- Laura L. Govers,
- Eduardo Infantes,
- Marieke M. van Katwijk,
- Silvija Kipson,
- Leon P. M. Lamers,
- Wouter Lengkeek,
- Brian R. Silliman,
- Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek,
- Richard K. F. Unsworth,
- Siti Maryam Yaakub,
- Tjeerd J. Bouma,
- Tjisse van der Heide
Affiliations
- Ralph J. M. Temmink
- Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University
- Marjolijn J. A. Christianen
- Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University
- Gregory S. Fivash
- Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University
- Christine Angelini
- Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Engineering School for Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, University of Florida
- Christoffer Boström
- Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Akademi University
- Karin Didderen
- Bureau Waardenburg
- Sabine M. Engel
- STINAPA
- Nicole Esteban
- Bioscience Department, Swansea University
- Jeffrey L. Gaeckle
- Washington State Department of Natural Resources
- Karine Gagnon
- Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Akademi University
- Laura L. Govers
- Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University
- Eduardo Infantes
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Kristineberg Marine Research Station
- Marieke M. van Katwijk
- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University
- Silvija Kipson
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
- Leon P. M. Lamers
- Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University
- Wouter Lengkeek
- Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University
- Brian R. Silliman
- Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek
- Reef Systems Unit, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Richard K. F. Unsworth
- Project Seagrass
- Siti Maryam Yaakub
- Department Ecological Habitats and Processes, DHI Water & Environment
- Tjeerd J. Bouma
- Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University
- Tjisse van der Heide
- Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17438-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Coastal restoration tends to be failure-prone and expensive. Temmink and colleagues improve seagrass and cordgrass transplant survival in field experiments using biodegradable structures which temporarily mimic self-facilitation occurring in mature vegetation stands, and combine onsite and laboratory measurements on sediment stability and stem movement to test the biophysical mechanisms.
