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TI Restoration of Seagrass Meadows in the Mediterranean Sea: A Critical Review of Effectiveness and Ethical Issues
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AF Boudouresque, Charles-François
   Blanfuné, Aurélie
   Pergent, Gérard
   Thibaut, Thierry
AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:1;
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C1 Aix-Marseille University and University of Toulon, MIO (Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography), CNRS, IRD, Campus of Luminy, 13009 Marseille, France
   Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli, Fédération de Recherche Environnement et Societé, FRES 3041, Corti, 20250 Corsica, France
C2 UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE
   UNIV CORSICA PASQUALE PAOLI, FRANCE
IN DOAJ
IF 2.524
TC 10
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00689/80083/83113.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR CORALCORSE
BO L'Europe
DE ;Cymodocea nodosa;ecosystem diversity;Mediterranean;natural recolonization;Posidonia oceanica;seagrass decline;seagrass restoration;transplanting;Zostera marina
AB Some species of seagrasses (e.g., Zostera marina and Posidonia oceanica) have declined in the Mediterranean, at least locally. Others are progressing, helped by sea warming, such as Cymodocea nodosa and the non-native Halophila stipulacea. The decline of one seagrass can favor another seagrass. All in all, the decline of seagrasses could be less extensive and less general than claimed by some authors. Natural recolonization (cuttings and seedlings) has been more rapid and more widespread than was thought in the 20th century; however, it is sometimes insufficient, which justifies transplanting operations. Many techniques have been proposed to restore Mediterranean seagrass meadows. However, setting aside the short-term failure or half-success of experimental operations, long-term monitoring has usually been lacking, suggesting that possible failures were considered not worthy of a scientific paper. Many transplanting operations (e.g., P. oceanica) have been carried out at sites where the species had never previously been present. Replacing the natural ecosystem (e.g., sandy bottoms, sublittoral reefs) with P. oceanica is obviously inappropriate in most cases. This presupposes ignorance of the fact that the diversity of ecosystems is one of the bases of the biodiversity concept. In order to prevent the possibility of seagrass transplanting from being misused as a pretext for further destruction, a guide for the proper conduct of transplanting is proposed. 
PY 2021
PD APR
SO Water
SN 2073-4441
PU MDPI AG
VL 13
IS 8
UT 000644911700001
DI 10.3390/w13081034
ID 80083
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