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      Long-term performance of seagrass restoration projects in Florida, USA

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          Seagrass restoration is a common tool for ecosystem service enhancement and compensatory mitigation for habitat loss. However, little is known about the long-term performance of these projects. We identified seagrass restoration projects by reviewing historic permitting documents, monitoring reports, and studies conducted in Florida, USA, most of which have not been cited previously in peer-reviewed literature. We then revisited 33 seagrass restorations ranging in age from 3 to 32 years to compare seagrass percent cover, species diversity, and community structure in restored and contemporary reference seagrass beds. We found that 88% of restoration projects continued to support seagrass and, overall, restored percent cover values were 37% lower than references. Community composition and seagrass percent cover differed from references in projects categorized as sediment modification and transplant restorations, whereas all vessel damage repair projects achieved reference condition. Seagrass diversity was similar between restored and reference beds, except for sediment modification projects, for which diversity was significantly lower than in reference beds. Results indicate that restored seagrass beds in Florida, once established, often exhibit long-term persistence. Our study highlights the benefit of identifying and surveying historic restorations to address knowledge gaps related to the performance and long-term fate of restored seagrass beds.

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                sbell@usf.edu
                Journal
                Sci Rep
                Sci Rep
                Scientific Reports
                Nature Publishing Group UK (London )
                2045-2322
                29 October 2019
                29 October 2019
                2019
                : 9
                : 15514
                Affiliations
                [1 ]ISNI 0000 0001 2353 285X, GRID grid.170693.a, Department of Integrative Biology, , University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave, ; Tampa, FL 33620 USA
                [2 ]ISNI 0000 0001 0556 4516, GRID grid.427218.a, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, , Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, ; 100 8th Ave SE, St., Petersburg, FL 33701 USA
                Article
                51856
                10.1038/s41598-019-51856-9
                6820728
                31664068
                904d0967-df74-4364-adba-8437f0a9d71b
                © The Author(s) 2019

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                : 15 July 2019
                : 4 October 2019
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                Funded by: Gulf Research Program of the National Academy of Sciences, Research Practice Grant
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                restoration ecology,marine biology,ecology,ocean sciences
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                restoration ecology, marine biology, ecology, ocean sciences

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