# Species richness effects on the vegetative expansion of transplanted seagrass in Indonesia
> Asriani N.

URL kanonis: https://discover.unhas.ac.id/publications/pub_scopus_85048082089
Jurnal / Konferensi: Botanica Marina
Tahun terbit: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2017-0127
ISSN: 00068055
Kuartil SJR: Q3
Citations: 14

## Authors
- Asriani N.

## Abstract
Abstract Seagrass restoration is necessary to provide the critical ecosystem functions that are being lost with seagrass decline. Seagrass restoration of mixed species seagrass beds, especially in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, is poorly understood. Here, we transplanted random combinations of 1, 2, 4 and 5 seagrass species common in Indonesia to determine the effect of multispecies plantings on expansion of rhizomes. We measured seagrass vegetative expansion outside of the transplantation plots after 1 year post-transplantation for 5 months. The expansion rate increased with species richness. This result indicates that a multispecies approach to seagrass restoration in Indonesia would benefit restoration efforts. Further, for multispecies restoration we suggest using five-species combinations because they expanded the fastest of all species richness levels by the end of the experiment (on average 15.4 cm 2 day −1 ).

## Keywords
- Seagrass
- Species richness
- Rhizome
- Zostera marina
- Biology
- Ecology
- Ecosystem
- Transplantation
- Medicine
- Surgery

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Sumber: Discover Unhas — RIMS Universitas Hasanuddin.
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