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Species richness effects on the vegetative expansion of transplanted seagrass in Indonesia

  • Nenni Asriani is a doctoral student at Hasanuddin University. She studies the assessment of seagrass restoration success. She has been interested in seagrass research since being an undergraduate when she studied the survival rate and percent cover of seagrass transplanted with different species. She is interested in an academic carrier in marine ecology.

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    Rohani Ambo-Rappe is a professor in marine ecology at the Faculty of Marine Science and Fisheries. She earned a PhD in marine science from The University of Newcastle, Australia. She was the head of Marine Ecology Laboratory (2008–2014) and served as Secretary of Marine Science Department (2010–2014). Her main research interests are seagrass ecology, ecosystem services, and ecosystem restoration. She is the recipient of national and international research grants and conducted some research collaboration on various topics related to seagrass ecosystem services and restoration.

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    Mahatma Lanuru is a lecturer and an associate professor of marine science at Hasanuddin Universiy (Indonesia). He completed his BSc in marine science at Hasanuddin University and continued his Master in marine science at Aarhus University (Denmark). He completed his PhD at University of Kiel (Germany) in 2004. His main research topics are: coastal oceanography, sediment dynamic (erosion/deposition) in the estuarine and coastal areas, and habitat (seagrass) restoration. He has recently conducted research on (i) a transplantation experiment for assessing the feasibility of using seagrass for coastal protection in a small island, and (ii) small island coastal protection using “Hybrid” (a combination of seagrass vegetation and submerged submerged wave breaker).

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    Susan L. Williams held the rank of Distinguished Professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California at Davis and its Bodega Marine Laboratory. She studied the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function provided by seaweeds and seagrasses. She worked on ecological restoration for nearly two decades. Susan L. Williams unfortunately passed away prior to the publication of this article.
Published/Copyright: May 28, 2018
Botanica Marina
From the journal Botanica Marina Volume 61 Issue 3

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 cm2 day−1).

Keywords: biodiversity; Indonesia; multispecies restoration; rhizome expansion; seagrass

About the authors

Nenni Asriani

Nenni Asriani is a doctoral student at Hasanuddin University. She studies the assessment of seagrass restoration success. She has been interested in seagrass research since being an undergraduate when she studied the survival rate and percent cover of seagrass transplanted with different species. She is interested in an academic carrier in marine ecology.

Rohani Ambo-Rappe

Rohani Ambo-Rappe is a professor in marine ecology at the Faculty of Marine Science and Fisheries. She earned a PhD in marine science from The University of Newcastle, Australia. She was the head of Marine Ecology Laboratory (2008–2014) and served as Secretary of Marine Science Department (2010–2014). Her main research interests are seagrass ecology, ecosystem services, and ecosystem restoration. She is the recipient of national and international research grants and conducted some research collaboration on various topics related to seagrass ecosystem services and restoration.

Mahatma Lanuru

Mahatma Lanuru is a lecturer and an associate professor of marine science at Hasanuddin Universiy (Indonesia). He completed his BSc in marine science at Hasanuddin University and continued his Master in marine science at Aarhus University (Denmark). He completed his PhD at University of Kiel (Germany) in 2004. His main research topics are: coastal oceanography, sediment dynamic (erosion/deposition) in the estuarine and coastal areas, and habitat (seagrass) restoration. He has recently conducted research on (i) a transplantation experiment for assessing the feasibility of using seagrass for coastal protection in a small island, and (ii) small island coastal protection using “Hybrid” (a combination of seagrass vegetation and submerged submerged wave breaker).

Susan L. Williams

Susan L. Williams held the rank of Distinguished Professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California at Davis and its Bodega Marine Laboratory. She studied the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function provided by seaweeds and seagrasses. She worked on ecological restoration for nearly two decades. Susan L. Williams unfortunately passed away prior to the publication of this article.

Acknowledgments

This study is funded by grants from the USAID PEER program (NAS Sub grant no. PGA-2000003543), Higher Education-Research and Technology Ministry of Indonesia (PMDSU Research Grant), and the US National Science Foundation (DGE0841297, BioOce1234345). We wish to thank the seagrass team, Limbong, S.R; Handayani, N.T.; Lisdayanti, E.; Mandasari, M., for helping in the field. The following persons helped deploy the experimental restoration: Abbott, J.; Crafton, E.; Jellison, B.; Komoroske, L.; Miller, J.; Sur, C.; and Ng, G. who assisted with R analyses. We dedicate this study to the memory of our beloved colleague Susan L. Williams.

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Received: 2017-12-19
Accepted: 2018-4-25
Published Online: 2018-5-28
Published in Print: 2018-6-27

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Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. In this issue
  3. Editorial
  4. Seagrass research in Southeast Asia
  5. Ecology
  6. The diet and feeding rates of gastropod grazers in Singapore’s seagrass meadows
  7. Complex yet fauna-deficient seagrass ecosystems at risk in southern Myanmar
  8. Species richness effects on the vegetative expansion of transplanted seagrass in Indonesia
  9. Spatial and temporal distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation in a tropical coastal lagoon habitat in Viet Nam
  10. Species diversity and distribution of seagrasses from the South Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
  11. Genetics and physiology
  12. Population genetic subdivision of seagrasses, Syringodium isoetifolium and Thalassia hemprichii, in the Indonesian Archipelago
  13. Photosynthetic and antioxidant responses of the tropical intertidal seagrasses Halophila ovalis and Thalassia hemprichii to moderate and high irradiances
  14. Physiological responses of Enhalus acoroides to osmotic stress
  15. Management and applications
  16. Seagrass in Southeast Asia: a review of status and knowledge gaps, and a road map for conservation
  17. Decadal biomass and area changes in a multi-species meadow in Singapore: application of multi-resolution satellite imagery
  18. A proposed decision support tool for prioritising conservation planning of Southeast Asian seagrass meadows: combined approaches based on ecosystem services and vulnerability analyses
https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2017-0127
Keywords for this article
biodiversity; Indonesia; multispecies restoration; rhizome expansion; seagrass

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. In this issue
  3. Editorial
  4. Seagrass research in Southeast Asia
  5. Ecology
  6. The diet and feeding rates of gastropod grazers in Singapore’s seagrass meadows
  7. Complex yet fauna-deficient seagrass ecosystems at risk in southern Myanmar
  8. Species richness effects on the vegetative expansion of transplanted seagrass in Indonesia
  9. Spatial and temporal distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation in a tropical coastal lagoon habitat in Viet Nam
  10. Species diversity and distribution of seagrasses from the South Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
  11. Genetics and physiology
  12. Population genetic subdivision of seagrasses, Syringodium isoetifolium and Thalassia hemprichii, in the Indonesian Archipelago
  13. Photosynthetic and antioxidant responses of the tropical intertidal seagrasses Halophila ovalis and Thalassia hemprichii to moderate and high irradiances
  14. Physiological responses of Enhalus acoroides to osmotic stress
  15. Management and applications
  16. Seagrass in Southeast Asia: a review of status and knowledge gaps, and a road map for conservation
  17. Decadal biomass and area changes in a multi-species meadow in Singapore: application of multi-resolution satellite imagery
  18. A proposed decision support tool for prioritising conservation planning of Southeast Asian seagrass meadows: combined approaches based on ecosystem services and vulnerability analyses
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