Blue Carbon funding secures seagrass restoration in Gulf St Vincent
Sea grass provides a range of important functions to the marine ecosystem, including as a food source and habitat for various species, reducing coastal erosion and storing significant amounts of carbon. Credit: Alice Jones.
Twenty hectares of seagrass will be restored in the Gulf St Vincent off Port Gawler, north of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É, as part of a project involving the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É and the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), the research division of the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA).
Seagrasses provide a range of important functions to the marine ecosystem, including as a food source and habitat for various species, reducing coastal erosion and storing significant amounts of carbon (known as ‘blue carbon’).
Associate Professor Jason Tanner, who leads the Environmental Assessment and Rehabilitation Sub-program in the Marine Ecosystems Program, in Aquatic Sciences at SARDI, said this project would build on the cost-effective techniques SARDI has developed over the past 20 years.