Science-based restoration action

Operation Posidonia is a team of scientists and restoration practitioners who base their work on rigorous scientific research. See below some of the scientific publications that inform and/or were inspired by our restoration action on the ground.

• Optimizing the restoration of the threatened seagrass Posidonia australis: plant traits influence restoration success (2023)

• Habitat Provision and Erosion Are Influenced by Seagrass Meadow Complexity: A Seascape Perspective (2023)

• Floating bags have the potential to minimise oyster farming impacts on Posidonia australis seagrass meadows (2022)

• Naturally-detached fragments of the endangered seagrass Posidonia australis collected by citizen scientists can be used to successfully restore fragmented meadows (2021)

• Assessing the effect of genetic diversity on the early establishment of the threatened seagrass Posidonia australis using a reciprocal‐transplant experiment (2018)

• Seagrass on the brink: Decline of threatened seagrass Posidonia australis continues following protection (2018)

Our team has also contributed to:

• Advances in approaches to seagrass restoration in Australia (2021)

• Seagrass Restoration Is Possible: Insights and Lessons From Australia and New Zealand (2020)