Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Abades, Tenerife, Spain
Image Credit: Liam McGuire / Ocean Image Bank
Please join us for the 2nd European Seagrass Restoration Workshop in Bassin d’Arcachon, after registering you will be invited to submit your details to the ESRA Practitioner database.
Community Practitioners – Cymodocea nodosa
The following Community Practitioners are working on Cymodocea nodosa restoration programmes in Europe:
Prof. Dr. Fiona Tomas Nash
IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC)
Project Affiliation:
Fiona is exploring the potential for both seed based and transplant based Cymodocea nodosa restoration methods in the Balearics, Spain.
Contact: [email protected]
Dr Nicolas Mayot
GIPREB
Project Affiliation:
Nicolas is exploring the potential for transplant based Cymodocea nodosa restoration methods in the Étang de Berre, France.
Contact: [email protected]
África Núñez G De la Morena
Universidad de Málaga and Institute of Biotechnology and Blue Development (IBYDA)
Project Affiliation:
África is working with transplant-based Cymodocea nodosa restoration methods in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean Sea), developing the most effective and affordable methods to restore deep open coast areas (6-14m depth)”
Contact: [email protected]
Riccardo Pieraccini
Universiteit Gent
Project Affiliation:
Riccardo works on Zostera marina seed priming and plant hardening techniques to enhance restoration success and improve plant propagation in nurseries. He has worked on both seed- and sod-based restoration of Z. marina in the Wadden Sea (annual ecotype) and in Ria Formosa and Arrábida, Portugal (perennial ecotype). Additionally, Riccardo has worked on water quality and blue carbon in Cymodocea nodosa (Calvi Bay, France).
Contact: [email protected]