Biochemical parameters as early indicators of seagrass transplant’s health
Alize Deguette, Filipe Parreira, Rui Santos, Isabel Barrote, João Silva, Sean Tomlinson · 2026
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Deguette and co-authors test whether plant chemistry can give an early health check for transplanted seagrass. Seagrass meadows are being replanted widely, with mixed success, and slow visible growth makes early failure hard to spot. Their 2026 study moves two species in two ways each, then measures stress markers, defense activity, leaf pigments, and stored sugars before planting and four weeks after.
One species, Cymodocea nodosa, reacted in ways that depended on the method. Bare root pieces shifted sugar storage and leaf pigment sharply, while tray planting stirred defense activity instead. The other species showed no early chemical split, though shoot density may matter for it. The authors judge tray planting gentler for the sensitive species. They pair chemistry with survival counts as the way to watch new meadows.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Alize Deguette, Filipe Parreira, Rui Santos, Isabel Barrote, João Silva, Sean Tomlinson |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |