ECOPLANTS

Seagrass meadows produce important quantities of matter such as leaves, rhizomes, egragopili or stems that can be dragged to the coast under storm events creating beach-cast, wracks or composite sediments, a mixture of sand and seagrass remains. Although it is widely accepted the protection role that these morphological features should play, there is no scientific evidence and quantification of how much protection against erosion or flooding they provide.

The main objective of ECOPLANTS is to evaluate the effectiveness of seagrass litter accumulated on the beach for coastal protection.

ECOPLANTS is funded through the Spanish program “Programa Estatal de Generación de Conocimiento y Fortalecimiento Científico y Tecnológico del Sistema de I+D+i y del Programa Estatal de I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, en el marco del Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020.