Environmental restoration sometimes requires out-of-the-box thinking. Along the waters of Long Island Sound in New York and Connecticut, experts are tackling the challenge of restoring crucial eelgrass habitats by gluing the plant’s seeds to clams.
Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is an important member of the ecosystem. It provides foraging areas and shelter for young fish and invertebrates, diminishes coastal erosion, draws in excess nutrients, filters water, and releases oxygen, for instance. Compared to the 1930s, eelgrass meadows in and around Long Island Sound have decreased by more than 90 percent, according to regional environmental action group Save the Sound.
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