Effectiveness of novel hybrid mangrove living shorelines is context dependent

Novel designs of hard structures can address challenges to mangrove survival and serve as effective hybrid nature-based coastal protection. However, a limited understanding of how structures affect mangrove survival may lead to ineffective applications of techniques across diverse environments, potentially resulting in mangrove planting failures. To test how ecologically engineered planting pods may enhance mangrove survival and facilitate natural recruitment, we deployed them at three sites experiencing erosion in Victoria, Australia. We then planted propagules and seedlings inside the pods and on the onshore side, and monitored their survival and growth over time. Mangrove pods were effective in Altona (bare mudflats with sparse mangroves naturally present) when Avicennia marina were planted in pods and on the onshore side of pods and in the short-term for those planted in the pods at Lang Lang (bare mudflats without historical mangrove presence). However, they were ineffect..., , , # Effectiveness of novel hybrid mangrove living shorelines is context dependent

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7wm37pw36](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7wm37pw36)

## Description of the data and file structure

Year 1 (2020) data:

Mangrove survival was monitored and number of leaves was counted for 9 months at Altona and Lang Lang, and for 10 months at Grantville.

Year 2 (2021) data:

Mangrove survival was monitored across the three sites, 35 months for Altona and Grantville, and 12 months for Lang Lang.

### Files and variables

#### File: 2020\_raw2.csv

**Description:** 

##### Variables

* site: site name
* days: number of days from planting
* month: number of months from planting
* pod: type of pod or control
* treatment: position relative to pod (array: inside; inland: onshore)
* location: the pod row (either front or back)
* rep: array number
* no.stake: pods with missing stakes
* dead: number of dead mangroves
* seed: number of propagules
* stem: number of propagules with ste...,