ABSTRACT
Reciprocal transplants were performed in May 1998 to determine the feasibility of relocation and restoration of local populations in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Three different sites were selected which varied primarily in mean depth, light penetration, and degree of tidal exchange. Intact plugs of
H. johnsonii
, composed of leaf pairs, roots, rhizomes, and associated sediment, were harvested, put into peat pots, and transplanted within several hours of removal. Transplant and control plots were monitored biweekly for 30 weeks.
