Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration

ISBN 10: 1466557737 / ISBN 13: 9781466557734

Published by Taylor & Francis Group, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1466557737
• ISBN 13: 9781466557734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration offers a ray of hope in an increasingly gloomy scenario. This book is the first presentation of revolutionary new methods for restoring damaged marine ecosystems. It discusses new techniques for greatly increasing the recruitment, growth, survival, and resistance to stress of marine ecosystems, fisheries, and eroding shorelines, maintaining biodiversity and productivity where it would be lost. The book provides experimental proof that mild electrical stimulation results in increased settlement, increased growth, and reduced mortality for a wide variety of marine organisms, including corals, oysters, sponges, sea-grasses, and salt-marsh grasses.

In addition to the diversity of ecosystems and geographic regions covered, the contributors from fourteen nations across the globe make this work the first truly global study of marine ecosystem restoration.

This book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

About the Author

Thomas J. Goreau, Robert Kent Trench