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Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration
Coordinators: Goreau Thomas J., Trench Robert Kent
Language: EnglishSubjects for Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration:
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Nurse Sharks; Gili Trawangan; artificial; Biorock Structure; reef; Cold Water Coral; wolf; Artificial Reefs; hilbertz; Mineral Accretion; biorock; Wolf Hilbertz; structures; Oyster Reefs; mineral; Sponge Growth; accretion; Coral Growth; protected; Coral Growth Rates; area; Coral Reef Restoration Project; Corals Transplanted; Oyster Restoration; Marine Protected Areas; Van Treeck; Butterfly Fish; Diploria Strigosa; Phosphate Enrichment; Final Survival Rate; Sea Level Rise; BL OC; Gracilaria Species; Phosphate Uptake Rates; Posidonia Oceanica
296 p. · 17.8x25.4 cm · Hardback
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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.
Dedication to Wolf Hilbertz. Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration: An Introduction. Restoring Reefs to Grow Back Beaches and Protect Coasts from Erosion and Global Sea Level Rise. Reef Restoration Using Seawater Electrolysis in Jamaica. Electrically Stimulated Corals in Indonesia Reef Restoration Projects Show Greatly Accelerated Growth Rates. Biorock Reef Restoration in Gili Trawangan, North Lombok, Indonesia. Electrical Current Stimulates Coral Branching and Growth in Jakarta Bay. Electricity Protects Coral from Overgrowth by an Encrusting Sponge in Indonesia. Gorgonian Soft Corals Have Higher Growth and Survival in Electrical Fields. Suitability of Mineral Accretion as a Rehabilitation Method for Cold-Water Coral Reefs. Utilization of Low-Voltage Electricity to Stimulate Cultivation of Pearl Oysters Pinctada maxima (Jameson). Increased Oyster Growth and Survival Using Biorock Technology. Electrical Stimulation Increases Oyster Growth and Survival in Restoration Projects. Restoration of Seagrass Mats (Posidonia oceanica) with Electrical Stimulation. Electrical Fields Increase Salt Marsh Survival and Growth and Speed Restoration in Adverse Conditions. Fish Postlarval Capture and Culture for Restoring Fisheries. Mariculture Potential of Gracilaria Species [Rhodophyta] in Jamaican Nitrate-Enriched Back-Reef Habitats: Growth, Nutrient Uptake, and Elemental Composition. Sustainable Reef Design to Optimize Habitat Restoration. Marine Ecosystem Electrotherapy: Practice and Theory.