Effective Monitoring to Evaluate Ecological Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico (2017) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
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, areal indirect damage, notably offshore and coastal coverage by wetlands in the Gulf decreases at a wildlife, migratory species, deep sea fauna, rate of nearly 1.6% per year (Dahl and Stedman, submerged aquatic vegetation and shellfish, 2013) , and depending on the location along the coastal beaches, and wetlands (NRC, 2013; Gulf coast, 20-100% of seagrass habitat has been Rabalais, 2014; Nixon et al., 2016; see Figure lost over the past 50 years (Handley et al., 2007)
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that wou uld support current and d poss ible restoratio objectives and the ina on s, ability planned restoration activities in the Gulf of a f to ppresent best monitoring practices fo all or Mexico; poss ible Gulf resto oration projec Thus, the report cts. provvides general mmonitoring guuidance that applies • Additional nov approache to augment A vel es t acro ss all types o restoration efforts (Part I)
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of a difficulties in locating documentation about particular population, habitat, ecosystem, or ecosystem projects including monitoring data and metadata, service over time. Restoration monitoring aims to and a range of other issues (e.g., Palmer et al., inform assessments about restoration progress and 2007; Kennedy et al., 2011)
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. High relief reefs have historically dominated large portions of eastern US and Gulf of Mexican estuaries; and increasing reef height and three-dimensional structure in the absence of dredging enhances flow rates, which can raise oyster abundance and density, positively affecting future recruitment and ultimately restoration performance (Hargis and Haven, 1999; Lenihan, 1999; Schulte et al., 2009; Lipcius et al., 2015)
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. Furthermor modeled results of a similar scenario predicted oyster abu re, r undance on hig relief reefs to far exceed tha of gh o at low relief reefs decades af restoration (Wilberg et al., 2013)
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Withi in adaptive management, mo m onitoring and evaluation are carefully planne and impleme c ed ented so that kn nowledge gaine ed from restoration projects can be applied through flexible decision mak c e king to enhance ongoing or fut e ture restoration activities (see Figure 1.B; NRC, 2004)
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. In Chapter 2, the committee's charge, which has options to committee reviews and summarizes the ensuring that project or site-based monitoring restoration goals and initial funding priorities of could be used cumulatively and comprehensively the major Gulf restoration programs, which are to track effectiveness at larger spatial scale.
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