Event Title
Elliott Bay Marina Breakwater Bull Kelp Restoration: Surviving in an Urban Environment as Kelp Beds Decline throughout Puget Sound
Presentation Abstract
Extensive subtidal canopy beds of bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana, have diminished throughout Puget Sound over the past three decades. The Suquamish Tribe partnered with the Puget Sound Restoration Fund to investigate methods to restore bull kelp to pilot project sites with limited success in recent years. The Elliott Bay Marina breakwater was one of the donor sites used for this effort. Interestingly, the bull kelp introduced to the marina breakwater persists in an urban environment even as has kelp has declined throughout much of its historic Puget Sound range. This is an example of successful high value habitat created in an urban environment.
Session Title
Marine Ecosystem Restoration in the Urban Environment
Conference Track
Protection, Remediation and Restoration
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2016 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Document Type
Event
Location
2016SSEC
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Restoration monitoring (Ecology)--Washington (State)--Puget Sound; Urban ecology (Biology)--Washington (State)--Puget Sound; Kelp bed ecology--Washington (State)--Puget Sound
Geographic Coverage
Puget Sound (Wash.); Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Elliott Bay Marina Breakwater Bull Kelp Restoration: Surviving in an Urban Environment as Kelp Beds Decline throughout Puget Sound
2016SSEC
Extensive subtidal canopy beds of bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana, have diminished throughout Puget Sound over the past three decades. The Suquamish Tribe partnered with the Puget Sound Restoration Fund to investigate methods to restore bull kelp to pilot project sites with limited success in recent years. The Elliott Bay Marina breakwater was one of the donor sites used for this effort. Interestingly, the bull kelp introduced to the marina breakwater persists in an urban environment even as has kelp has declined throughout much of its historic Puget Sound range. This is an example of successful high value habitat created in an urban environment.
Comments
http://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2014ssec/Day1/43/