Restoration of ecosystem processes in Puget Sound nearshore habitats: what we have lost, where we are going, and how we are learning along the way
Presentation Abstract
The Puget Sound nearshore is a complex, dynamic ecosystem that has changed dramatically in the last 150 years and faces a myriad of ongoing anthropogenic influences. Conducting restoration in nearshore habitats is a vital component of Puget Sound ecosystem recovery, yet this cannot be done effectively without applying adaptive and strategic knowledge at both local and regional scales. Nearshore habitats are dynamically influenced by both riverine and marine abiotic and biotic forces such that it can be challenging to disentangle the individual and cumulative effects of restoration projects across environmental gradients acting at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Despite the challenges in accomplishing such efforts, integrating data collection and analysis across local and landscape-level scales is an important aspect of both understanding the relationship between individual restoration efforts and their surrounding ecosystems and in planning and implementing new restoration projects. The Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program (ESRP) seeks to strategically restore and protect nearshore processes in Puget Sound through understanding both the historic and current condition of the landscape and through supporting research to inform restoration.
Session Title
Strategic Recovery Part I: Managing Recovery at Different Scales
Conference Track
SSE4: Ecosystem Management, Policy, and Protection
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2018 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE4-594
Start Date
6-4-2018 11:45 AM
End Date
6-4-2018 12:00 PM
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Coastal biodiversity conservation--Washington (State)--Puget Sound; Coastal zone management--Washington (State)--Puget Sound; Habitat conservation--Washington (State)--Puget Sound
Geographic Coverage
Puget Sound (Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Restoration of ecosystem processes in Puget Sound nearshore habitats: what we have lost, where we are going, and how we are learning along the way
The Puget Sound nearshore is a complex, dynamic ecosystem that has changed dramatically in the last 150 years and faces a myriad of ongoing anthropogenic influences. Conducting restoration in nearshore habitats is a vital component of Puget Sound ecosystem recovery, yet this cannot be done effectively without applying adaptive and strategic knowledge at both local and regional scales. Nearshore habitats are dynamically influenced by both riverine and marine abiotic and biotic forces such that it can be challenging to disentangle the individual and cumulative effects of restoration projects across environmental gradients acting at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Despite the challenges in accomplishing such efforts, integrating data collection and analysis across local and landscape-level scales is an important aspect of both understanding the relationship between individual restoration efforts and their surrounding ecosystems and in planning and implementing new restoration projects. The Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program (ESRP) seeks to strategically restore and protect nearshore processes in Puget Sound through understanding both the historic and current condition of the landscape and through supporting research to inform restoration.
