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Ecological restoration in the deep sea: Desiderata

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Ecological restoration in the deep sea: Desiderata

DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.07.006

Type: Publication

Year: 2013

Citations: 159

AZORES DEEP-SEA RESEARCH
Publication Open access August 2013

Ecological restoration in the deep sea: Desiderata

Marine Policy

10.1016/j.marpol.2013.07.006
Open DOI
Total authors
16
Involved team members
1
Citations
159
References
98

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Abstract

An era of expanding deep-ocean industrialization is before us, with policy makers establishing governance frameworks for sustainable management of deep-sea resources while scientists learn more about the ecological structure and functioning of the largest biome on the planet. Missing from discussion of the stewardship of the deep ocean is ecological restoration. If existing activities in the deep sea continue or are expanded and new deep-ocean industries are developed, there is need to consider what is required to minimize or repair resulting damages to the deep-sea environment. In addition, thought should be given as to how any past damage can be rectified. This paper develops the discourse on deep-sea restoration and offers guidance on planning and implementing ecological restoration projects for deep-sea ecosystems that are already, or are at threat of becoming, degraded, damaged or destroyed. Two deep-sea restoration case studies or scenarios are described (deep-sea stony corals on the Darwin Mounds off the west coast of Scotland, deep-sea hydrothermal vents in Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea) and are contrasted with on-going saltmarsh restoration in San Francisco Bay. For these case studies, a set of socio-economic, ecological, and technological decision parameters that might favor (or not) their restoration are examined. Costs for hypothetical restoration scenarios in the deep sea are estimated and first indications suggest they may be two to three orders of magnitude greater per hectare than costs for restoration efforts in shallow-water marine systems.

Authors

1 involved team member
C
C.l. Van Dover
0000-0001-9845-8391

Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 135 Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA

J
J. Aronson
0000-0002-3655-5492

Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE/CNRS-UMR 5175), Montpellier, France

+1 more

L
L. Pendleton
0000-0001-9298-0461

Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA

+1 more

D
D. Moreno-Mateos
0000-0002-1539-5848

Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University, Woodside, CA 94062, USA

E
E. Barbier
0000-0002-5354-3995

Department of Economics and Finance, 1000E University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, USA

D
D. Billett

National Oceanography Centre University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK

+1 more

K
K. Bowers
0000-0002-8352-4939

Biohabitats, 2120 Noisette Blvd, Suite 106B, North Charleston, SC 29405, USA

R
R. Danovaro
0000-0002-9025-9395

Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 601321 Ancona, Italy

A
A. Edwards
0000-0002-2979-7389

School of Biology, Ridley Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK

S
S. Kellert

School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 195 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA

+1 more

T. Morato
T. Morato Team member
0000-0003-2393-4773

Centre of IMAR, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Universidade dos Açores and LARSyS Associated Laboratory, 9901-862 Horta, Portugal

E
E. Pollard

The Biodiversity Consultancy, EURC, 72 Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RR, UK

A
A. Rogers
0000-0002-4864-2980

Department of Zoology, Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK

R
R. Warner
0000-0002-6453-6344

Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, Building 233, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia

Record details

Type
article
Language
EN
Volume
44
Pages
98–106
ISSN
0308-597X

Keywords

Deep sea Stewardship (theology) Restoration ecology Ecosystem-based management Environmental resource management Ecology Environmental science Oceanography Ecosystem Geology Political science Law Politics Biology

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