TY - JOUR
T1 - Restoring shellfish reefs: Global guidelines for practitioners and scientists
AU - Fitzsimons, James A.
AU - Branigan, Simon
AU - Gillies, Chris L.
AU - Brumbaugh, Robert D.
AU - Cheng, Jun
AU - Deangelis, Bryan M.
AU - Geselbracht, Laura
AU - Hancock, Boze
AU - Jeffs, Andrew
AU - Mcdonald, Tein
AU - Mcleod, Ian M.
AU - Pogoda, Bernadette
AU - Theuerkauf, Seth J.
AU - Thomas, Marine
AU - Westby, Stephanie
AU - Zu Ermgassen, Philine S.e.
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - Widespread global declines in shellfish reefs (ecosystem‐forming bivalves such as oysters and mussels) have led to growing interest in their restoration and protection. With restoration projects now occurring on four continents and in at least seven countries, global restoration guidelines for these ecosystems have been developed based on experience over the past two decades. The following key elements of the guidelines are outlined: (a) the case for shellfish reef restoration and securing financial resources; (b) planning, feasibility, and goal setting; (c) biosecurity and permitting; (d) restoration in practice; (e) scaling up from pilot to larger scale restoration, (f) monitoring, (g) restoration beyond oyster reefs (specifically mussels), and (h) successful communication for shellfish reef restoration projects.
AB - Widespread global declines in shellfish reefs (ecosystem‐forming bivalves such as oysters and mussels) have led to growing interest in their restoration and protection. With restoration projects now occurring on four continents and in at least seven countries, global restoration guidelines for these ecosystems have been developed based on experience over the past two decades. The following key elements of the guidelines are outlined: (a) the case for shellfish reef restoration and securing financial resources; (b) planning, feasibility, and goal setting; (c) biosecurity and permitting; (d) restoration in practice; (e) scaling up from pilot to larger scale restoration, (f) monitoring, (g) restoration beyond oyster reefs (specifically mussels), and (h) successful communication for shellfish reef restoration projects.
U2 - 10.1111/csp2.198
DO - 10.1111/csp2.198
M3 - Article
SN - 2578-4854
VL - 2
SP - e198
JO - Conservation Science and Practice
JF - Conservation Science and Practice
IS - 6
ER -