cost and feasibility of marine coastal restoration

• Published in: Ecological applications Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 1055 - 1074
• Main Authors: Bayraktarov, Elisa, Megan I. Saunders, Sabah Abdullah, Morena Mills, Jutta Beher, Hugh P. Possingham, Peter J. Mumby, Catherine E. Lovelock
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.06.2016
• Subjects: coasts; Coral Reefs; cost; Cost-Benefit Analysis; developing countries; ecosystems; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Restoration and Remediation - economics; Environmental Restoration and Remediation - methods; feasibility; land use change; marine coastal ecosystems; Models, Biological; monitoring; Oceans and Seas; oysters; rehabilitation; restoration; salt marshes; seagrasses; success and failure; synthesis; uncertainty; Wetlands; Australia; United States; Europe

Land‐use change in the coastal zone has led to worldwide degradation of marine coastal ecosystems and a loss of the goods and services they provide. Restoration is the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed and is critical for habitats where...