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Restoring aquatic ecosystems: an overview

Restoring aquatic ecosystems: an overview C.L.J. FRIDa,* and S. CLARKb Do6e Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, Uni6ersity of Newcastle, Cullercoats, North Shields, NE30 4PZ, UK b Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies, Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, Uni6ersity of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK KEY WORDS: restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; intervention; cost-effective INTRODUCTION This special issue of Aquatic Conser6ation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems contains a selection of papers from amongst those presented at a conference on the Restoration of Aquatic Systems organized by the British Ecological Society’s Aquatic Ecology Group and hosted by the Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The conference attracted over 75 delegates from nine countries, including academics, conservation practitioners, NGO representatives and personnel from government agencies. In addition to the 16 oral presentations and seven posters, delegates also enjoyed a field visit to the River Skerne in Darlington to view the results of the restoration project there. ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION The concept of ecological restoration has come to the fore through the recognition of the need to restore ecosystems which have been degraded to the point whereby the natural processes that support the ecosystem have failed. The http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Wiley

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Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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1052-7613
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C.L.J. FRIDa,* and S. CLARKb Do6e Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, Uni6ersity of Newcastle, Cullercoats, North Shields, NE30 4PZ, UK b Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies, Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, Uni6ersity of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK KEY WORDS: restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; intervention; cost-effective INTRODUCTION This special issue of Aquatic Conser6ation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems contains a selection of papers from amongst those presented at a conference on the Restoration of Aquatic Systems organized by the British Ecological Society’s Aquatic Ecology Group and hosted by the Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The conference attracted over 75 delegates from nine countries, including academics, conservation practitioners, NGO representatives and personnel from government agencies. In addition to the 16 oral presentations and seven posters, delegates also enjoyed a field visit to the River Skerne in Darlington to view the results of the restoration project there. ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION The concept of ecological restoration has come to the fore through the recognition of the need to restore ecosystems which have been degraded to the point whereby the natural processes that support the ecosystem have failed. The

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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 1999

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