Centre for Marine Biodiversity and Biotechnology, School of Life Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Centre for Marine Biodiversity and Biotechnology, School of Life Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2021 Mar;164:112022. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112022. Epub 2021 Jan 26.
Habitat restoration is an international priority. With this demand there is a need for ecological knowledge to underpin restoration projects to ensure their success and cost-effective delivery. This study is the first temperate marine restoration project to examine the role seasonality and location may have on restoration projects. The study found that the settlement of Serpula vermicularis, a rare biogenic reef forming species of conservation importance, was up to three times higher on materials deployed during July than other months. The results also found similar differences in settlement between restoration sites. These results suggest that the timing and location of a restoration effort could affect its overall success in the medium to long term. For the restoration of marine biogenic species of conservation importance, targeted spatial and temporal pre-restoration experiments can greatly increase a project's chance of success as well as making large-scale restoration programs more cost efficient.
生境恢复是国际优先事项。随着这一需求的出现，需要有生态知识来为恢复项目提供支持，以确保项目的成功和具有成本效益。本研究是首个对季节和地点可能对恢复项目产生影响的温带海洋恢复项目进行的研究。研究发现，在 7 月部署的材料上，一种具有保护重要性的罕见生物成因珊瑚礁形成物种 Serpula vermicularis 的定居率要比其他月份高出三倍。研究结果还发现，恢复地点之间的定居率也存在类似的差异。这些结果表明，恢复工作的时间和地点可能会影响其在中长期内的整体成功。对于具有保护重要性的海洋生物成因物种的恢复，有针对性的时空预恢复实验可以大大增加项目成功的机会，同时使大规模的恢复计划更具成本效益。
